Lecture by Leila Philip, ‘Beavers: Beacons of Hope’

Leila Philip’s critically acclaimed 2022 book Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America, now a New York Times bestseller, explores these curious creatures and the humans who are learning from them.

These humble rodents engineer and maintain massive wetland complexes that create diverse wildlife habitats, protect water quality, lessen flood impacts, and offer peaceful spaces for reflection. Beavers might just be one of the most inspiring conservation comeback stories of the 20th century, for while they played an outsized role in shaping American history, they now have an important new role to play in our environmental future

Join Denison, the Licking Land Trust, and our local public libraries in welcoming Leila Philip to campus for a conversation about how we can learn from beavers to restore the land we care about.