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Renegade Naturalist Radio #6: Charles Beveridge, Expert on Urban Parks & Frederick Law Olmsted

February 1, 2013 By Daniel Botkin 2 Comments

This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features Charles Beveridge, widely considered the foremost authority on the life and work of Frederick Law Olmsted.Frederick Law Olmsted (1822-1903) was the visionary urban planner and landscape architect behind dozens of important U.S. city parks in the late 1900s. Starting in 1857 with the design of Central Park in New York City, … [Read more...]

Renegade Naturalist Radio #4: Interview with National Parks Author and Expert, Alfred Runte

December 17, 2012 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

This episode of Renegade Naturalist Radio features Alfred Runte, the author of National Parks: The American Experience and an expert on the meaning of protected landscapes (audio player above.)In the interview, Runte discusses the ongoing debate about the appropriate use of national parks by visitors as described in the Organic Act, written by Frederick Law Olmsted, Jr. in … [Read more...]

Science, Open Space, And The Future Of Our National Parks

November 30, 2012 By richf Leave a Comment

The following was originally published a guest column for National Parks Traveler and is reprinted here with permission. For additional information about National Parks Traveler, you can read the original article here.A Note from From National Parks Traveler Editor: Late in August the National Park Service released the Revisiting Leopold report, a 23-page report summoned by … [Read more...]

Now Available: The Moon in the Nautilus Shell

September 14, 2012 By Daniel Botkin Leave a Comment

Moon in the Nautilus Shell

The Moon in the Nautilus Shell: Discordant Harmonies Reconsidered From Climate Change to Species Extinction, How Life Persists in an Ever-Changing World Author Daniel Botkin’s “Magisterial and Beautifully Written” Examination of Our Role in Nature in an Age of Ideology [For Immediate Release] In a world constantly confronted by global environmental problems, establishing … [Read more...]

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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