Leave It to Beaver(s): The Ecology of Rodent Rewilders

Northeast Wilderness Trust’s Speaker Series continues on November 11 at 6:30 p.m. ET with award-winning environmental author and journalist Ben Goldfarb! Goldfarb will give a virtual presentation on beaver ecology, which he documented in his book Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter. He will then engage in a discussion with Northeast Wilderness Trust’s President and CEO Jon Leibowitz about the ways in which these remarkable rodents shape ecosystems and hasten the rewilding process. Attendees will also have the opportunity to pose questions to Goldfarb and Leibowitz during a Q&A session.

Ben Goldfarb is an environmental journalist whose work has appeared in National Geographic, The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Smithsonian Magazine, and many other publications. His first book, Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter, won the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award. 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. He lives in Colorado with his wife, his daughter, and his dog, Kit—which is, of course, what you call a baby beaver.

Beaver photo by Paul Willis; Ben Goldfarb headshot by Terray Sylvester.