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A Yearlong Search for the Continent's Natural Soul
by Scott WeidensaulThis article relates to Return to Wild America
About the author: Born in 1959, Scott Weidensaul has lived almost all of his life among the long ridges and endless valleys of eastern Pennsylvania, in the heart of the central Appalachians, a landscape that has defined much of his work.
He has written more than two dozen books on natural history, including Living on the Wind: Across the Hemisphere with Migratory Birds (1999), which was one of three finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. He lives in the Pennsylvania Appalachians.
Some key events in the USA environmental movement:
This "beyond the book article" relates to Return to Wild America. It originally ran in January 2006 and has been updated for the November 2006 paperback edition. Go to magazine.
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