Amy Crawford is a freelance writer and long-time contributor to Smithsonian Magazine. Her writing on science, the environment, and sustainability has also appeared in Nature Conservancy, CityLab, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. She lives on a small farm in rural Michigan with her husband and children, and is a certified Michigan Naturalist.

Thoughtful and searching, Crawford is unafraid to ask the painful questions that underlie our haste to uproot, trap, and slaughter the species we deem out of place. By bringing her own emotional journey with invasive species to her research, she welcomes everyone to dig deep - not necessarily to dig out an invasive species, but to ask why and what we're hoping to gain. With fascinating examples, deep feeling, and excellent research, this book will make you search your own beliefs and question what you thought you knew.

• Chapter 1: Into the WoodsChapter 2: A Brief History of InvasionChapter 3: America's Most WantedChapter 4: A View from the TrenchesChapter 5: Weeds in the River of GrassChapter 6: Border CrossingsChapter 7: Predator Free Chapter 8: Conservation, Compassion and CutenessChapter 9: Brave New World

Amy Crawford is a freelance writer and long-time contributor to Smithsonian Magazine. Her writing on science, the environment, and sustainability has also appeared in Nature Conservancy, CityLab, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. She lives on a small farm in rural Michigan with her husband and children, and is a certified Michigan Naturalist.

Thoughtful and searching, Crawford is unafraid to ask the painful questions that underlie our haste to uproot, trap, and slaughter the species we deem out of place. By bringing her own emotional journey with invasive species to her research, she welcomes everyone to dig deep - not necessarily to dig out an invasive species, but to ask why and what we're hoping to gain. With fascinating examples, deep feeling, and excellent research, this book will make you search your own beliefs and question what you thought you knew.

• Chapter 1: Into the WoodsChapter 2: A Brief History of InvasionChapter 3: America's Most WantedChapter 4: A View from the TrenchesChapter 5: Weeds in the River of GrassChapter 6: Border CrossingsChapter 7: Predator Free Chapter 8: Conservation, Compassion and CutenessChapter 9: Brave New World

Amy Crawford is a freelance writer and long-time contributor to Smithsonian Magazine. Her writing on science, the environment, and sustainability has also appeared in Nature Conservancy, CityLab, The Boston Globe, and elsewhere. She lives on a small farm in rural Michigan with her husband and children, and is a certified Michigan Naturalist.

Thoughtful and searching, Crawford is unafraid to ask the painful questions that underlie our haste to uproot, trap, and slaughter the species we deem out of place. By bringing her own emotional journey with invasive species to her research, she welcomes everyone to dig deep - not necessarily to dig out an invasive species, but to ask why and what we're hoping to gain. With fascinating examples, deep feeling, and excellent research, this book will make you search your own beliefs and question what you thought you knew.

• Chapter 1: Into the WoodsChapter 2: A Brief History of InvasionChapter 3: America's Most WantedChapter 4: A View from the TrenchesChapter 5: Weeds in the River of GrassChapter 6: Border CrossingsChapter 7: Predator Free Chapter 8: Conservation, Compassion and CutenessChapter 9: Brave New World