Join us for a live performance featuring three historical figures of great importance brought together as a panel. With a moderator to guide the discussion, they’ll answer questions and engage in dialog with one another. The theme is Conservation Philosophy and Ethics. This event is sponsored by the New Mexico Humanities Council.

Our Visionary Voices included Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, John Muir and Aldo Leopold, three individuals who profoundly shaped the conservation movement in the United States and beyond. Please join us as these historical characters share their stories and bring to life the times in which they lived.

Speakers

Adam Lindquist as Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt

Adam Lindquist regularly appears as Roosevelt for the National Park Service, United States Navy, Army Corp of Engineers, The National Fish and Wildlife Service and many State recreation agencies and national associations.

Doug Hulmes as John Muir

Doug Hulmes performed John Muir for several years under a contract with the Arizona Humanities Council on a scholar speaker’s bureau. He is a Professor Emeritus of Environmental Studies at Prescott College. Doug received an award for outstanding presenter at the National Wilderness Rangers Conference in Durango, Colorado, for his performance of John Muir. In September 2004, Doug was invited to perform in Washington D. C. for the 40th Anniversary Celebration of the Wilderness Act. In 2009, Doug performed for the opening of an International Conference on Friluftsliv at Nord Trøndelag University in Norway. He is presently researching the traditions, mythology and folklore of planting sacred trees on farms in Norway and Sweden. You can google his paper, Sacred Trees of Norway and Sweden if you are interested in his research on the folklore and traditions related to trees in Scandinavia.

Steve Morgan as Aldo Leopold

Steve Morgan is a naturalist, educator and a retired landscape architect who focused on retaining and recreating natural habitat. The wilds of the Southwest have been his home for over 50 years. He currently resides with his wife Nichole and four canine companions in Kingston, New Mexico, three miles away from the Aldo Leopold Wilderness.

Given his first copy of Aldo Leopold’s A Sand County Almanac when he was only 9 years old, Steve grew up finding nature to explore even in his birthplace of the Los Angeles area. After moving to a rural western Arkansas town when he was 10, his love of the natural world  blossomed.

When a dear friend suggested he start performing Chautauquas or Living Histories as Aldo Leopold, he naively said okay. After over 20 years of studying Leopold and giving more than 75 performances, he joins us for Visionary Voices.

Discussion moderated by Heather Provencio

Heather Provencio recently retired after nearly four decades with the U.S. Forest Service. Most of her career was spent in Northern Arizona, where she began as a wildland firefighter. She later worked in various resource areas, including recreation, business, archaeology, and tribal relations. Heather earned her Bachelor’s and Master of Arts degrees in Anthropology from Northern Arizona University, graduating in 1984 and 1999, respectively. She and her husband reside in Silver City, New Mexico, where they enjoy hiking, photographing, and birdwatching in the Gila National Forest.