America's Public Lands: From Yellowstone to Smokey Bear and Beyond

This updated edition traces the oft-forgotten ideas of nature that have shaped the evolution of America's public land system. The result is a fresh and compelling account of the most pressing challenges facing national parks, forests, rangelands, and wildlife refuges from their early beginnings through the first years of the Trump administration.


About the Author
Randall K. Wilson is professor of environmental studies at Gettysburg College. The first edition of America's Public Lands won the J. B. Jackson Prize from the American Association of Geographers.