by bill-youngs | Nov 1, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park
The Turkey “Problem” at Capitol Reef National Monument Fireside Talk November 1, 2016 J. William T. Youngs The first thing I noticed when I arrived at the Capitol Reef campground was a herd of deer, ambling comfortably between the tents and RVs. Then I...
by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park
Fireside Talk: What’s that Cattle Herd Doing in a National Park? Posted November 6, 2016 (Recorded in Capitol Reef National Park, October 31, 2016) J. William T. Youngs (Note: perversely some of the images in this post do not stay posted. I have spent most of...
by bill-youngs | Oct 31, 2016 | Fireside Talks, National Park
Capitol Reef: Mother Nature and a Historic Orchard Fireside Talk October 31, 2016 J. William T. Youngs As I write this, I am sitting in an RV in a campground at Capitol Reef National Park. It is 4:30 in the morning, and I have been awake since about 3:00. I stepped...
by bill-youngs | Jun 9, 2015 | Fireside Talks
With our recent readings and films in “The History of the American Wilderness” we have seen the way that over time Americans have become more and more dedicated to what Aldo Leopold calls the “land ethic” — the idea that animals, plants,...
by bill-youngs | Nov 22, 2014 | Fireside Talks, National Park
Note: earlier on this quarter we had another visit to Taroko National Park in Taiwan, focusing on a local resident and a motor scooter. We will see them again in this post, but this is a larger post, telling us a lot more about the park. I wrote the original Talk,...
