David Bainbridge grew up in the West, spending his formative years in northern Washington east of the Cascades. After earning his BA in Earth Sciences at the University of California in San Diego in 1970, he moved north to UC Davis to complete a MS in Ecology in the multidisciplinary Eco-Grad Program. The award winning author of many books, book chapters, book reviews and more than 300 reports and articles about environmental history and sustainable resource management. Major books: Tenacity: Remarkable People of the Fur War (2021), Sustainable Agriculture for California (1991), A Guide to Desert and Dryland Restoration (2007), Gardening with Less Water (2015).