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Those interested in learning more about the life of one of nature's most industrious animals will be able to listen to an expert this weekend during a presentation at the Visitor Center at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site.
The author and journalist specializing in the field of the environment, Ben Goldfarb, will present and sign the signature of his work titled "Eager: The Surprising and Secret Life of Beavers and the Importance of their Significance" .
In Eager, Goldfarb opposes the modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like. He thinks it works badly after being distorted by the fur trade that once trapped millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers, according to a press release published in the states of Fort Vancouver. The loss of beavers has had profound consequences: watercourses have eroded, wetlands have dried up and species, from salmon to swans, have lost their vital habitat.
Fort staff describe Eager as "a powerful story about one of the most influential species in the world," devoted to the colonization of North America, changing landscapes over the centuries, and the importance that play beavers to prevent and mitigate droughts, climate change.
"We are thrilled to welcome Mr. Goldfarb to Fort Vancouver National Historic Site, to provide visitors with a better understanding of the importance of beaver to our ecosystems," said the Chief of Interpretation for the Fort National Historic Site. Vancouver, Bob Cromwell. "Our region is probably still recovering from the effects of the fur trade on animal populations. Mr. Goldfarb should make his presentation on this site, the heart of the nineteenth-century fur trade in the Pacific Northwest. "
Goldfarb is an award-winning environmental journalist who covers wildlife conservation, marine science and public land management and also writes fiction. His work has been featured in Science, Mother Jones, The Guardian, High Country News, VICE, Audubon Magazine, Modern Farmer, Orion, World Wildlife Magazine, Scientific American, Yale Environment 360 and many other publications. He holds a Masters in Environmental Management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and is also a journalist at the North American Congress of Conservation Biology of 2018.
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