Month: February 2016

The Significance of the Bureaucrat in Western American History: Hair-Raising Tales from the Department of the Interior

The Significance of the Bureaucrat in Western American History: Hair-Raising Tales from the Department of the Interior

Dr. Patty Limerick, Faculty Director and Chair of the Board of the Center of the American West at the University of Colorado Boulder and professor of environmental studies and history, joins Stephanie Ratte, a student at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, for a conversation about the importance of history for understanding environmental issues today, challenges and opportunities in the American West, and why we should care more about bureaucrats.