Articles & Essays
- Epilogue in The Life and Letters of John Muir, (2023) – One Hundredth Anniversary reprint by Crazy Wisdom Publishing, with additional introductions by Stephen Hatch and Michael Wurtz, and an Epilogue by Harold Wood. Learn more with 4 short video interviews about the book at the link above. (April, 2023.)
- Liberty Ship SS John Muir – Story and photos of the World War II “Liberty Ship” named for John Muir.
- The Real Starting Point of the John Muir Trail (PDF) (White paper showing that the former Le Conte Memorial Lodge (now the Yosemite Conservation Heritage Center) is the real starting point of the John Muir Trail in Yosemite. (July 2017).
- The Pantheist World View – 1979; First Kindle Edition 2013 – (co-author)
- I Love Them All: A veterinarian’s 92 years celebrating people and animals, by Harold Wm. Wood D.V.M. (Author), Harold W Wood Jr (Editor, Preface), First Kindle Edition (Planet Patriot Press, 2013).
- John Muir in Indiana (PDF) (Research paper submitted to Indiana Historical Bureau in support of the Sierra Club Hoosier Chapter request for a commemorative historical plaque honoring John Muir in Indianapolis, Indiana.) April, 2003.
- Earthkeeper Hero: John Muir on Myhero.com website (accessed 6/20/05).
- John Muir’s Telephone Number, John Muir Newsletter , University of the Pacific, (Winter 2001/02; updated October, 2002)
- My Hero: John Muir (off-site link)
- John Muir’s Legacy is Alive and Well in a World that is “One Great Dewdrop”
- Selected Quotations of John Muir
- Journal Writing with John Muir (2001, updated 2023, originally published on the John Muir Exhibit.) – A journal is a “fundamental thinking tool” that helps you observe more carefully and remember more effectively.
- John Muir’s Scottish Ancestry: Muir Clan or Gordon Clan?
- John Muir-Yosemite California State Quarter – Why Mint Muir? – Feature on John Muir-Yosemite California Quarter, on John Muir Exhibit (last updated July, 2003)
- “Saint John Muir”
- Editor and Publisher: John Muir Study Guide: Lesson Plans for Teachers
- Reader for CD : Muir Quote about Robert Burns, in John Muir Tribute CD (1999).
- “Species Requiem Day: A Proposal” (PDF) – Wild Earth , Vol. 5, No. 1, (Spring, 1995)
- “Farmers and Wildlife Can Co-Exist”, Visalia Times Delta , (February 24, 1994)
- “Why Earth Day Failed,” Pantheist Vision , Vol. 16, No. 2 (Summer Solstice, 1995)
- Modern Pantheism as an Approach to Environmental Ethics – Environmental Ethics , (Summer, 1985)
- Water Conservation, Ecological Health and Vegetarianism , Sequoia Alliance Newsletter (June 20, 1989)
- “Modern Pantheism: Seeking a Personal Relationship with the Universe: A Response to Monika Langer,”
The Trumpeter: Journal of Ecosophy , Vol. 5, No. 3, (Summer, 1988) (PDF) - “The Sacred Siskiyous – Religious Freedom For Native Americans” Liberty , 1986.
- “Environmental education Needs Activists,” 3 (2), RE:SOURCES 6 (Summer,1983)
- The United Nations World Charter for Nature: The Developing Nations’ Initiative to Establish Protections for the Environment, 12 Ecology Law Quarterly 977 (1985)
(If the above link does not work, download local PDF.) - Recreation or Re-creation in Wilderness?, Washington Wildfire , (August/September, 1984)
- “Tropical Rainforests: Wilderness Destruction”, Washington Wildfire (Feb/March, 1982)
- Editor: Pantheist Vision 1980 to present. See also list of Essays published in Pantheist Vision.
- A Celebration for John Muir (PDF), in The View from John Muir’s Window, Issue 26, March, 1980. A letter explaining an approach to celebrating John Muir’s Birthday with a potluck dinner, followed by shared readings from John Muir brought by participants, with the award of a door prize by the host. In this case, the door prize was a year’s membership in the John Muir Memorial Association of Martinez, California.
- “Proposed Citizen’s Right to Standing Act: Finding the Keys to Unlock the Courthouse Doors,” 3 University of Puget Sound Law Review 231 (1979)
- Internships in Environmental Interpretation and Environmental Education, Journal of Environmental Education , (Spring, 1978)
- “62 Million Acres Are in Your Hands”, Not Man Apart (Sept/Oct. 1978) (with 3 co-authors).
- RARE II, Pacific Search (October, 1977)
- My Crusade for Truth in Labeling, Fremontia, Journal of the California Native Plant Society (October, 1977)
reprinted in The Log, California Carvers Guild, (Feb., 1978), as “The Truth About Oregon Myrtlewood.” - Save Alaska Wilderness , Seattle Post Intelligencer , (June 17, 1977)
- What’s In a Name?, The Interpreter , (Spring, 1976)
- Everglades Energetics , Energy Ideas for Parks , (August, 1976)
- “Pinchot and Mather: How the Forest Service and the Park Service got That Way,” Not Man Apart , (Mid-December, 1976) Reprinted in Federal Public Land and Resources Law Third Edition, by George Cameron Coggins, Charles F. Wilkinson, and John D. Leshy (Westbury, New York: The Foundation Press, Inc., 1993).
- Editor, Washington Wildlands Tool Kit , ASUW Environmental Affairs Commission, University of Washington, (1976)
- “Environmental Education and the Wilderness Idea,” Journal of Environmental Education , (Winter, 1974)
- “Interpretive Purpose,” The Interpreter , (Fall, 1974)
- Quotable Quotes – A Handy Reference for Interpreters , California Department of Parks and Recreation, (1974)
(Check out my Authors page for some of the best of these quotes!) - Protecting Nature’s Monuments, Sierra Club Bulletin , (February, 1974)
- “Death Valley: Desert Wilderness in Danger,” National Parks and Conservation Magazine , (February, 1974). (PDF)