Environmental Historian Dr. Joshua Nygren

Join us to welcome Missouri-based environmental historian Dr. Joshua Nygren, who will be sharing insights from his research on federal flood control dam building programs. 

Joshua’s newest book, The State of Conservation, looks to the Coon Creek Watershed as a case study to examine how mid-century conservation programs-like the one which funded flood control dams in the Driftless-came about, and to understand their long-term impacts.

We’ll grill out at 6:00, and call the meeting to order at 6:30.

Read more about Josh here: https://www.ucmo.edu/college-of-arts-humanities-and-social-sciences/department-of-history/fac-staff/nygren-joshua/index.php