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by Ben Goldfarb

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WINNER of the 2019 PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award

Author of the New York Times 2023 "Notable Book" Crossings

Washington Post "50 Notable Works of Nonfiction"

Science News "Favorite Science Books of 2018"

Booklist "Top Ten Science/Technology Book of 2018"

"A marvelously humor-laced page-turner about the science of semi-aquatic rodents.... A masterpiece of a treatise on the natural world."--The Washington Post

In Eager, environmental journalist Ben Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America's lakes and rivers. The consequences of losing beavers were profound: streams eroded, wetlands dried up, and species from salmon to swans lost vital habitat. Today, a growing coalition of "Beaver Believers"--including scientists, ranchers, and passionate citizens--recognizes that ecosystems with beavers are far healthier, for humans and non-humans alike, than those without them. From the Nevada deserts to the Scottish highlands, Believers are now hard at work restoring these industrious rodents to their former haunts. Eager is a powerful story about one of the world's most influential species, how North America was colonized, how our landscapes have changed over the centuries, and how beavers can help us fight drought, flooding, wildfire, extinction, and the ravages of climate change. Ultimately, it's about how we can learn to coexist, harmoniously and even beneficially, with our fellow travelers on this planet.

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  • Title Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter
  • Author Ben Goldfarb
  • Binding Paperback
  • Pages 304
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Chelsea Green Publishing Company
  • Publication date 2019-02-21
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • ISBN 9781603589086 / 1603589082
  • Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 4.9 x 0.9 in (19.30 x 12.45 x 2.29 cm)
  • Themes
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Category Science
  • Library of Congress subjects Wildlife conservation - North America, Beavers - Ecology - North America
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2018004621
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.959

About the author

Ben Goldfarb is an award-winning environmental journalist who covers wildlife conservation, marine science, and public lands management, as well as an accomplished fiction writer. 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 master of environmental management from the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies and is a 2018 North American Congress for Conservation Biology journalist fellow.
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