Walks in Nature's Empire: Exploring The Nature Conservancy's Preserves in New York State

by Scott Edward Anderson

Author Scott Edward Anderson, a poet and Conservancy development director, has carefully selected 35 preserves representative of the state's natural diversity. In these pages he describes their trails, the species that live within them, their biological significance, and the joy that can be derived from visiting them.

226 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1995

About the author

Scott Edward Anderson is the author of AZOREAN SUITE/SUITE AÇORIANA (2020), FALLING UP: A Memoir of Second Chances (Homebound Publications, 2019), DWELLING: an ecopoem (Shanti Arts, 2018), FALLOW FIELD (Aldrich Press, 2013), and WALKS IN NATURE’S EMPIRE (Countryman Press, 1995). He has been a Concordia Fellow at the Millay Colony for the Arts and received the Nebraska Review Award. His poetry has appeared in The American Poetry Review, Alaska Quarterly Review, Cimarron Review, The Cortland Review, The Wayfarer, and two anthologies. His essays and reviews have appeared in basalt, The Bloomsbury Review, Cleaver, the Philadelphia Inquirer, Schuylkill Valley Journal, and elsewhere. For many years, he has worked in conservation, social enterprise, and clean energy consulting with such organizations as The Nature Conservancy, Ashoka, VerdeStrategy, and EY. He lives in Brooklyn, NY, with his wife, Samantha, and their blended family.

Visit him at scottedwardanderson.com