The Republic of Nature: An Environmental History of the United States

Acknowledgments

430 acKNowledGMeNts Icouldnothavecompletedthisbookwithoutthehelpofmanypeopleandinstitutions . Scott Casper, Jim Davidson, Karl Jacoby, Marianne Keddington-Lang, Jane Kepp, Janet Ore, and Jared Orsi read the entire manuscript in one form or another, and I am grateful for their criticisms, suggestions, and encouragement . John Albright, Ruth Alexander, SueEllen Campbell, Nate Citino, Robert Gudmestad, Adrian Howkins, and Ann Little each read major portions and provided critical comments and advice, and I thank them for their help. I have superb colleagues in the Department of History at Colorado State University; in particular, I thank Janet, Jared, Ruth, Nate, Robert, Adrian, and Ann. Bill Cronon, Julidta Tarver, and Marianne Keddington-Lang, my sponsoring editors at the University of Washington Press, helped me transform an amorphous idea into a concrete product. Bill’s influence on my work is considerable , and I am grateful for his wisdom, guidance, and patience. Julidta encouraged the project from the start. Marianne edited the manuscript lineby -line, insisted that I privilege the needs and interests of the nonspecialist reader, and guided me through some rough moments with her characteristic intelligence, warmth, and sensitivity. I thank Pat Soden, Marilyn Trueblood, Tom Eykemans, and other staff at the University of Washington Press for their generous support, and I acknowledge the expert help of Tanya Buckingham and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Cartography Lab in the preparation of the maps. For their critical reaction to portions of my work and for their help and encouragement, I am grateful to Thomas Andrews, Sue Armitage, Mart Bailey, acKNowledGMeNts 431 Lisa Brady, Mary Braun, Karl Brooks, Michael Burlingame, Maren Bzdek, Phil Cafaro, John Calderazzo, Gerry Callahan, Jonathan Cobb, Pattie Cowell, Greg Cushman, Sue Doe, Ron Doel, Tom Dunlap, Sterling Evans, Steve Fountain, Phil Garone, David Goodstein, Shane Hamilton, Blane Harding, Mark Harvey, Todd Henry, Eric Hinderaker, Greg Hobbs, Dave Hsiung, Jon Hunner, Phyllis Hunter, Nancy Scott Jackson, Fredrik Jonsson, Bob Keller, Ari Kelman, Jack Kirby, Bill Kovarik, Prakash Kumar, Mike Lansing, Jim Leiker, Patty Limerick, Dick Lowitt, Mark Lytle, Neil Maher, Peter Mallios, Dale Martin, Dave Mogen, Kathy Morse, Mary Murphy, Linda Nash, Tim Orr, Dick Orsi, Jeff Pappas, Don Pisani, Steve Pyne, Fred Quivik, Harry Ritter, Bruce Ronda, Ed Russell, Jeff Sanders, Adam Sowards, Mart Stewart, Steven Stoll, Ellen Stroud, Paul Sutter, Lou Swanson, Bill Timpson, Sam Truett, Richard Tucker, Jeremy Vetter, Louis Warren, Marsha Weisiger, Richard White, Stewart Winger, Bob Wilson, Don Worster, Graeme Wynn, Doug Yarrington, and Rick Zier. A book of this sort necessarily relies heavily on the productions of other scholars. I am grateful to historians and other writers and intellectuals for the mountain of articles, books, and documents they have created and on which I have drawn. I have thanked a few of them in person or in writing, and I wish I could do the same for the rest. The chapter notes and the reference list suggest the magnitude of my debt. If my book accomplishes anything, it is because of them. Space precludes me from acknowledging by name every student from whom I have learned and who inspired or helped with this book, but in particular I would like to thank Avana Andrade, Shane Armstrong, Alan Barkley, Craig Boardman, Brian Collier, Rolly Constable, Mike Eckhoff, Heather Craig Everett, Rose Gaudio, Mike Geary, Chelsea Gilmore, Dirk Hobman, Tristan Kenyon-Schultz, Cori Knudten, Andy Kruse, Tom Latousek, Carol Hutton Lucking, Jake McMahon, Lori Walker Mentink, Emmie Miller, Tracy Miller, Burr Neely, Brad Patterson, Nellie Pierson, Eric Saulnier, Emilie Sniteley (also my niece), Ted Snyder, Sierra Standish, Paul Stock, Clarissa Janssen Trapp, Ted Veggeberg, and all my students—past, present, and future—in HY464-HIST355 American Environmental History. At Colorado State University, I received invaluable support from the College of Liberal Arts, Morgan Library, the Department of History, and the William E. Morgan Chair of Liberal Arts. In particular, I thank college deans Bob Hoffert and Ann Gill, department chairs Ruth Alexander, Doug Yarrington, and Diane Margolf, administrative assistants Lorraine Dunn and Robin 432 acKNowledGMeNts Troxell, and the benefactors of the Morgan Chair. Like other underfunded public institutions, Colorado State University struggles to fulfill its mission, and I am grateful for its efforts to support the people and provide the resources that make it an appealing place to teach, research, and write. The Walter Hines Page Fellowship at the National Humanities Center in Durham, North Carolina, gave me the time, space, and resources to complete a sizable portion of the manuscript. I thank...