Books

Jennifer L. Bristol focuses on nature tourism and conservation books for Texas.

Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas

Women have been shaping the conservation movement in Texas since the nineteenth century, though their stories are rarely told. Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas celebrates those who dared to step forward to make a difference and to tell the complex story of conservation in the Lone Star state. 

Pre-Order Now! Book releases in February 2026.

Cemetery Birding - An unexpected guide to discovering birds in Texas (book cover)

Cemetery Birding: An Unexpected Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas

As a follow up to Parking Lot Birding, Cemetery Birding offers a new level of birding experiences across Texas. For both books, I wanted the reader to discover places that are easy and interesting to bird, and that are accessible.

Parking Lot Birding - A fun guide to discovering birds in Texas (book cover)

Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas

I wanted to write a guidebook to make it easy for people to find great birding places in Texas. It was important to me to find locations that were easy to get around for people with limited mobility or little kids. Each of the 90 birding locations allows people easy access to rich experiences in nature that don’t require intense hiking to some remote location.