OCTOBER BOOK CLUB NEWS Welcome to another year of reading about nature, conservation, the environment and of course BIRDS!
We meet from September through April, taking the month of December off to reduce stress over the holiday season. Hope Lutheran Church, Room 123 is our meeting place but you can also join us online from 6:30 pm to 7:45 pm. To join us online please notify Elisabeth Swanson (406) 570-8325, elsswa@gmail.com or Hilary Johnson (406) 599-1446, ralphhilary@gmail.com.
Theodore Roosevelt & the Bison Restoration on the Great Plains
~ by Keith Aune & Glenn Plumb (2019)
*Our own John Mugaas will host this session with author Keith Aune
Our book selection for October tells the story of the rapidly disappearing bison in the late 1800s which prompted progressive thinkers to call for the preservation of wild lands and wildlife in North America. Following a legendary hunt for the last wild bison in central Montana, Dr. William Hornady sought to immortalize the West’s most iconic species. Activists like Theodore Roosevelt rose to the call, initiating a restoration plan that seemed almost incomprehensible in that era. Follow the journey from the first animals bred at the Bronx Zoo to today’s National Bison Range. Glenn Plumb, retired National Park Service chief wildlife biologist, and Keith Aune, retired Wildlife Conservation Society director of bison programs, detail Roosevelt’s conservation legacy and the landmark efforts of many others.
