"'Our Forests, Our Future': The History of the Society of American Foresters" with Char Miller Hosted by Jamie Lewis

The Society of American Foresters is celebrating its 125th anniversary this year. To mark the occasion, SAF has published a collection of essays that look at the many facets of the organization’s history, impact, and legacy in the new book Our Forests, Our Future: Honoring the Past, Engaging the Present, and Leading to the Future. Join historian Char Miller, the book’s editor and a contributor, and FHS historian Jamie Lewis for a discussion about the book and of SAF’s history and future. 

Char Miller is the W.M. Keck Professor of Environmental Analysis and History at Pomona College. His most recent books include The Yale School of the Environment: The First 125 Years (2025), Burn Scars: A Documentary History of Fire Suppression, From Colonial Origins to the Resurgence of Cultural Burning (2024), Natural Consequences: Intimate Essays for a Planet in Peril (2022), and West Side Rising: How San Antonio’s 1921 Flood Devastated a City and Sparked a Latino Environmental Justice Movement (2021).