Dan Flores
Keynote Speaker: Environmental Writer & University of Montana Professor Emeritus
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Dan Flores Biography
Dan Flores is a Santa Fe, New Mexico, writer originally from Louisiana who spent much of his academic career at the University of Montana. The author of 11 books, he has written for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune, and Time Magazine. Along with appearances on Anthony Bourdain's Parts Unknown on CNN and Joe Rogan’s podcasts, Flores was also featured in Ken Burns's 2023 American Buffalo documentary.
His most recent books are "American Serengeti," winner of the Stubbendieck Distinguished Book Prize in 2017; "Coyote America," winner of the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Prize, Finalist for the 2017 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, and a New York Times bestseller; and "Wild New World," winner of the 2023 Rachel Carson Environment Book Prize, winner of the 2023 National Outdoor Book Award for Natural History Literature, and Finalist for Phi Beta Kappa’s Ralph Waldo Emerson Prize.
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Dan Flores Speaking Topics
The coyote has been an indispensible feature of American wildlife and has been howling the original version of national anthem for more than 10,000 years. But it has had a roller-coaster biography, seen as a sacred deity in the Native stories that make up our oldest literature, but in the past century as a pest meriting entire eradication. One of the epic wildlife stories is how (and why) coyotes have transferred their brand of western survivalism to our entire country and almost all its cities. Despite a $500 million-dollar war to exterminate them, the coyote is in fact The Dude, and The Dude absolutely abides. That is not an outcome anyone would have predicted.
The United States' National Mammal possesses a troubling story in American history. For a century writers have presented the fate of the buffalo as brought down by a federal conspiracy that plotted the animal’s demise to undermine Native cultures. With an animal this important to American and western history, understanding the more realistic and accurate version of its 19th and 20th century story seems a critical step as we figure out how to go forward in returning America’s most iconic mammal to the modern West.
With its tragic end-game, why is the buffalo America’s national mammal? This talk will tell you why, and what that means to America's sense of itself.
The first environmental law Europeans colonists ever passed in American history put a bounty on the continent's wolves with the hope of utterly destroying them. Relying on Old World folk and Biblical traditions, early Americans regarded the destruction of wolves by any means possible as a feature of a civilized country modeled on Europe. So for the first 50 years of the 20th century, a brand-new federal agency did everything in its power to disappear all wolves from every part of America. What saved the wolf was its own intelligence in the face of eradication, and the emergence of the new science of ecology, whose practitioners revealed the real animal within the legend to give us our modern efforts at recovering this critical and ancient American native animal.
Despite its millennia-old role as the Serengeti of America, the part of the continent with the richest, most diverse, most Africa-like wildlife ecology in the country, the Great Plains has experienced a very different modern story than the mountainous West with its national parks and public lands. Unlike similar country in Kenya, Tanzania, or South Africa, America's Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed, de-wolved, stripped of its bears and big cats and homesteaded into private farms and ranches, although never very successfully. But with new, 21st century approaches to reverse that historical slight, the natural Great Plains is on its way back. Novel new conservation approaches are starting to re-create the former magic of the American Serengeti.
Here is an inconvenient truth. Climate change is not the first time humanity has remade the Earth. Or resorted to a Hail Mary to save it.
Fifty years ago the United States passed a law on the short list of our best ideas. It was one of the crowning achievements of a decade of new laws designed to protect the American environment. Written into law by the Nixon administration, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 reversed one of the most disturbing histories of wildlife destruction of any modern nation. The Supreme Court called it the most comprehensive legislation for endangered species anywhere on the globe. The ESA was an expression of our country’s long history of extending rights to those who lack them, expanding the circle of morality and compassion in a history that reveals who we are as a people when we live up to our better angels. Today, the ESA may be equally important for what it says about whether we have the will continue that tradition. As America's pre-eminent conservation president, Theodore Roosevelt, once said, "A great nation needs to understand itself."
Dan Flores Videos
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains, Twentieth Anniversary Edition (Environmental History Series)
The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
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What topics does Dan Flores speak about?
Dan Flores is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Animals & Wildlife, Environment, Author, Non-Fiction Authors, Bestselling Authors, History, Professors, Environmental Activism, Environmental Science and Biology.
Where does Dan Flores travel from?
Dan Flores generally travels from Santa Fe, NM, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances.
Who is the agent for Dan Flores?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Dan Flores for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dan Flores for your next private or corporate function.
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Dan Flores is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics including Animals & Wildlife, Environment and Author. The estimated speaking fee range to book Dan Flores for live events is Below $10,000. Please contact us for virtual event fees. Dan Flores generally travels from Santa Fe, NM, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Jasmine Crowe-Houston, Meg Lowman and Rick Ridgeway. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Dan Flores for an upcoming event.
