Introducing: Courtney Lyons-Garcia, Book Recommendation Panelist
Introductions! We’re a community at Nature Book Guide, and it is time to introduce one of our Book Recommendation Panel members:
Courtney Lyons-Garcia has been a member of the Book Recommendation Panel since the inception of the Nature Book Guide in September 2022. Courtney is the Executive Director of the Partnership for the National Trails System. Previously, she served as Executive Director of the Public Lands Foundation, Mission Heritage Partners, and Big Bend Conservancy in Texas. Courtney is also a Parks and Trail specialist for the Great Springs Project, a network of spring-to-spring trails and protected natural areas over the Edwards Aquifer between San Antonio and Austin.
We’ve always loved Courtney’s book recommendations for readers of the Nature Book Guide. She’s a traveler and a leader, and that’s reflected in her recommendations:
For the Spring 2024 issue, Courtney recommended Wild Girls: How the Outdoors Shaped the Women Who Challenged a Nation, Tiya Miles, W.W. Norton & Co., 2023, 192 pages.
For the Winter 2023-2024 issue, Courtney recommended Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound, David B. Williams, University of Washington Press, (paperback) 2022, 264 pages.
For the Winter 2022-2023 issue, Courtney recommended Ice Bound: A Doctor’s Incredible Battle for Survival at the South Pole, Dr. Jerri Nielsen and Maryanne Vollers, Miramax, 2001, 384 pages.
For the Autumn 2022 issue, Courtney recommended No Barriers: A Blind Man’s Journey to Kayak the Grand Canyon, Erik Weihenmayer and Buddy Levy, Thomas Dunne Books, 2017, 480 pages
Courtney’s fondness for stories of great courage brings adventure and grit to so many of our quarterly issues of the Guide. Through the stories, we can explore ecosystems, places, and times other than our own. Adventure, exploration, and empathy will always be a part of the offerings in our quarterly issues of the Nature Book Guide.
You can see Courtney’s bio and the complete list of her recommendations to date, here.