Course Catalog - 2011-2012

     

HIST 425 - U.S. CONSERVATION MOVEMENT

Long Title: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN CONSERVATION MOVEMENT
Department: History
Grade Mode: Standard Letter
Course Type: Seminar
Credit Hours: 3
Description: Exploration of the American conservation movement from Pres. Theodore Roosevelt, Sierra Club founder John Muir, and Chief of the U.S. Forest Service Gifford Pinchot to naturalists John Burroughs and John Perkins Marsh - focusing on their work in context of current issues in global warming, and wetlands restoration.