... of the University of California 2016 Californian Gold Rush environment 19th century Olmsted John Muir Josiah Royce Richard Rodriguez hybridity Photograph by Matt Gush. d.j. waldie What Does It Mean to Become Californian? W hat does it mean to become Californian? It means being witness to anepic...

...Boom Staff A list of interesting things to do, see, and read around California in the fall of 2014. © 2014 by the Regents of the University of California 2014 Barbara Thomason California Historical Society Yosemite Weed Show John Muir Humboldt Bay Aldaron Laird Aridtopia Tyler...

...Glen M. MacDonald A century after John Muir’s death, Glen MacDonald examines his legacy and argues that while Muir’s message of the value of wilderness to society might need to evolve for a twenty-first century audience, it is still relevant. For instance, Muir believed in the transformative power...

... a meaningful break from everyday life, and also to efforts to rewild cities so that urban dwellers no longer need to escape to find nature. © 2014 by the Regents of the University of California 2014 John Muir camping Yosemite recreation backpacking car camping pilgrimage nature wilderness...