Over the years we have asked Natural Land Institute members, Board of Trustees, and committee members to give us their book recommendations related to the natural environment and nature.
We have compiled the many interesting and inspiring books into three lists below for adults, children, and field guides. There is also a section for articles written about nature preservation.
If you have a reading recommendation related to nature please tell us about it. It can be a book or an article. Let us know if you read one of these books or articles and share your thoughts about it with us. Contact us at info@naturalland.org.
Book Lists
Lists updated in 2025
Books for Adults (PDF)
Books for Kids (PDF)
Field Guides (PDF)
Articles About Nature Preservation
The Natural Areas Movement in the U.S Its Past and Its Future by George B. Fell (1983)
Protection of Pine Ridge Cemetery Prairie a Story of Persistence and Cooperation by John White (1988)
Why We Care for Nature by John White (2003)
A Prairie Imperative by John White (2005)
George and Barbara Fell Award Remarks by John White (2016)
Natural Areas in the 21st Century, a publication by the Natural Areas Association Science Advisory Committee (2022)