"These new books cover challenges to our shared land, ranging from Indigenous appropriation to current corporate grabs."
"In a perfect world, a book-review column focused on public lands would provide readers with exciting tips and insights about visiting national parks and monuments, wildlife refuges, and other breathtaking sites across the United States.
But it’s not a perfect world: Today America’s public lands face their greatest threats as the Trump administration expands the extractive economy, slashes agency workforces, seeks to shrink national monuments, and makes plans to sell off many of our natural assets — even as attendance at our national parks continues to soar to record levels.
That’s why several new and forthcoming books about public lands are essential reading: They put this new threat into historical context, reveal the complexities and contradictions in our public-lands policies, offer insight into their current and future protections, and remind us of their beauty and ecological importance.
Some of them also teach us how to get maximum enjoyment out of a visit to a national park."
John R. Platt and Colleen M. Crary, Ph.D., review for The Revelator April 16, 2025.
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