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Decided my literature class next semester won't be my standard "overview of the history of Southern literature" course, but will be one dedicated to the literature of hunting and field sports generally in the South. Faulkner's Big Woods is obviously on the syllabus. What else?

Land & Sea: The plant workers of Charleston during the moratorium's first year (1994) youtube.com/watch?v=goEfMQ… #envhist #cdnhist #coastalhistory

If you're struggling to understand how eugenics impacts daily life right now, I recommend going back to the historical records to see how the eugenics movement took off 100 years ago. We need to be able to recognize it when we see it, so that we can push back and resist. 1/13

Can a New DNA Test Save the World’s Rarest #Turtle? | By Abhishyant Kidangoor Only two or three individuals of the Yangtze #softshellturtle are known to exist; the last known female died in 2023, rendering the #species functionally extinct. news.mongabay.com/2025/02/can-a-… #Vietnam

Our next NiCHE Conversation will be on Wednesday, February 26th at 10am EST on Instagram Live. William Favre will join Dr. Jessica DeWitt to talk about the Sanriku Tsunami of 1896 & the Japanese state's response to the event. #envhist Follow NiCHE on Insta: instagram.com/niche.canada

This conversation will be based on Favre's NiCHE article, "L’État japonais et le tsunami du Sanriku (1896)" and his dissertation on the topic. - niche-canada.org/2025/02/18/let… #envhist

Belatedly, but after some technical difficulties our NiCHE Conversation with Richard Yeomans is now available on YouTube! Yeomans joined Dr. Jessica DeWitt to chat about the impact of the 1778 Taxation of the Colonies Act on the British North American Fishery. youtube.com/watch?v=H-wHQP…

This conversation was based on Richard Yeomans's NiCHE article, "From Olive Branch to Policing Stick: The Fishery and the Constitutional Transformation of the 1778 Taxation of the Colonies Act" - niche-canada.org/2020/09/24/fro… #envhist #cdnhist #coastalhistory

Our NiCHE Conversation with Camille-Mary Sharp and Dr Ellie Armstrong (she/her) is now available on YouTube! They joined Dr. Jessica DeWitt to discuss their recent special issue of Museum and Society on Mobilizing Museum Minerals. youtube.com/watch?v=RsudYx… #envhist #museums #minerals

You can explore the special issue here: niche-canada.org/2024/12/16/spe… #envhist #museums #nathist #minerals

So much for a “meritocracy.” Last night at the Pentagon, President Trump and Secretary Hegseth dismantled a core principle of American democracy: the apolitical military. Let me explain what’s going on and why it is deeply dangerous for our country: 🧵

Now, Trump and Hegseth are trying to gut the military’s leadership so they can use the armed forces to carry out their personal, political agenda. This move will threaten America’s national security, show weakness to dictators worldwide like Vladimir Putin, and give Donald Trump

Our NiCHE Conversation with Tina Adcock and Tina Loo @lootina.bsky.social is now available on YouTube! They joined Dr. Jessica DeWitt to discuss their The Place Where You Live series and their personal connection to the concept of place. youtube.com/watch?v=_43koT… #envhist #envhum #place

You can explore The Place Where You Live series here: niche-canada.org/tag/place-wher… #envhist #envhum #place

Our NiCHE Conversation with Glenn Iceton is now available on YouTube. Iceton joined Dr. Jessica DeWitt to discuss the atmosphere around Indigenous land claims in the Yukon Territory during the 1970s. youtube.com/watch?v=RpFiA4… #envhist #cdnhist #yukon #indigenoushistory

This conversation was based on Glenn Iceton's PiCHE paper, “'The Land is No Longer as it Was': Land Use, Resource Extraction, and Land Claims in the Yukon Territory." - niche-canada.org/2025/01/29/the… #envhist #cdnhist #indigenoushistory #yukon

The Butterfly Smuggler thisiscriminal.com/episode-305-th… #envhist #animalhistory

Happy to announce that in nearly one month I will be in San Francisco for Psychedelic Culture 2025 - Chacruna Institute, speaking on a Psychedelic Journalism panel with Ali McGhee, PhD & Annie Oak Harrison. Life takes unexpected turns. Conference program: psychedelic-culture.net/program

The great Glen Campbell sings a classic song about a fabled Texas seaport. youtu.be/PxoJkDQdNBI?si… This really takes me back!

Three Former E.P.A. Leaders: You’ll Miss It When It’s Gone.. By William K. Reilly, Christine Todd Whitman and Gina McCarthy The writers are former Environmental Protection Agency administrators. nytimes.com/2025/02/27/opi…