January 2006 (11:1)

Articles:

Richard W. Judd. “A ‘Wonderfull Order and Balance’: Natural History and the Beginnings of Forest Conservation in America, 1730-1830,” 8-36.

Benjamin R. Cohen. “Surveying Nature: Environmental Dimensions of Virginia’s First Scientific Survey, 1835-1842,” 37-69.

Michael B. Smith. “‘The Ego Ideal of the Good Camper’ and the Nature of Summer Camp,” 70-

James Boyce. “Canine Revolution: The Social and Environmental Impact of the Introduction of the Dog to Tasmania,” 102-129.

Gallery:

Joseph E. Taylor III on Climber, Granite, Sky. 130-135.

Sources:

Jason A. Gilliland and Mathew Novak on Positioning the Past with the Present: The Use of Fire Insurance Plans and GIS for Urban Environmental History, 136-140.

Book Reviews:

An Unnatural Metropolis: Wresting New Orleans from Nature. By Craig E. Colten. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 2005. xiii + 245 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $39.95. Reviewed by Lester DeCoster.

Jimmy Carter and the Energy Crisis of the 1970s. The “Crisis of Confidence” Speech of July 15, 1979: A Brief History with Documents. By Daniel Horowitz. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s, 2005. xix+ 203 pp. Notes, selected bibliography, index. $13.95 paper. Reviewed by Brian Black.

On The Great Plains: Agriculture and Environment. By Geoff Cunfer. Forward by Dan L. Flores. College Station: Texas A & M Press, 2005. xii+292 pp. Eight photographs, 144 maps, 49 tables, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $55.00 cloth; $28.00 paper. Reviewed by John Opie.

Improved Earth: Prairie Space as Modern Artefact 1869-1944. By Rod Bantjes. Buffalo, N.Y.: University of Toronto Press, 2005. xi + 204 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. Reviewed by Jon Christensen.

Orange Empire: California and the Fruits of Eden. By Douglas Cazaux Sackman. London and Berkeley: University of California Press, 2005. xvi + 386 pp. Illustrations, map, notes, index. $45.00. Reviewed by Steven Stoll.

This Delta, This Land: An Environmental History of the Yazoo-Mississippi Floodplain. By Mikko Saikku. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005. xvii + 373 pp. Maps, photographs, figures, notes, bibliography, index. $54.95. Reviewed by Todd Shallat.

Immortal River: The Mississippi in Ancient and Modern Times. By Calvin R. Fremling. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2005. xii + 429 pp. Includes illustrations, bibliographical references and index. Cloth $70.00, paper $29.95. Reviewed by Craig E. Colten.

Lake Michigan in Motion: Response of an Inland Sea to Weather, Earth-spin, and Human Activities. By Clifford Mortimer. Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004. xix + 310 pp. Illustrations, maps, tables, bibliography, index. $45.00. Reviewed by Terence Kehoe.

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed. By John Vaillant. New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2005. xii + 255 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography. $24.95. Reviewed by Lori Vermaas.

The U.S. Forest Service: A History, centennial edition. By Harold K. Steen. Durham, N.C.: Forest History Society in association with University of Washington Press, 2004. xxxix + 356 pp. Includes bibliographic references and index. Cloth $40.00, paper $25.00. Reviewed by Lynne Heasley.

The Harvard Black Rock Forest. By George W. S. Trow. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press, 2004. 109 pp. Sightline Books: The Iowa Series in Literary Nonfiction;. $14.95 paper. Reviewed by W. Donald Hudson, Jr.

Trembling Earth: A Cultural History of the Okefenokee Swamp. By Megan Kate Nelson. Athens: University of Georgia Press, 2005. xvii + 262 pp. Illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. $34.95. Reviewed by Bob Izlar.

Preserving the Living Past: John C. Merriam’s Legacy in the State and National Parks. By Stephen R. Mark. Berkeley and London: University of California Press, 2005. xvi + 204 pp. Illustrations, notes, further reading, index. $39.95. Reviewed by Kendrick Clements.

A Woman in the Great Outdoors: Adventures in the National Park Service. By Melody Webb. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 2003. 272 pages. $39.95. Reviewed by James M. Glover.

The Battle for Alabama’s Wilderness: Saving the Great Gymnasiums of Nature. By John N. Randolph. Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2005. xi + 263 pp. Illustrations, maps, notes, index. $26.95. Reviewed by Jennifer Hughes Westerman.

Environment Inc.: From Grassroots to Beltway. By Christopher J. Bosso. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2005. xix + 194 pp. Tables, notes, bibliography, index. Cloth $35.00, paper $15.95. Reviewed by Marc Landy.

The Secret Wars of Judi Bari: A Car Bomb, the Fight for the Redwoods, and the End of Earth First! By Kate Coleman. San Francisco: Encounter Books, 2005. 261 pp. Illustrations, bibliographical references, index. $25.95. Reviewed by Polly Welts Kaufman.

 Global Institutions and Social Knowledge: Generating Research at the Scripps Institution and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission, 1900s-1990s. By Virginia M. Walsh. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004. xvi + 171 pp. Figures, tables, notes, bibliography, index. Paper $20.00.  Reviewed by Matthew G. McKenzie.

A History of the Native Woodlands of Scotland, 1500-1920. By T. C. Smout, Alan R. MacDonald, and Fiona Watson. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2005. xiv + 434 pp. 69 illustrations. $110.00 cloth. Reviewed by James H. Dickson.