Fireside Series: Beavers and Ecosystem Resilience

Hosted by Normal Bird Sanctuary. For our Fireside Lecture this month we are joined by award-winning writer Leila Philip, author of BEAVERLAND.

Beautifully written and impeccably researched, BEAVERLAND reveals the profound ways in which one odd creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment.

Grab a hot toddy and sit by the fire to enjoy a poignant personal narrative. A startling portrait of the secretive world of the contemporary fur trade, and an engrossing ecological and historical investigation of these heroic animals who, once trapped to the point of extinction, have returned to the landscape as one of the greatest conservation stories of the 20th century.

Norman Bird Sanctuary is a nonprofit wildlife sanctuary and environmental education center with more than 300 acres of diverse habitats and 7 miles of hiking trails.