John Burroughs Association

The John Burroughs Association was founded in 1921 to commemorate the life and works of author/naturalist John Burroughs (1837-1921). Administered out of offices at the American Museum of Natural History, the Association owns the John Burroughs Sanctuary at West Park, in the town of Esopus, New York.[1] The Sanctuary is the site of John Burroughs's cabin, Slabsides, a National Historic Landmark built 1895.[2][3] In addition to maintaining the Sanctuary, the John Burroughs Association publishes a newsletter, The Wake Robin. It also, on an annual basis, presents the John Burroughs Medal for distinguished nature writing at book-length, and another award for essay-length nature writing.[4][5]

Slabsides, Burrough's cabin in West Park, NY, 2005

References
  1. "The John Burroughs Nature Sanctuary" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Tahawus Trails. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  2. "Slabsides" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Hudson River Valley National Heritage Area. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  3. "Park grows near Burroughs retreat of Slabsides" Times Union. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
  5. "John Burroughs" Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine University of Buffalo. Retrieved 24 October 2013.

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