Title TK

A galvanizing road trip across California’s immense public wilderness from a beloved adventurer.

＂The Enduring Wild is a call to look beyond the surface, embrace the deep connections that tie us to our public lands, and commit to safeguarding them for future generations.＂ --QT Luong, author of Treasured Lands: A Photographic Odyssey Through America’s National Parks

It all began with a camping trip. Outdoor enthusiast Josh Jackson had never heard of ＂BLM land＂ before a casual recommendation from a friend led him to a free campsite in the desert--and the revelation that over 15 million acres of land in California are owned collectively by the people. In The Enduring Wild, he takes us on a road trip spanning thousands of miles, crisscrossing the Golden State to seek out every parcel of public wilderness therein belonging to the federal Bureau of Land Management, from the Pacific shores of the King Range down to the Mojave Desert. Over mountains, across prairies, and through sagebrush, Jackson unravels the stories of these lands. He tells of the Indigenous peoples who have called them home for millennia, of the extractivist threats that imperil them today, and of the grassroots organizers and political champions who have rallied to their common defense to uphold the radical mandate to protect these natural treasures for generations to come. For the adventurers, campers, explorers, map readers, road trippers, nature enthusiasts, and public lands lovers out there, The Enduring Wild is an indispensable invitation to know these places more deeply and to embrace our common inheritance. Illustrations by Rebekah Nolan.

Josh Jackson is one of the Bureau of Land Management’s top enthusiasts, commanding an engaged following on his @forgottenlandscalifornia Instagram, where he shares dispatches from these least understood, least protected, and largely unknown landscapes. His work as an advocate for public lands has been featured by the Los Angeles Times, SFGate, Nature’s Archive podcast, and the Amargosa Conservancy. In addition to his work as a writer and a conservationist, Jackson is also a furniture maker, craftsman, and cofounder of Arbor Exchange studio. Title TK is his first book.