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Movie: Hundreds of Beavers
A drunken applejack salesman must go from zero to hero and become North America's greatest fur trapper by defeating hundreds of beavers. [more inside]
Book: Eager
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. [more inside]
Movie: The Revenant
After being mauled by a bear and left for dead in hostile territory, frontiersman Hugh Glass (Leonardo DiCaprio) struggles through rough terrain, bad weather and other obstacles to extract his revenge.
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