Residencies for Nature and Outdoors Writers

Spring Creek - University of Oregon - writer in residence program

Mesa Refuge, Point Reyes Station, California - writer's residency

Taos Summer Writer's Conference - fiction and non-fiction writing conference

Voices of the Wilderness  - artist's residency

Island Institute, Sitka, Alaska - resident fellowships

Sitka Center - residency programs for artists, writers, natural science scholars, musicians


National Park Service Residency Programs on Cape Cod - for artists and writers

Cowboy Poets

Mythmakers of the west and cowboy poets still roll their own and tie a shake a mean lariat.
Join the Arizona Cowboy Poets Gathering in August, 2012.

Keep in mind the next cowboy poets festival in Arizona February 2013.

And what about those cowgirl poets? Don't forget them!  Cowgirl poets wowed the crowd at the Alpine, Texas show reports the  live.work.dream blog.   Go get 'em Billy Jean.

Study Resources :: The Environmental Movement

Evolution of Conservation Movement in the United States of America

Significant Authors:

Edward Abbey

Rachel Carson

John Muir

Gary Snyder

Add your suggestions  -- other authors whose writings have shaped the conservation movement in the United States.  Use  the comments area on this posting to share information.