Testimonials for This Grand and Magnificent Place

“There are few American wild landscapes with as long and intense a human association as the White Mountains. Christopher Johnson tells the story in fascinating detail. Along the way we gain an understanding of the growth of wilderness appreciation in American intellectual history.”
—Roderick Frazier Nash, Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, and author of Wilderness and the American Mind

Other Books

In 2006, the University Press of New England, in Lebanon, New Hampshire published my first book, This Grand and Magnificent Place: The Wilderness Heritage of the White Mountains. It’s a blend of history, literature, art, and conservation about these fabulous mountains.

This Grand and Magnificent Place

The Grand and Magnificent Place In 2006, the University Press of New England, in Lebanon, New Hampshire published my first book, This Grand and Magnificent Place: The Wilderness Heritage of the White Mountains. It’s a blend of history, literature, art, and conservation about these fabulous mountains. You can order from Amazon.com at:

Amazon

Forests for the People

Foress for the People Forests for the People: The Story of America’s Eastern National Forests was published in 2013 by Island Press, and the co-author is David Govatski. The book Part I tells how heavy logging and forest fires almost destroyed America’s eastern forests in the early 1900s. Conservationists, including Theodore Roosevelt, called attention to the issue and pushed for the passage of the Weeks Act in 1911. The law was the first one that allowed the federal government to buy forestlands and grasslands for the purpose of protecting them. It was landmark legislation, leading to the creation of national forests in the East, South, and Midwest.
Part II examines issues on the eastern national forests today, using case studies that explore each issue in depth:

Timber harvesting on Holly Springs National Forest in Mississippi
The use of prescribed burns on the Ocala, Osceola, and Apalachicola National Forests in Florida
Wilderness protection on the Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia
Preservation versus multiple use in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness
Wolf recovery on Michigan’s national forests
Shale oil drilling on the Allegheny National Forest in Pennsylvania
The emerald ash borer and other invasive species on Michigan’s national forests
Overdevelopment near the Green Mountain National Forest in Vermont and North Carolina’s national forests

You can order the book at Island Press’s Website.

Island Press