by David L. Witt | Jun 6, 2024 | Seton Essays
Undated squirrel drawing by Seton (not associated with the article) The great migrations of the world: The Wildebeest of Tanzania. The Caribou of Alaska. The Squirrels of New York. (!?) Perhaps not exactly. In between the publication of Life-Histories of Northern...
by David L. Witt | Mar 22, 2024 | Curator's Notes
The on-line version of britannica.com gives a short (and misleading) answer to the question: Who founded the Boy Scouts? Their short answer is: Robert Baden-Powell (a.k.a. “B-P”). But that asks the wrong question, so let’s rephrase: Who came up with the idea that led...
by David L. Witt | Feb 28, 2024 | Seton Essays
Woodchuck details, Ernest Thompson Seton (This is an excerpt from Life-Histories of Northern Animals by Ernest Thompson Seton. Published in October 1909, Seton chronicled the lives of 60 species in a massive two-volume work including ecological and behavioral...
by David L. Witt | Feb 15, 2024 | Curator's Notes
Prior to the purchase of Seton Castle by the Academy for the Love of Learning in 2003, the northwest facing corner looked like–a mess! During the 2005 renovation, all the junk and the attached building on the right were removed. The catastrophic fire of November...
by David L. Witt | Jan 31, 2024 | Lobo, Wolves & Wildlife Conservation
Screen shot, Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Dear Lobo, Deciding who has the right to be where and the right to which resources is perhaps the question for the ages. Your people were very happy to consume everything from bunnies to bison before we came along. My people...
