The Forgotten Lands Project began in 2020 with a mission to inspire appreciation, engagement, and protection of BLM-managed public lands through immersive storytelling and collective advocacy.
the enduring wild
A lyrical and visual exploration of California’s public wilds and the people and species bound to them.
It started with a campsite in the desert and grew into a five-year pilgrimage across the most overlooked wilderness in the West. The Enduring Wild blends travelogue, natural history, and hope into a testament to the land that belongs to us all.
“Spectacular…striking…a breathtaking tribute…” — Foreword
“A clarion call…” — LA Times
“A beautiful book, incredibly timely…” — Alta Journal
“A call to adventure...” — Kirkus
"The Enduring Wild is a call to look beyond the surface, embrace the deep connections that tie us to our public lands, and commit to safeguarding them for future generations." — QT Luong, author of Treasured Lands
Dispatches from across the American West
WRITER / PHOTOGRAPHER / GUIDE / SPEAKER
Josh Jackson is a writer and photographer whose work illuminates America’s most overlooked public lands—those managed by the Bureau of Land Management. He weaves storytelling and imagery to reveal the beauty, complexity, and vulnerability of these often misunderstood landscapes.
His work has appeared in High Country News, the Los Angeles Times, Adventure Journal, Longreads, Modern Huntsman, and Backcountry Journal. He has also been a guest on numerous podcasts exploring nature, science, and conservation. His first book, The Enduring Wild: A Journey into California’s Public Lands (Heyday, 2025), is both a love letter to these landscapes and a meditation on belonging and reciprocity.
As founder of the Forgotten Lands Project, Josh extends this work beyond the page — through keynote addresses on public lands, place attachment, and conservation history, and by guiding camping trips with the USAL Project that connect people directly to these fragile and inspiring places.
He lives with his wife and three children in the heart of Los Angeles.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
High Country News: 10/10/25
What we stand to lose if national monuments fall: Can one of the nation’s best conservation tools survive?
adventure journal 38
across the aisle, across the country: a gesture of bipartisanship created the national conservation land system.
Modern huntsman, vol. 15
The enduring wild: BORDERLANDS excerpt
Backcountry journal, summer ISSUE
lead Photograph, Table of contents. for backcountry hunters and anglers.
