 My goals as an environmental historian are to understand the ways that human and ecological communities have influenced each other's histories. While interested in theory, I want my work to be useful to communities trying to improve the health of their watersheds and homes. My research explores the interconnected histories of ecosystem health and human health. My recently-published book, Toxic Bodies (Yale, 2010) asks how and why endocrine disrupting chemicals have saturated our bodies and our environments. My first book, Forest Dreams, Forest Nightmares (University of Washington Press, 1995) examined the cause of the forest health crisis in the Inland West. My second book, Where Land and Water Meet, (University of Washington Press, 2003) explored watershed change in the arid west. And my current book project, Sustaining Lake Superior, focuses on the interconnected histories of watershed health, human health, and forest health--all in the context of climate change. I am a member of the Binational Forum, and 4 months of the year I spend in a tiny cabin on Lake Superior, outside of Cornucopia WI. My CV is attached below. |
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