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Dr. Michael Childers: “The Mountains Are Calling, But at What Price? Yosemite's Tourism Dilemma”
Over four million people visit Yosemite National Park every year. They come to stand at the base of Yosemite Falls, walk among the giant sequoias of Mariposa Grove, and listen to a ranger tell of the park’s natural history during a fireside talk. This number underscores both Yosemite’s popularity and tourism’s costs. Based on his recent book, The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park, Colorado State University history professor Michael Childers will explain how visitor’s helped build Yosemite’s popularity, while also becoming its greatest environmental threat.
Dr. Michael Childers is is an associate professor of history at Colorado State University and the author of The Mountains Are Calling: Tourists and the Unmaking of Yosemite National Park. Born and raised in Colorado mountains, his work focuses on the mounting challenges facing the American West from water development to tourism.
Co-sponsored by the Environmental Humanities Program and the Department of History.
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Campus Locations: Language & Communication Bldg (LNCO). Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM.
Thanksgiving
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Thursday, November 26, 2026.
Day After Thanksgiving
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Campus Wide Event: Yes.
Friday, November 27, 2026.