Lynda V. Mapes

Award-winning author Lynda V. Mapes visits the Seattle Public Library to discuss her latest book. The Trees Are Speaking: Dispatches from the Salmon Forests is essential reading for those with a deep interest in environmental stewardship, Indigenous land rights, and the urgent challenges posed by climate change.

Ancient and carbon-rich, old-growth forests play an irreplaceable role in the environment. Their complex ecosystems clean the air, purify the water, cool the planet, and teem with life. In a time of climate catastrophe, old-growth [...]