Selected and Upcoming Presentations
The Enduring and Elemental Importance of Natural History
Georgetown University, Earth Commons Seminar Series; Washington, D.C.; November 2024
Natural History as a Practice of Conservation and Connection
IUCN Species Survival Commission (Freshwater Conservation Committee), Future for Nature Academy, The Fishing Cat Project; Chilika, India (virtual); February 2024
Why Natural History Matters
School of Earth and Sustainability, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; September 2023
Natural History, Reciprocal Healing, and a Sense of Kinship
Healing the Earth, Healing Ourselves series, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona; May 2023 [video]
Natural History, Loving the World, and Achieving Sustainability. Part of panel discussion: “Knowing and Protecting Life On Earth Begins With Natural History and Science Innovation,” United Nations Science Summit, New York (virtual); September 2022 [video]
Natural History: A Practice of Mindfulness, Kinship, and Respect
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Southwest Utah, St. George, Utah (virtual); June 2022
Falling In Love With Birds
“Notes From the Field” video presentation, Natural History Institute, Prescott, Arizona [video]
Why Natural History Matters More Than Ever
Qatar Natural History Society, Doha, Qatar (virtual); May 2021
Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight
Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, with Paul Smith’s College and Roosevelt University (virtual); April 2021 [video; intro of TLF at 7:55]
Natural History: The Practice of Falling in Love with the World, in Inspire session on Natural History: The Passionate Heart of Ecology
Ecological Society of America annual conference (virtual); August 2020
Story and the Ecological Imagination
Coordinator of special session at Ecological Society of America annual conference (virtual); August 2020
Why Natural History Matters
Plenary address, Reciprocal Healing: Nature, Health, and Wild Vitality- A National Confluence, Sedona, Arizona; November 2019
Natural History: The Heart and Soul of Environmental Education
Keynote address, Annual Conference, Arizona Association for Environmental Education, Prescott, Arizona; September 2019
Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight
Headwaters Conference, Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado; October 2018
Nature, Love, Medicine
Reading and discussion with Nalini Nadkarni, Brooke Williams, and Jana Richman, The King’s English Bookstore, Salt Lake City, Utah; October 2018
Nature, Love, Medicine
Panel discussion with Nalini Nadkarni and Jana Richman; Utah Valley University, Orem, Utah; October 2018
Natural History Through Literature
Panel discussion with Jana Richman, Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah; October 2018
Natural History As Ally
Workshop for conservation professionals, Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, Maine; September 2018
Why Natural History Matters: Saving the Earth and Feeding Your Soul Through the Study of Natural History
Maine Audubon Society, Falmouth, Maine; September 2018
Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight
Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine; September 2018
The Attentive Practice of Natural History, and Wellness, in panel discussion on The Power of Place-Based Observation
Organization of Biological Field Stations annual conference, Schoodic, Maine; September 2018
Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight
Human Ecology Forum, College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine; September 2018
Natural History: Reciprocal Healing and the Path of Delight
Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Yosemite National Park, California; July 2018
Game Over or Game On?: Disrupting Crises Through Creative Interventions
Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference, Washington, D.C.; June 2018 (with Randall Amster, Georgetown University)
Field Studies: The Essential Foundation of a Natural Resources Education
Keynote address, Biennial Conference on University Education in Natural Resources, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas; March 2018
Falling In Love With the Natural World
Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; February 2018
Nature, Love, Medicine
Lecture, reading and discussion, with contributors Sarah Rabkin, Gwen Heistand, and Edie Dillon, Stanford University Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Portola Valley, California; November 2017
Nature, Love, Medicine
Reading and discussion, with contributors Jane Hirshfield, Sarah Rabkin, Gwen Heistand, and Edie Dillon, Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, sponsored by Point Reyes Books and Black Mountain Circle, Point Reyes, California; November 2017
Nature, Love, Medicine
Reading and discussion, with contributor Edie Dillon; Bright Side Books, Flagstaff, Arizona; October 2017
Nature, Love, Medicine: In Celebration of Natural History
Reading and discussion, with contributors Alberto Búrquez and Gary Paul Nabhan, University of Arizona Desert Laboratory at Tumamoc Hill, Tucson, Arizona; October 2017
Natural History: Falling In Love With the World
Sustainability Brown Bag Series, Pima County Office of Sustainability, Tucson, Arizona; October 2017
Nature, Love, Medicine book launch
Reading and discussion, with contributors Melanie Bishop and Edie Dillon; Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; October 2017
Teaching Biology in the Field: Importance, Challenges, and Solutions. NSF/BioScience Report
Plenary address, Organization of Biological Field Stations annual conference, Lake Itasca, Minnesota; September 2017
