Earth911 Podcast: Wilderness Defender Doug Peacock on Was It Worth It?

Earth911 Podcast: Wilderness Defender Doug Peacock on Was It Worth It?

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Meet Doug Peacock, wilderness warrior, creator, and the inspiration for Edward Abbey’s well-known character in The Monkeywrench Gang, George Washington Hayduke. Doug Peacock’s new guide, Was It Worth It: A Wilderness Warror’s Long Trail Home, contemplates a life spent in nature in addition to the partnerships in wilderness residing and protection he had with Abbey and others within the environmental writing world. His 1996 guide, Grizzly Years, which recounts his 20-year relationship with grizzly bears, is without doubt one of the nice books concerning the misguided relationship individuals have with apex predator species. Was It Worth It is published by Patagonia; it’s one of many few books that carries an environmental advantages abstract — it’s printed on recycled, chlorine-free paper, so it’s a guide you may be ok with shopping for.

Doug Peacock, author of Was It Worth It
Doug Peacock, creator of Was It Worth It, is our visitor on Sustainability in Your Ear.

Doug reads from his newest guide and talks about his 50+ years residing close to and finding out grizzly bear across the Yellowstone National Park area. He displays on how, if one doesn’t attempt to management and exploit nature, it offers infinite magical experiences and the sources crucial for a accountable way of life. Doug additionally discusses the position of indigenous information and the pressing want to reply to the collapse of biodiversity within the American West. You can be taught extra about Doug Peacock at dougpeacock.net and order the books we speak about at Amazon or Powell’s Books: Was It Worth It (Amazon, Powell’s) and Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness (Amazon, Powell’s).