Wild Lands: What They Are, and Present and Future Opportunities for Protection and Restoration

Join John Davis, Jon Leibowitz, and Ronan Donovan for a panel discussion on wild lands and rewilding. This program is co-sponsored by the Howe Library and the Hanover Conservation Commission. This is a hybrid event. Join us in person in the Mayer Room to meet other movers and shakers in the conservation arena, or online via Zoom. No registration required in person; register for Zoom here.

John Davis, Rewilding Advocate at Adirondack Council, Jon Leibowitz, CEO of Northeast Wilderness Trust, and Ronan Donovan, National Geographic Fellow, will  explore the future of wilderness and rewilding in the Northeast USA. They will focus on rewilding opportunities across the region, with particular attention to the potential recovery of missing carnivores—such as cougar and wolf—and to “wildways,” or habitat connections, that can be protected and restored. They will examine what wilderness is and is not, and how little of it exists—even here in New Hampshire despite the White Mountain National Forest. The discussion will highlight both the challenges and the hopeful possibilities of rewilding and wilderness protection, and invite us to imagine a future where wilderness and wildlife thrive once more across the region.  A Q&A will follow the panel presentation.

For more information on the panel, please visit https://thehowe.libcal.com/event/15314891