Betsy Gaines QuammenBetsy Gaines Quammen is a historian and conservationist. She received a doctorate in environmental history from Montana State University in 2017, her dissertation focusing on Mormon settlement and public land conflicts. After college in Colorado, cartaking for a bed and breakfast in Mosier, Oregon, and serving breakfasts at a cafe in Kanab, Utah, Betsy has settled in Bozeman, Montana, where she now lives with her husband, writer David Quammen, three huge dogs, an overweight cat, and a pretty big python named Boots. Read More Read Less