Fall 2019
Briefly noted
Books by WSU alumni, faculty, and the WSU Press » More ...
Environmentalists
Fall 2015
Barnyards and Birkenstocks: Why Farmers and Environmentalists Need Each Other
A book by WSU Press tackles issues confronting both the agriculture industry and environmental activists. » More ...
Fall 2012
The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States
Mark Fiege ’85 MA
University of Washington Press, 2012
Contemplate the founding of the United States, a budding democracy carved out of a vast and unknown (to everyone other than its original inhabitants) wilderness. At some point, one might find oneself unable to extricate American history from Nature and its effects and implications. But we haven’t really, not until Fiege’s remarkable analysis.
Although he is keenly aware of Thomas Jefferson’s warning that “The moment a … » More …
Summer 2012
A brush with Snorkel Bob
There is the world of science, of measured and verified observations, of slow-moving knowledge.
And there’s a world of advocacy, of convictions, values, passion, and a desire for fast-moving change.
Only a few slides into his PowerPoint on the West Hawaii aquarium fishery, WSU marine biologist Brian Tissot notes how the two views serve to complicate the conflicts around the aquarium trade.
Science, he says, looks at the interest-based aspects of … » More …