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SUMMARY:Dam It: Partnering With Beavers and Saving the Planet
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DTSTAMP:20260406T034400Z
DTSTART:20260507T223000Z
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LOCATION:15 N Granby Rd\nGranby CT 06035-2102
ROOM: Dam It: Partnering With Beavers and Saving the Planet
DESCRIPTION:For this in-person event, Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager: The 
 Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, will join us via Z
 oom to share information on these fascinating animals and discuss ways in 
 which we can partner with beavers to heal the planet.Ben argues that our m
 odern conception of a natural landscape is wrong, distorted by the trappin
 g of millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers. The cons
 equences of losing beavers have been profound: streams eroded, wetlands dr
 ied up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a grow
 ing coalition of “Beaver Believers” — including scientists, ranchers
 , and passionate citizens — recognizes that ecosystems with beavers are 
 far healthier than those without them. Learn how beavers, a keystone speci
 es, can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and climat
 e change — and how we can learn to coexist with our fellow travelers on 
 this planet.About the presenter:Goldfarb is an environmental journalist wh
 ose work has appeared in National Geographic, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Ma
 gazine, 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 wi
 fe, his daughter, and his dog, Kit — which is, of course, what you call 
 a baby beaver.This program is sponsored by the Granby Land Trust, with sup
 port from the Granby Public Library and the McLean Game Refuge.For more in
 formation about Granby Land Trust, visit https://granbylandtrust.org/For m
 ore information about McLean Game Refuge, visit https://mcleancare.org/gam
 e-refuge/  
URL:https://granby.librarycalendar.com/event/dam-it-partnering-beavers-and
 -saving-planet-10261
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