Former National Park Service Director Jonathan Jarvis. @StatueLibrtyNPS/Flickr
Institute Executive Director co-authors book on the future of conservation that outlines the direction of the Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity.
Institute Executive Director Jon Jarvis has written a new book with Clemson Professor Dr. Gary Machlis, who served as science advisor during Jarvis’ tenure as the Director of the National Park Service from 2009-2017. Published by the University of Chicago Press, the book is The Future of Conservation in America, A Chart for Rough Water and is available on Amazon and directly from the UC Press.
With an introduction by the highly-regarded author Terry Tempest Williams, the book details the current challenges facing our national parks and public lands, the environment in general, and the threats of human caused climate change and offers an optimistic path to the future.
Jarvis and Dr. Machlis wrote The Future of Conservation for several reasons. They wanted to sound the alarm over the assault by the current administration on conservation. They wanted to use lessons learned, many of which were hard won, to describe how this turbulent time for conservation—what they call “rough water” is impacting the American landscape, and how it may unfold beyond this one administration.
Dr. Machlis and Jarvis are taking The Future of Conservation in America on the road, with the strategic intention of promoting a national dialogue on conservation. Because they believe the future of the movement is with a new and younger leadership, they are visiting university and college campuses across the country. They will be presenting the alarm, strategies for action, and optimism about conservation that populate the book.
Jarvis has already delivered the book’s key messages at Colorado State University, Harvard University and his Alma Mater: The College of William and Mary. His presentation at the Kennedy School’s Public Policy Forum was accompanied by Harvard Professor Emeritus E.O. Wilson and Harvard Professor of Public Finance Linda Bilmes. That event can be seen on-line. Dr. Machlis has delivered a similar lecture at Yale University and Clemson University. More lectures are planned this year at San Francisco State, UC Davis and the University of Utah.
During his lecture, Jarvis stated:
“We also wrote to provide practical strategies for action. It is not enough to be outraged, or to recite a litany of environmental harm being done by the present administration. Resistance is important, but a real set of strategic actions is even more important.”
“There are essential and effective strategies, that we have tested during our careers that can advance the cause of conservation in America in ways that are bipartisan, respectful of differences, inclusive, science-informed, forward looking, and practical. We wrote to share these strategies and encourage their use.”
“Finally, we wrote to declare confidence in the resilience of American institutions, the American conservation movement, and its patriotic contribution to the nation. Our small book is illustrated with a photograph to introduce each chapter. We begin with a gathering at Gettysburg, just after the battle and we conclude with a large American flag during a Fourth of July parade, in Colorado as a matter of fact, because we believe conservation is deeply patriotic and a necessary and vital part of America’s history and core values.”
Jarvis is also using the lecture series to talk about the Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity and the correlation between the strategies outlined in the book and the goals of the Institute. At each college or university, Jarvis is also exploring opportunities to collaborate with the new Institute. A key goal of the Institute is to empower the millennial generation to lead conservation into the future based on good science. The Institute is working with a range of graduate and undergraduate students and faculty at Berkeley to bring new research to the most pressing conservation issues facing our park and public lands.
Through the Institute for Parks, People and Biodiversity, Jarvis is also implementing the interdisciplinary approach and unified vision of conservation outlined in the book, connecting the Berkeley colleges of natural resources with law, design, public health, education and business.
In Chapter 6: Jarvis writes:
We have confidence that the unified vision of conservation will result in significant progress over the long term. The coming together of nature conservation, historical preservation, ecosystem services, environmental justice and civil rights, sustainability, public health, and science communities is overdue, but when fully accomplished will reap significant reward. As these interests increasingly practice the skills of collaboration, and gain experience in working closely together in more common cause, they will and their collective “voice” to be powerful, influential, and effective. There will be a time when the physician, the pastor, the park ranger, the scientist, and the school teacher all working together for conservation will seem not unusual but expected.
The book can be found here:
E. O. Wilson
“The Future of Conservation in America is a call to action by two of the professional leaders most qualified to write it. The ongoing populist assaults on America’s parks and wildlands is nothing less than a threat to a key part of our culture. Still worse, its effects will be irreversible. With authority and passion, the authors present an outline of the necessary defensive action to be undertaken now.”
President Jimmy Carter
“I learned from my early days exploring the forests and waters of Georgia and my years in Washington, DC, that conservation is an American value that needs replenishment by each new generation. There are growing dangers to our most precious civic possessions: the air we breathe; the water we drink; and the land that sustains us. Divisive politics distract us from these common interests. The Future of Conservation in America calls for an enlightened vision for the future. The authors draw from a combined eighty years of public service in conservation and science to chart a course for a new generation of conservation action and leadership.”
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