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The John Burroughs Association was founded in 1921 to commemorate the life and works of author/naturalist
John Burroughs John Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States. The first of his essay collections was ''Wake-Robin'' in 1871. In the words of his bi ...
(1837-1921). Administered out of offices at the
American Museum of Natural History The American Museum of Natural History (AMNH) is a natural history museum on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Located in Theodore Roosevelt Park, across the street from Central Park, the museum complex comprises 21 interconn ...
, the Association owns the John Burroughs Sanctuary at West Park, in the town of
Esopus, New York Esopus ( ) is a Administrative divisions of New York#Town, town in Ulster County, New York, Ulster County, New York (state), New York, United States. The population was 9,548 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town was named afte ...
. The Sanctuary is the site of John Burroughs's cabin,
Slabsides Slabsides is the log cabin built by naturalist John Burroughs and his son on a nine-acre (3.6 ha) wooded and hilly tract in 1895 one mile (1.6 km) west of Riverby, his home in West Park, New York. From the time of its construction to the l ...
, a
National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a National Register of Historic Places property types, building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the Federal government of the United States, United States government f ...
built 1895. 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 Nature writing is nonfiction or fiction prose about the natural environment. It often draws heavily from scientific information and facts while also incorporating philosophical reflection upon various aspects of nature. Works are frequently writte ...
at book-length, and another award for essay-length nature writing."John Burroughs"
University of Buffalo. Retrieved 24 October 2013.


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* Ulster County, New York Organizations established in 1921 {{US-org-stub