The Critical Importance of Field Education in a Changing World
Co-Organizer, Special Session, Ecological Society of America conference, Portland, Oregon; August 2017
Natural History and the Deep Well of Community
Keynote, Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences annual conference, Tucson, Arizona; June 2017
Why Natural History Matters
Keynote, 14th Annual Arizona Botany Meeting, Arizona Native Plant Society, Prescott, Arizona; May 2017
Our Deepest Affinity: Connecting With Nature as the Wellspring of Relational Learning, Leadership, and Hope
Keynote ("Inspirator"), The Second International Dialogue for Relational Leadership and Learning for Hope-full and Sustainable Futures, Flinders University, Adelaide, Australia; July 2015 [Proceedings]
Stories from the American Campfire: Conservation Strategy and Practice in the USA
Conservation Council of South Australia; Adelaide, Australia; July 2015
Falling in Love With the World: The Path of Natural History
Keynote, Northeast Naturalists' Gathering, Natural History Network/Sterling College, Craftsbury Common, Vermont; May 2014
Falling in Love With the World: The Path of Natural History
Prescott Community Earth Day, Prescott, Arizona; April 2014
The Way of Nature in the Southwest
Reading and Presentation, Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; November 2013
How to Write about the Environment Without Succumbing to Despair: Three Perspectives on Environmental Solutions
Panelist (with Alan Weisman and Antony Brown), Peregrine Book Co., Prescott, Arizona; October 2013
Knowing Place: What, Why, and How
Panelist, "Knowing Place: A Forum", Speak to the Wild, Wells Gray Provincial Park, Clearwater, British Columbia; September 2013
Why Natural History Matters
Parsons Memorial Lodge Summer Series, Yosemite National Park, California; August 2012
The Way of Natural History
Village Books and North Cascades Institute, Bellingham, Washington; July 2012
Natural History Renaissance:
Building a Social Movement for Nature and Conservation
Forestry Seminar Series, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; November 2011
The Heart of Natural History
Keynote Address: Centennial Zoofest, 100 Years of Arizona Natural History
Heritage Park Zoological Park, Prescott, Arizona; October 2011
Why the World Needs Natural History:
Attentiveness to Nature as an Integrative Basis for Earth Stewardship
Presenter at “A Natural History Initiative for Ecology, Stewardship, and Sustainability“ symposium at Ecological Society of America conference, Austin, Texas; August 2011
Falling in Love with the World: the Path of Natural History
Society for Human Ecology conference, Las Vegas, Nevada; April 2011
The Way of Natural History
Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona; April 2011
126 Degrees of Exploration: A Year of Intentional Natural History
Prescott College, Prescott, Arizona; November 2009
Why Natural History Is Important Today
Highlands Center for Natural History annual meeting, Prescott, Arizona; August 2009
Next Steps Toward a Natural History Renaissance
Workshop co-facilitator, Ecological Society of America conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico; August 2009
What Is Natural History and Why Does It Matter?
Presenter at "Natural History: The Basis for Ecological Understanding and a Global Sustainable Society," Organized Oral Session at Ecological Society of America conference, Albuquerque, New Mexico; August 2009
Aldo Leopold and the Practice of Natural History
"A Fierce Green Fire at 100: Aldo Leopold and the Roots of Environmental Ethics," Summer institute sponsored by Arizona State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities, Prescott, Arizona; July 2009
Why Natural History Matters
Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; February 2009
Revitalizing Natural History
Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon; November 2008
A Renaissance of Natural History in Human Ecology
(Interactive Symposium, co-facilitated with John Anderson, Joshua Tewksbury, and Saul Weisberg) Society for Human Ecology conference, Bellingham, Washington; September 2008
Shorebird Use of Estero Santa Cruz, Sonora, Mexico
Colorado River Delta Shorebird Workshop, Yuma, Arizona; November 2007
The Legacy and Future Visions of Conservation Biology on the Colorado Plateau
Panel Discussion Participant, Ninth Biennial Conference of Research on the Colorado Plateau, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; October 2007
The Greatest Alchemy: The Magic of Desert Wetlands
College of the Atlantic, Bar Harbor, Maine; October 2007
What Greater Treasure?: Living Water in the Desert
Keynote Address, Gila River Festival, Silver City, New Mexico; September 2007
Natural History: The Original Practice of Human Ecology
Society for Human Ecology conference, Bar Harbor, Maine; October 2006
Livestock Grazing in the American West:
A Case Study of Ecological and Sociopolitical Conflict
EcoLeague Curriculum Exchange Symposium, Society for Human Ecology conference, Bar Harbor, Maine; October 2006
Nature Writing: The Product and the Process
Highlands Center for Natural History, Prescott, Arizona; October 2006
Why Natural History Matters
Forestry Seminar Series, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona; October 2006
An Overview of the Ecological Effects of Livestock Grazing in the Arid West
California Partners in Flight conference, Bishop, California; August 2006
The Greatest Alchemy: Wetlands and the Arid West
Keynote address, Western Wetlands Conference, Denver, Colorado; October 2005
In the Land of Singing Stones
Everett Ruess Arts and Humanities Festival (sponsored by Utah Humanities Council), Escalante, Utah; October 2005
Desert Wetlands
Museum of Northern Arizona, Flagstaff, Arizona; September 2005
