by lcarrchilders January 10, 2018 4 Joseph E. Taylor III Leisl Carr Childers What Happens Now That the Bundy Trial is Over? In the wake of the shocking outcome of the Bundy trial, two scholars weigh in on its possible ramifications. “TheContinue Reading
by weblogwest January 10, 2017 Number of comments0 Authors Leisl Carr Childers Following the Money in the West by Leisl Carr Childers A review of Follow the Money: A Spatial History for In-Lieu Programs for Western Federal Lands FollowContinue Reading
by lcarrchilders November 23, 2016 Number of comments0 Leisl Carr Childers Thanksgiving Reflections on Standing Rock Our colleague Elizabeth Sutton was recently in North Dakota at Standing Rock. She returned to Cedar Falls with a storyContinue Reading
by lcarrchilders October 5, 2016 Number of comments0 Authors Leisl Carr Childers A Disappeared Resource by Leisl Carr Childers This semester, I have asked my students to explore the history of nuclear testing through theContinue Reading
by lcarrchilders May 16, 2016 1 Leisl Carr Childers Restoring a River and a People: The Elwha River Project by Michael W. Childers with photographs by Leisl Carr Childers Standing on the abandoned roadbed, I look down at theContinue Reading
by lcarrchilders January 10, 2016 Number of comments0 Leisl Carr Childers Essential Reading on the Incidents at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Our good friends at The Institute for Mountain Research at Westminster College asked BlogWest administrator Leisl Carr Childers for a compilationContinue Reading
by lcarrchilders January 4, 2016 3 Leisl Carr Childers Cliven Bundy Revisited I take back the term “empathy.” I’m not even sure I’m sympathetic at this point. Over the weekend, after the completionContinue Reading
by weblogwest April 21, 2014 18 Authors Leisl Carr Childers Understanding Cliven Bundy by Leisl Carr Childers The last two weeks’ worth of national news has chronicled a surreal drama acted out inContinue Reading