Thursday, March 12 beginning at 7:00 pm on Zoom
In his acclaimed book, “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter”, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb details the ecological importance of “nature’s engineer” the North American Beaver and the detrimental effects caused by the decimation of their population. Join Ben for a virtual presentation about the beaver’s role in wetland restoration and how these wetlands are some of the most valuable habitats with benefits for the human communities that surround them.
Ben is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, the New Yorker, and many other publications, and has several times been anthologized in the Best American Science & Nature Writing. His most recent book, Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, was named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times and received the Rachel Carson Award for Excellence in Environmental Writing and the Banff Book Competition’s Grand Prize. His previous book, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He lives in Colorado with his wife, his daughter, and his dog, Kit — which is, of course, what you call a baby beaver.
This program is free and open to the public. Registration is required; register online today. The zoom link for the talk is: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84835200950?pwd=oibk6aEC8XnllcIV1QAWXC9UTBnILa.1 A reminder will be sent on the date of the program.
Questions? Please email the program staff.