Forest Service Centennial Road Tour
September 2004-July 2005
USDA Forest Service, Grey Towers National Historic Landmark,
Pinchot Institute for Conservation, New Century of Service
RESERVE NOW TO HAVE DR. CHAR MILLER GIVE HIS EXCITING
PRESENTATION AT YOUR SITE – LIMITED TO 30 PROGRAMS!
The Centennial Road Tour:
The Forest Service will celebrate its centennial in 2005 and launch
its New Century of Service to the American people and the extraordinary
landscape under its management. But what of its past century of service?
What is the relationship between the Forest Service’s land management
practices, then and now? And how might a discussion of its historic
challenges help us better understand its contemporary dilemmas and future
prospects?
Historian Char Miller, author, professor and Forest Service history
expert, will deliver 30 lectures throughout the country about the
environmental and political history that developed and shaped the Forest Service. The
talks illustrate the agency’s past and speak directly to the present. Using photographs,
cartoons, and other illustrative material, he weaves an exciting tale about the Forest
Service’s contributions to the nation and the controversies that swirled around its actions.
Char Miller:
Char Miller, chair of the History Department and the director of the Urban
Studies program at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, is author of
Gifford Pinchot and The Making of Modern Environmentalism (Island
Press, 2001); co-author of the award-winning The Greatest Good: 100
Years of Forestry in America (SAF, 1999), and is the editor most recently of The Atlas
of U.S. and Canadian Environmental History (Routledge, 2003). Miller specializes in
American environmental, social, and cultural history. A Senior Fellow of the Pinchot
Institute for Conservation, Miller also is a contributing writer for the Texas Observer,
serves on the Editorial Board of Environmental History, Pacific Historical Review and
the Trinity University Press, and is on the Board of Directors of the Forest History
Society.
To Reserve a Program:
To learn more about the Centennial Road Tour or to reserve a program with Char Miller,
contact Lori McKean at Grey Towers National Historic Landmark at 570-296-9672 or
lmckean@fs.fed.us . Talks will be scheduled on a first come, first served basis so please
make your request early! The only charge for this is Char’s per diem and travel.