The Green

Best Book

Joe Roman, a conservation biologist on the UVM faculty, received the 2011/2012 Rachel Carson Award from the Society for Environmental Journalists for best environmental book. Roman’s 

 Listed: Dispatches from America’s Endangered Species Act “shows persuasively that protecting endangered species and their habitats can be a win for communities and economies, as well as for nature, and in so doing, suggests a path towards greater protection for all species, not just those that make the list,” the SEJ judges wrote.