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Publications in Natural History

"Mystery and Majesty in Washington County," Virginia Wildlife 29(11): 6-7, 22-24, November, 1968.   A naturalist's account of fauna, flora, and natural history.   Reprinted as "Farewell, Washington County, in Philosophy Gone Wild, pp. 241-247.

"September Hawking on Clinch Mountain" Virginia Wildlife 25(9):9, 21-22, September, 1964. Migration of birds of prey in the Southern Appalachians.

Lake Solitude: The Individual in Wildness," Main Currents in Modern Thought 31(1975):121-126. Also published in Philosophy Gone Wild. Download/Print in PDF Format, 524 kb.   A backpacker at Lake Solitude in Rocky Mountain National Park.

"Hewn and Cleft from this Rock: Meditation at the Precambrian Contact," Main Currents in Modern Thought 27(1971):79-83.   Also published in Philosophy Gone Wild. Download/Print in PDF Format, 436 kb. Doe River Gorge in Eastern Tennessee.

"The Pasqueflower" Natural History (Magazine of the American Museum of Natural History), April 1979. Download/print in PDF format, 2.1 mb.   Philosophical reflection on the pasqueflower as a floral sign of natural meaning.

"Bryum knowltonii New to the United States," Bryologist 85(1982):420. Cited in G. C. S. Clarke, "Recent Bryological Literature," Journal of Bryology 13(1984):299-318.   A collection by Rolston of Cynodontium gracilescens, a moss known in North America from only six collections, is cited in Frederick J. Hermann and William A. Weber, "Occurrence of Cynodontium gracilescens in North America (Colorado)," Bryologist 88(1985):26.

Six of Rolston's collections of rare and unusual mosses are cited in Frederick J. Hermann, "The Bryophytes of Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado," Memoirs of the New York Botanical Garden 45(1987):219-231, on pp. 222, 225, 226, 227, 228.

A moss collected by Rolston and Elena I. Kossovitch (botanist, Irkutsk State Unversity, Irkutsk, Russia) is cited in T. G. Bojkev, editor, Red Book, Republic of Buryat (Siberia). Rare and Endangered Species of Plants and Mushrooms (in Russian) (Novosibirsk: Nauka Publishers, 2002). Part I. Sosudistyje Rastenija (Vascular Plants), p. 217, a collection of the moss Anomodon attenuatus, rare in Siberia (though not rare in the Eastern U.S).

"We Should Preserve our Western Skyline," Fort Collins Coloradoan, April 18, 1981, p. A6.   Advocating saving Horsetooth Mountain as a county park, with a referendum for sales tax increase enabling purchase.  Download/print in PDF format, 1 kb.

"Save Poudre as Signature of Eternity," Fort Collins Coloradoan, January 18, 1984, p. A4.   Advocating saving the Poudre River as wild and scenic, against development and dams for irrigation and residential water.   Download/print in PDF format,. 800 kb.

"The Spring Bear Hunt Isn't Fair. End it," The Denver Post, Sunday, May 6, 1990, sec. H, page 1.   Article arguing against spring bear hunting in the state of Colorado.  Download/print in PDF format, 900 kb.

"Wolves Resuming their Rightful Place in our Ecosystem," Fort Collins Coloradoan, March 24, 1996.   Commentary on seeing the Yellowstone wolves in the wild.  Download/print in PDF format, 600 kb.

"Siberia: Beautiful, Bleak, Full of Uncertainty," Fort Collins Coloradoan, July 26, 1997, pages D8, D7.   Report on a trip to Siberia and Lake Baikal, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, June 1997.    Download/print in PDF format, 6.7 mb.

"Nepal: Sublime Surrounds Simple Life," Fort Collins Coloradoan, March 28, 1998, pages D 10, D 9.   Report on trip to Nepal, environmental conservation, biodoversity conservation and human development, January-February 1998  Download/print in PDF format, 3 mb.

"Call of the Wild: African Safari a Mix of Intrigue, Adventure, and Survival," Fort Collins Coloradoan, October 30, 1999. Report on trip to Botswana, environmental conservation and biodiversity, May-June 1999  . Download/print in PDF format, 1.5 mb.

"The Coldest Place on Earth: Forbidding, Foreboding Antarctica Shrouded in Ice and Mystery," Fort Collins Coloradoan, June 24, 2000. Report on trip to Antarctica, environmental conservation, January-February, 2000. Download/print in PDF format, 2.3 mb.

"Nature of the Beast: In Uganda, People and Primates Face Unique Struggles," Fort Collins Coloradoan, December 7, 2003, p. G4. Download/print in PDF format, 615 kb. Report on gorilla tracking in Uganda.

"Exploring the Great Migration of the Serengeti," Fort Collins Coloradoan, June 3, 2007, p. E4. Report on trip to see the wildebeest migration in the Serengeti, Tanzania.    Download/print in PDF format, 6 mb.

"Galapagos: Following in Darwin's Footsteps," Fort Collins Coloradoan, June 1, 2008, p. E4, p. E3.   Report on trip to the Galapagos Islands.   Download/print in PDF format, 3.6 mb.