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Reconciling Economics and Ecology

February 14, 2013 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

Forest

It is common to believe that economic and environmental considerations run counter to each other --- that actions taken to help the environment always take away from economic gains, and vice versa. But when experts from these two fields work together, both economics and environment can benefit. The Property and Economics Research Center (PERC) of Bozeman, MT. held a workshop … [Read more...]

Renegade Naturalist Radio #5: Interview with Charles C. Mann, Bestselling Author of 1491 and 1493

January 13, 2013 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features journalist and bestselling author Charles C. Mann, author of 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, followed in 2011 by 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (audio player above.)In addition to his immensely popular and highly readable books, Mann is also a correspondent and contributing editor for … [Read more...]

New York Nightly News Interview

January 8, 2013 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

The Moon In a Nautilus Shell

Dr. Botkin was recently interviewed at WNBC, New York, about topics in his new book The Moon In a Nautilus Shell.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FJTlsyCBjw … [Read more...]

Urban Ecological Restoration: The Gowanus Canal, Brooklyn, NY

December 7, 2012 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

Gowanus Canal in New York City’s Brooklyn is said to be one of the oldest, shortest, and most polluted canals in the United States. Before European settlement, the area was a typical coastal salt marsh. But with the building of the canal in 1869, boats and barges could come in from the ocean almost two miles inland, making the canal’s shores a good industrial location. By the … [Read more...]

Renegade Naturalist Radio #3: Interview with Conservation Trailblazer, Richard Rice

December 4, 2012 By Daniel Botkin 1 Comment

This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features Dr. Richard E. Rice, Co-Founder and President of the Conservation Agreement Fund (audio player above.)The Conservation Agreement Fund is the only non-profit devoted exclusively to supporting conservation agreements in developing countries, serving as, in Rice’s words, “a kind of mother ship” for their projects, providing … [Read more...]

What is an Old-Growth, Virgin Forest Like?

November 20, 2012 By Daniel Botkin 2 Comments

In the twentieth century (and for centuries before), it was believed that ancient, never-cut forests were mainly very large, widely scattered trees which shaded the ground between them to such a large degree that few younger trees could survive. As a traveler in the 18th century described it, this kind of forest was supposed to be so open between the huge ancient trees that you … [Read more...]

Daniel Botkin A Guest PRX Radio Program IdeaSphere with Guy Rathbun

November 14, 2012 By richf Leave a Comment

Dan recently appeared as a guest on IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices, distributed nationally by Public Radio Exchange (PRX) and hosted and produced by Guy Rathbun. The topic of the program was Dan's latest book, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered. Specifically, Dan and Guy discussed how our Judeo-Christian belief in the balance of nature … [Read more...]

Daniel Botkin on The Leonard Lopate Show on WNYC Radio

October 3, 2012 By richf Leave a Comment

Dan appeared WNYC 93.9 FM and AM 820, New York's flagship public radio stations, as a guest on The Leonard Lopate Show today, Wednesday, October 3, 2012.On the program, Dan discussed his new book, The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered, and explained that in a world constantly confronted by global environmental problems, establishing effective … [Read more...]

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From Daniel B. Botkin, Ph.D

Daniel Botkin
I believe we are mostly on the wrong track in the way we try to deal with the environment. Everything I do, study, learn, and advise about the environment is different from the status quo. Throughout my career, I have tried to understand how nature works and use that understanding to figure out how we can solve our most pressing environmental problems.

My process over the past 45 years has been to look carefully at the facts, make simple calculations from them (sometimes simple computer models) and then tell people what I have learned. It’s surprising how rarely people bother to look at the facts. This has surprised me every time I’ve started a new ecology research project or work on an environmental issue.

In the course of my work and studies, I have learned many things and I want to tell you about them. That is the purpose of this website.

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Books by Dan Botkin

The Moon in the Nautilus Shell  Strange Encounters
Powering the Future  No Man's Garden
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Jabowa III Forest Model


Jabowa Forest Model
Jabowa Forest Model for Windows 7.
This forest model, used around the world, was developed first in 1970 by Daniel B. Botkin, James F. Janak and James R. Wallis

JABOWA remains the most completely detailed and well validated forest growth model available, accounting for 95% or more of the variation in real forests where it has been tested.

The book Forest Dynamics: An Ecological Model (available as an eBook) provides a complete description of the model and the rationales behind its development.

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Sea Ice Study

The Bockstoce and Botkin Historical Sea Ice Data Study has a new home at the University of Alaska website. The data include more than 52,000 daily observations in an unbroken 65 year record from 1849 – 1914.

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