The Mountains are Calling is out in time for summer reading #envhist

I have an opinion piece in the New York Times today on how the labor movement has failed to step up to the moment in countering Trump, even as Trump unilaterally strips public sector workers of collective bargaining. Labor will die as a movement if this continues. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/01/o...

Yosemite National Park has been at the center of debates over privatization for over 150 years. The struggle between preservation and profit continues to shape its future, according to a historian. buff.ly/3pVI0C5 By @michaelchilders.bsky.social, Colorado State University

My university has hired Academic Analytics to provide admins insights into our scholarship production. Does anyone have any experiences with this company?

I have a grad student looking for a roommate for ASEH. Drop me a message if interested

I don’t want a nap ….

"Silicon Valley was—and remains—an experiment, one that many cities and regions, ignoring the contingencies of its history, are quixotically attempting to replicate." On reading @jasonheppler.org 's new book. lareviewofbooks.org/article/dirt...

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental History at St. Olaf fa-ewur-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

Talked with journalist Mark Dent on the current state of the ski industry. Ski resorts are angling for expansion and new resort development. media.hubspot.com/the-ski-busi...

The BYU Redd Center 2024 funding season is here! ALL DISCIPLINES eligible, so long as the work focuses on the Intermountain regions of AZ, CO, ID, MT, NV, NM, UT, or WY. *PLEASE* help spread the word. Applications due March 15, 2024. reddcenter.byu.edu/Blogs/redd-c... 🗃️📗#AmWest

TT job in United States History, American Indian Studies, the North American West, Nebraska History, and related areas. Cool small town in Nebraska. nscs.peopleadmin.com/postings/11403

My Mom’s neighbors

I am quoted in the WSJ on the impacts of climate change on the ski industry - www.wsj.com/articles/pro.... Sadly, it is behind a paywall, though I do have a pdf if anyone wants to read my very obvious insights - more snow = more skiers, less snow = less skiers.

Any news on when the hotel block for the ASEH will open? When we can expect a program?

Maybe the next time a journal in my field discusses “the frontier” they should include a western historian, or a Native historian?