STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK

Learn about the work of landscape conservation to reverse the fragmentation of the earth’s landscapes and make the earth more resilient to climate change when Dr. Gary Tabor speaks at The Community Library.

Tabor, an ecologist, wildlife veterinarian and founder and president of the Center for Large Landscape Conservation, will speak at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 15, at Ketchum’s Community Library. His work is the first in this winter’s Think Globally, Act Locally Speaker Series organized by the Wood River Land Trust.

You can reserve a seat at https://thecommunitylibrary.libcal.com/event/12936434. The event will be livestreamed and a recording will be available for two weeks at https://vimeo.com/event/4813215.

Tabor will discuss how fragmented landscapes isolate and weaken animal populations and disrupt the natural cycles we rely on for food, healthy forests and rivers. Large landscape conservation looks beyond national parks to connect vast areas where wildlife live and move freely.

He will use projects from the Wood River Valley and elsewhere as examples.

Additional talks will feature

    Wednesday, Feb. 19: Colin Thorne, river scientist at Wolf Water Resources in Oregon, talking about “Restoring the Dignity of Our Rivers”

    Tuesday, March 11: Danya Rumore, director of the Environmental Dispute Resolution Program at the University of Utah, will discuss “GNARly Solutions—Conserving What We love About the Wood River Valley.”