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Wildeor: The Wild Life and Living Legacy of Dave Foreman
On September 19, 2022, Dave Foreman, champion of the wild and Wilderness, passed away at home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, surrounded by friends and family. Activist, conservationist, writer, orator, outdoorsman, historian, and friend to many, Dave leaves an important legacy. The public knows him primarily as the head of the spear for Earth First! in the 1980s, but after those wild years he went on to be a co-founder of The Wildlands Project with many prominent wildlife biologists and conservationists, The Rewilding Institute, and other initiatives including the New Mexico Wilderness Alliance, now New Mexico Wild.
Dave inspired and mentored many conservationists in his half-century career. He led by example and was uncompromising in his advocacy and defense of wild places and wild life. This book is a compilation from some of his friends and admirers, and the words of those with whom he worked from the late 1960s until his untimely death testify to his influence, his growth, and the reach of his work. He was not able to write his memoir, which he would have titled Wildeor , which he called free, wild, untamed creatures living in nature. Among those offering tributes are writer Terry Tempest Williams, prominent conservation biologist Reed Noss, author and aural historian Jack Loeffler, and Dave’s long-time right-hand man in all endeavors, now Executive Director of The Rewilding Institute, John Davis.
Susan Morgan enjoyed a long career as a conservationist, serving many years as president of The Rewilding Institute. John C. Miles, environmental educator and historian, taught Environmental Studies at Western Washington University for over four decades. Both are now retired in Taos, New Mexico.
Dave inspired and mentored many conservationists in his half-century career. He led by example and was uncompromising in his advocacy and defense of wild places and wild life. This book is a compilation from some of his friends and admirers, and the words of those with whom he worked from the late 1960s until his untimely death testify to his influence, his growth, and the reach of his work. He was not able to write his memoir, which he would have titled Wildeor , which he called free, wild, untamed creatures living in nature. Among those offering tributes are writer Terry Tempest Williams, prominent conservation biologist Reed Noss, author and aural historian Jack Loeffler, and Dave’s long-time right-hand man in all endeavors, now Executive Director of The Rewilding Institute, John Davis.
Susan Morgan enjoyed a long career as a conservationist, serving many years as president of The Rewilding Institute. John C. Miles, environmental educator and historian, taught Environmental Studies at Western Washington University for over four decades. Both are now retired in Taos, New Mexico.
232 pages, Paperback
Published April 28, 2023
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October 27, 2026
Very good book, it puts Confessions of an Eco Warrior into added context (I have yet to read the books he wrote with Rewilding). It gives a great perspective on the man and his ideology and how to carry it into the future.
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