Some 40 million miles of roadways encircle the earth, yet we tend to regard them only as infrastructure for human convenience. While roads are so ubiquitous they’re practically invisible to us, wild animals experience them as alien forces of death and disruption. A staggering million animals a day are killed by cars each day in the U.S. alone! Creatures from antelope to salmon are losing their ability to migrate in search of food and mates, and the very noise of traffic chases songbirds from vast swaths of habitat. It’s time to make a change!
Please join us on September 18th at 6pm, as we welcome Ben Goldfarb, author of the award-winning book Crossings: How Road Ecology is Shaping the Future of Our Planet! In this webcast, Ben will discuss the ecological harms wrought by transportation and the movement to redress them – and in doing so- create a better, safer world for all living beings.
Ben Goldfarb is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, the Atlantic, Smithsonian Magazine, and many other publications. He is the author of Crossings: How Road Ecology Is Shaping the Future of Our Planet, named one of the best books of 2023 by the New York Times and recipient of the Sierra Club’s Rachel Carson Award, and Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, winner of the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. He lives in Colorado with his wife, Elise, and his dog, Kit — which is, of course, what you call a baby beaver.
We will be raffling off a copy of Oregon’s Ancient Forests: A Hiking Guide and one of our BRAND NEW “Let Nature Live. Let Nature Last” t-shirts. Tickets are $5 and are an optional purchase below. Raffle tickets not only help us continue these Wednesday presentations but also support our work safeguarding Oregon’s wildlands, wildlife, and waters.
