"The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests" by Lynda V. Mapes

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When
May 16, 2025 from 06:00 PM to 07:00 PM
Where
Village Books readings gallery, Bellingham
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A Nature of Writing speaker series event, in partnership with Village Books

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Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth and other natural forests face existential threats caused by humans, and their survival is crucial to ours. In a bicoastal journey, environmental journalist Lynda V. Mapes connects the present and future of Pacific Northwest forests to the hard-logged legacy forests of the northeastern United States. With vibrant storytelling supported by science and traditional ecological knowledge, Mapes invites readers into a world where trees are kin, not commodities. The Trees Are Speaking is essential reading for those with interested in environmental stewardship, Indigenous land rights, and the urgent challenges posed by climate change.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Lynda Mapes is a journalist, nature writer, and author based in Seattle. She is the author of six books of natural and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. Lynda has been awarded the Washington State Book Award, the National Outdoor Book Award, and twice been honored with the international Kavli Gold Award for Science Writing by the American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world's most prestigious science writing awards.

ABOUT OUR BOOKSELLER PARTNER
Village Books and Paper Dreams is a community-based, independent bookstore and gift shop located in the Historic Fairhaven Village on the southside of Bellingham. Since 1980, we have been "building community one book at a time." Village Books is a place to meet your friends, talk books, or just while away an hour or two among our shelves. Years of experience with local customers and knowledge of local interests helps us carefully select the books you love. Thanks to you, Village Books is able to continue keeping local readers in mind. If you're in the neighborhood come on in to explore!