During a recent Q&A session with a distinguished Black author and speaker, a woman from the South tripped so badly over race-based terms, she barely could spit out her danged question. “ … Black … ah … African-American … ,” she sputtered – and not...
Powerful bloc in defense of monuments The Trump administration is well advised to gauge the political blowback as it contemplates an assault – disguised as a review – on the Antiquities Act, as well as two decades of amplifying diverse and inclusive stories in this...
When the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Exclusion Memorial was little more than a clearing in a forest on Puget Sound, among its first visitors was a cacophonous murder of crows. On March 30, 2002, about 750 people came to mark the 60th anniversary of the...
An Open Invitation to workers at Federal Public-lands agencies To the women and men on the ground in our federal public-lands agencies, Because of your pugnacious colleagues at @NatlParkService and @BadlandsNPS, you’ve experienced the gag reflex of our newly installed president. Welcome to the club....
by Glenn Nelson Photographs by Nancy RobbinsCaptions by Nancy RobbinsEssays by David “Mas” Masumoto144 pages, hardcover: $35Yosemite Conservancy, 2016 So many people had referred to Yosemite National Park as a church or cathedral that the first time I ever rolled into the valley, I swear...
A monumental literary achievement in a year for National Parks By Glenn Nelson by QT Luong(Forward by Dayton Duncan)456 pages, hardcover: $65.00 Cameron + Company, 2016 Tuan (Q.T.) Luong has been down many pothole-filled roads during his 20-year quest to photograph every national park in...
