I had the pleasure of delivering the closing plenary presentation at the Wetlands 2007 conference today, hosted by the Association of State Wetland Managers. I used the occasion to make my strongest statements yet about the link between public opinion, nature protection, pollution control — and how everyday citizens are disengaging from the news media that once was their main source of information about these topics and turning their attention to online community forums.

Click here to download my Power Point presentation.

Click here for the bibliography of sources I cited in my remarks.

And now, I’m off to enjoy my Labor Day weekend. See you all in the fall.