SPEAKING TOPICS
Dan Flores Speaking Topics
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Coyote: Our All-American Canid and Its Roller-Coaster Ride Through History
The coyote has been an indispensible feature of American wildlife and has been howling the original version of national anthem for more than 10,000 years. But it has had a roller-coaster biography, seen as a sacred deity in the Native stories that make up our oldest literature, but in the past century as a pest meriting entire eradication. One of the epic wildlife stories is how (and why) coyotes have transferred their brand of western survivalism to our entire country and almost all its cities. Despite a $500 million-dollar war to exterminate them, the coyote is in fact The Dude, and The Dude absolutely abides. That is not an outcome anyone would have predicted.
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What Really Happened to the Buffalo, America’s National Mammal?
The United States' National Mammal possesses a troubling story in American history. For a century writers have presented the fate of the buffalo as brought down by a federal conspiracy that plotted the animal’s demise to undermine Native cultures. With an animal this important to American and western history, understanding the more realistic and accurate version of its 19th and 20th century story seems a critical step as we figure out how to go forward in returning America’s most iconic mammal to the modern West.
With its tragic end-game, why is the buffalo America’s national mammal? This talk will tell you why, and what that means to America's sense of itself.
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Golden-Eyed Lightning Rod: America's Troubled Relationship with Wolves
The first environmental law Europeans colonists ever passed in American history put a bounty on the continent's wolves with the hope of utterly destroying them. Relying on Old World folk and Biblical traditions, early Americans regarded the destruction of wolves by any means possible as a feature of a civilized country modeled on Europe. So for the first 50 years of the 20th century, a brand-new federal agency did everything in its power to disappear all wolves from every part of America. What saved the wolf was its own intelligence in the face of eradication, and the emergence of the new science of ecology, whose practitioners revealed the real animal within the legend to give us our modern efforts at recovering this critical and ancient American native animal.
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Loving the Great Plains, Hating the Great Plains, Rewilding the Great Plains
Despite its millennia-old role as the Serengeti of America, the part of the continent with the richest, most diverse, most Africa-like wildlife ecology in the country, the Great Plains has experienced a very different modern story than the mountainous West with its national parks and public lands. Unlike similar country in Kenya, Tanzania, or South Africa, America's Great Plains ended up de-buffaloed, de-wolved, stripped of its bears and big cats and homesteaded into private farms and ranches, although never very successfully. But with new, 21st century approaches to reverse that historical slight, the natural Great Plains is on its way back. Novel new conservation approaches are starting to re-create the former magic of the American Serengeti.
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How the Endangered Species Act Saved America
Here is an inconvenient truth. Climate change is not the first time humanity has remade the Earth. Or resorted to a Hail Mary to save it.
Fifty years ago the United States passed a law on the short list of our best ideas. It was one of the crowning achievements of a decade of new laws designed to protect the American environment. Written into law by the Nixon administration, the Endangered Species Act of 1973 reversed one of the most disturbing histories of wildlife destruction of any modern nation. The Supreme Court called it the most comprehensive legislation for endangered species anywhere on the globe. The ESA was an expression of our country’s long history of extending rights to those who lack them, expanding the circle of morality and compassion in a history that reveals who we are as a people when we live up to our better angels. Today, the ESA may be equally important for what it says about whether we have the will continue that tradition. As America's pre-eminent conservation president, Theodore Roosevelt, once said, "A great nation needs to understand itself."
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Dan Flores Videos
BOOKS
Wild New World: The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History
American Serengeti: The Last Big Animals of the Great Plains
Caprock Canyonlands: Journeys into the Heart of the Southern Plains, Twentieth Anniversary Edition (Environmental History Series)
The Natural West: Environmental History in the Great Plains and Rocky Mountains
REVIEWS
Dan Flores Reviews
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High Desert Museum - Oct 13 2025
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How do I book Dan Flores to speak at my event?
Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Dan Flores for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Dan Flores, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Dan Flores or any other speaker of your choice. -
How much does it cost to book Dan Flores for a speaking engagement?
Speaking fees for Dan Flores, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fee for a live event is Below $10,000. For the most current speaking fee to hire Dan Flores, click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent. -
What topics does Dan Flores speak about?
Dan Flores is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Animals & Wildlife, Environment, Author, Non-Fiction Authors, Bestselling Authors, History, Professors, Environmental Activism, Environmental Science and Biology. -
Where does Dan Flores travel from?
Dan Flores generally travels from Santa Fe, NM, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. -
Who is the agent for Dan Flores?
AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully secured keynote speakers like Dan Flores for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Schedule button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.855.383.8805, and one of our agents will assist you to book Dan Flores for your next private or corporate function. -
What is a full-service speaker booking agency?
AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Dan Flores or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us. -
Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?
If you’re looking for the best speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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