Doug Peacock

Doug Peacock (born April 5, 1942) is an American author, filmmaker, wildlife activist, and Vietnam War veteran. He is best known for his work dedicated to grizzly bear recovery in the lower-48, his book ''Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness'' and serving as the model for the well-known character George Washington Hayduke in Edward Abbey's novel ''The Monkey Wrench Gang''. Doug is the co-founder of several conservation organizations including ''Round River Conservation Studies'' and ''Save The Yellowstone Grizzly.''

In 1988 the award winning documentary ''Peacock's War'' was released about Doug's experiences in Vietnam and his efforts to study and protect grizzly bears. ''Peacock's War'' premiered on PBS ''Nature'', ''Channel 4 London'', and the ''Discovery Channel.'' In 2019, Doug starred in a film called ''Grizzly Country'', a follow-up documentary devoted to Doug's then-and-now war experiences and the evolution of his work with grizzly bears. ''Grizzly Country'' was published by ''The Atlantic Selects'', an online showcase of short documentaries curated by ''The Atlantic''. Doug's 2021 film ''The Beast of Our Time: Grizzly Bears and Climate Change'', narrated by Jeff Bridges and scored by Bill Payne, has already won multiple awards and is currently being screened at environmental film festivals nationwide.

Peacock was named 2007 Guggenheim Fellow and was awarded the Cultural Freedom Fellowship by the Lannan Foundation in 2011 for his work on archaeology, climate change and the peopling of North America as published in his 2013 book ''In the Shadow of the Sabertooth: A Renegade Naturalist Considers Global Warming, the Arrival of the First Americans and the Terrible Beasts of the Pleistocene'' (Counterpunch/AK Press).

A friend and ally of many acclaimed environmentalists and authors—including Rick Bass, Terry Tempest Williams, Yvon Chouinard, Doug Tompkins, Rick Ridgeway and Edward Abbey—Peacock has devoted a lifetime to advocating for this planet's wildlife and wild places.

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