“Fort Pike and other 19th-century forts offer important lessons on history and ecology,” Aug. 2020
A kayak outing during a global pandemic serves as the impetus for exploring a special place on the Gulf Coast and examining the shifts in human technology and the environment that shaped it.
“Reflections on Panama,” May 2015
This short essay was penned for the Tulane Preservation Studies Program annual newsletter.
60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Richmond, 2nd ed., 2010
A comprehensive guidebook to parks and trails within an hour's drive of Richmond Virginia, this book takes day-trippers to Civil War and Revolutionary War battlefields, president's homes, forests in the Appalachian foothills and Tidewater marshes.
Capt. John Smith's Adventures on the James, 2007 (with VDCR staff)
Developed for the 300th anniversary of English settlement in the New World, this place-based travel experience Invited travelers to walk in the footsteps -- or paddle in the wake -- of John Smith. Along the way, interpretive signage examined the relationship between colonists and Native Americans and the key role of natural resources in each society. The James River segment inspired a multistate trail network now managed by the National Park Service.