Peeling Back The Bark
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A Clear-eyed History of the Redwood Wars: A Review of the Book “Defending Giants”
By James Lewis on March 29, 2018FHS historian James Lewis wrote this review of Defending Giants: The Redwood Wars and the Transformation of American Environmental Politics, by Darren Frederick Speece (Seattle: University of Washington Press, 2016) for Western Historical Quarterly. It was published in the October 2017 issue. The tallest species in the world, the redwood tree (sequoia sempervirens) is found in a narrow range…
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“New Faces, Same Old Values”: Revisiting a History of Attitudes Towards Women in the Forest Service
By James Lewis on March 9, 2018In light of the recent news about the systemic and system-wide problem of sexual harassment and misconduct throughout the U.S. Forest Service, and other federal land management agencies, it is useful to have some historical perspective. In short, this is not a recent problem. The following excerpt from my book The Greatest Good and the…
