Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb The Bees in Your Backyard This charming picture book tells

This charming picture book tells the true story of Bob Redman

Peachtree Publishers

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As a boy he wrote verses

Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter by Ben Goldfarb The Bees in Your Backyard This charming picture book tellsIn 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