wild by design

Laura J. Martin is a historian and ecologist who studies how people shape the habitats of other species. She is author of Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration. One will also find articles of hers in journals such as Environmental History and Science as well as featured in the New York Times, The Atlantic, and The Los Angeles Times. She is currently an environmental studies professor at Williams College and now with the publication of Wild by Design in the rearview mirror, Laura is now digging into a global history of hormonal herbicides.

Laura builds on scholarship that meets at the intersection of environmental history and science and technology studies. This blending of the sciences and the humanities s so essential. Wild by Design provides this crosswalk between various aspects of restoration.

Laura J. Martin | historian and ecologist who studies how people shape the habitats of other species

Wild by Design: The Rise of Ecological Restoration is available from your local bookseller | Indiebound | Amazon | Barnes & Noble

“The Women Who Saved Wildflowers,” Sierra Magazine, June 2, 2022

"Earth Day is a Chance to Win the Messaging War Against Polluters," The Washington Post, April 23, 2022

“Is Humanity Doomed? That Depends On Us,” Los Angeles Times, 28 March 2022

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