Going Wild for Wilderness
Environmental historian Char Miller (Pomona College) will explore the the significance of the Wilderness Act, whose 50th anniversary we recently celebrated. Has the legislation achieved what its original proponents hoped? How have the politics of wilderness changed since 1964? And what does that shift portend for the proposed San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
Next meeting will be September 16, at 7:00 pm at the Upland Presbyterian Church.
Meeting is held upstairs in the First Presbyterian Church Education building, 869 N. Euclid Ave, Upland, take the left side stairs. There will be a short business meeting first and refreshments will be served. New members and the public are welcome.
Char Miller is the W. M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis at Pomona College. He received his Ph.D. in American History from the Johns Hopkins University and his B.A. from Pitzer College. He is author of the award-winning Gifford Pinchot and the Making of Modern Environmentalism and his latest books include Public Lands, Public Debates: A Century of Controversy (2012), On the Edge: Water, Immigration, and Politics in the Southwest (2013) and Seeking the Greatest Good: The Conservation Legacy of Gifford Pinchot (2013), as well as the co-authored Death Valley National Park: A History (2013). Miller is a regular contributor of essays, commentary, and reviews to professional journals, newspapers, and online media. His blog, Golden Green, which explores environmental issues in California and the West for KCET.org (Los Angeles), received the inaugural Public Outreach Service Award from the American Society for Environmental History (2014).
