Name: Beavers, Beacons of Hope, an Author Talk with Leila Philip
Start: 2026-02-26T17:30:00-07:00
Location: Museum of the Rockies

Beavers, Beacons of Hope, an Author Talk with Leila Philip

Part of the Rosenberry-Donohue Lectures on the American West
Join Museum of the Rockies in welcoming Leila Philip to Montana for an author talk on how we can learn from beavers to restore the lands we love. In this illustrated talk, New York Times bestselling author, Leila Philip will discuss the writing of Beaverland How One Weird Rodent Made America: how she discovered beavers, what went into researching and writing this now critically acclaimed book, and the increasingly important role beavers have come to play as we face some of our most dire environmental challenges. Called a “triumph of popular nature writing” by Publisher’s Weekly, Beaverland was an NPR Science Friday pick, a New York Times Editor’s choice, was chosen as one of the best books of 2022 by Barnes & Noble, became a New York Times best seller, and more recently was selected to represent Connecticut at the Library of Congress National Book Festival.
5:30 p.m. | Hager Auditorium
Included with membership, $5/non-member
Registration is required
For more information, please visit: https://museumoftherockies.org/calendar