About this Collection
Founded in 2008 by Historian Mark Madison, this journal collection highlights the American conservation movement.
Aims and Scope: Conservation History is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarship on the history of the American conservation movement including the role of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as the nation's oldest conservation agency. It seeks to publish original articles grounded in archival inquiry, historiographical engagement and interdisciplinary analysis. More specifically, the journal examines the policies, institutions, scientific ideas and historical actors that have shaped conservation in the United States. By situating agency history within broader political, ecological and social developments, Conservation History contributes to a critical understanding of environmental history.