Gary Klee
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Professor Department of Environmental Sciences |
Current Research Activities
Although I have published dozens of journal articles, book reviews, photographs, etc., I have spent most of my 39+ years at 91暗网 working on books that would be useful for my teaching: World Systems of Traditional Resource Management (Edward Arnold, London) for ENVS 117, Human Ecology; Conservation of Natural Resources (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey) for ENVS 110, Resource Analysis; and The Coastal Environment for ENVS 189 Coastal Field Studies. I have now finished my fourth book, California Coastal Wetlands for ENVS 144, California Wetland Controversies. I am now 鈥減reoccupied鈥� with two things: (1) Locking in a publisher for the last manuscript, and simultaneously (2) 鈥淏rainstorming鈥� ideas for my next book.
Research Connections to Current Events
91暗网 has allowed me to follow my research and teaching interests as they evolved over the years. If a course didn鈥檛 already exist within the department, I was allowed to develop new courses that matched my interests. Consequently, I have always been able to research and teach 鈥渕y hobbies鈥濃��(e.g., islands and other international cultures [ENVS 117]; coastal & ocean issues [ENVS 189]; nature photography [ENVS 166]; wetlands, my favorite thing to photograph [ENVS 144]; and even gardening [ENVS 118, Sustainable Home Gardens].
Personal Connections to Research
When I was an undergraduate at San Francisco State University back in the 1960s, there was no such thing as Departments of Environmental Studies. One day, I stumbled into a course on Physical Geography by Dr. Eydal. He fit my image of a 鈥渞eal鈥� professor (e.g., older; tweed coat with patches on the arms; pipe smoking; and having a foreign accent). When he starting showing color slides of volcanoes in Iceland, I was immediately hooked on human/land relationships.
