Schedule - 2012

	January 8-February 5	Return to Wild America: A Year-Long Search for the Continents's Natural Soul	Scott Weidensaul (author)
Theme: Urban Conservation	February 12-March 25	Burning Rivers: Revival of Four Urban- Industrial Rivers That Caught Fire	John Hartig (author), FWS refuge manager

		Holiday Break
Theme: Urban Conservation	April 15-May 6	Wild in the City:  Exploring The Intertwine: The Portland-Vancouver Region’s Network of Parks, Trails, and Natural Areas	Co-editors: Mike Houck, executive director of the Urban Greenspaces Institute; M.J. Cody; and Bob Sallinger, Conservation Director of Audubon Society of Portland

Theme: Women's Voices	May 13-June 3	When Women Were Birds -- 54 Variations on Voice	Terry Tempest Williams (author)
Theme: Women's Voices/ Conservation Politics	June 10- July 8	The Everglades: River of Grass by Marjorie Stoneman Douglas  and The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise	Michael Grunwald, Time Magazine senior correspondent and author of The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise

Theme: Women's Voices/ Cultural History	July 22-August 19	Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses by Robin Wall Kimmerer	Roxanne Bogart, FWS wildlife biologist/writer

Silent Spring 50th Anniversary	September 9-October 31	Silent Spring by Rachel Carson	see Schedule of moderators
Pollinators		TBD

 2011 Schedule                           

Week	Date 2011	Discussion Topic	Moderator
Week 1	April 25 – 30	Introduce Yourself – Ask Questions, Leave a Comment	WILD READ Team
Week 2	May 1-7	Curt Meine’s “The Once and Future Land Ethic” Aldo Leopold’s “Thinking Like a Mountain”	Curt Meine (Center for Humans and Nature; Aldo Leopold Foundation and Int. Crane Foundation )
Week 3	May 8-14	Curt Meine’s “The Once and Future Land Ethic” Aldo Leopold’s “Thinking Like a Mountain”	Will Stolzenberg  - Author (Where the Wild Things Were: Life, Death, and Ecological Wreckage in a Land of Vanishing Predators)
Week 4	May 15-21	Anthill: Part I: “Frogman” (Chapter 1)	Anne Post - Chief Librarian (NCTC Conservation Library) WILD READ Team
Week 5	May 22-28	Anthill: Part II: “The Citizen of Nokobee” (Chapters 2-14)	Bill Finch – Executive Director (Mobile Botanical Gardens)
Week 6	May 29-June4	Anthill: Part III: “The Launch” (Chapters 15-18)	Michael Gale (FWS) Danielle Brigida (National Wildlife Federation)
Week 7	June 5-11	Anthill: Part IV: “The Anthill Chronicles” (Chapters 19-27)	Dr. Drew Bell (Entomologist)
Week 8	June 12-18	Anthill: Part V: “The Armentarium” (Chapters 28-32)	Mark Madison – Public Historian (FWS History); Kris Hoellen (Conservation Fund)
Week 9	June 19-25	Anthill: Part VI: “The Nokobee Wars” (Chapter 33-38)	Laura Bies – Environmental Attorney  (The Wildlife Society)
Week 10	June 26-July 2	In the Field with E.O. Wilson	Ben Raines (Environmental journalist) TENTATIVE
Week 11	July 3-9	Essay and E.O. Wilson’s Anthill Wrap Up	Margaret Atwood (Author)

        

	August 1-31	The Wolf's Tooth: Keystone Predators, Trophic Cascades, and Biodiversity	Cristina Eisenberg (Biologist)
	September 11-October 9	The Thunder Tree: Lessons from an Urban  Wildland	Robert Michael Pyle (author)

       


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	October 16-November 13	Changing Paths: Travels and Meditations in Alaska's Arctic Wilderness	Bill Sherwonit (author)
	Nov 13-Jan 8	Holiday Break - Free Fall Discussion	WILD READ Team