Beavers are crafty, consequential animals.
They have shaped the history of this country, they loom large in our legends - and they are engineering our ecosystem at this very moment, including in our own backyard.
Leila Philip writes about them in her recent book, “Beaverland: How One Weird Rodent Made America.”
Next month, Leila will visit Chattanooga.
On Thursday, May 18th, she will speak at The Camp House, starting at 5:30 PM.
The day before, she will be at Reflection Riding Arboretum and Nature Center, for paddling trips on Lookout Creek to glimpse a beaver dam.
I spoke with Leila - and Mark McKnight, president and CEO of Reflection Riding.
