May 22, 2011 - Author Steve Hawley presents in Bellingham at Village Books

SAVE THE DATE - SUNDAY MAY 22, 2011 - 4 PM @ Village Books at Fairhaven in Bellingham, WA

hawley.book.picsm1Join author / journalist Steven Hawley as he reads from and speaks about his book:

Recovering a Lost River: removing dams, rewilding salmon, and revitalizing communities (Beacon 2011)

"Very few writers have a sufficiently antic tone, an energetic enough intelligence, or a deep enough love to make enjoyable literature out of the ongoing federal crucifixion of the most important salmon river on this planet. Steven Hawley has found a perfect subject for his remarkable gifts."
     -DAVID JAMES DUNCAN, author of The River Why

When: Sunday, May 22 - 4pm

Where: Village Books in Historic Fairhaven - 1200 11th Street in Bellingham
(360) 671-2626

Wild smoked salmon appetizers and beverages will be served.

This event is FREE and open to the public.

More Information available here.
Buy the book here (7% of sales from this link go to Save Our Wild Salmon!).

This book and the story Mr. Hawley tells could not come at a more important time. This spring, a federal judge is expected to deliver a much-anticipated verdict on the adequacy of the Obama Administration's 2010 10-year, $10 billion dollar Columbia and Snake River salmon plan. This issue has been roiling through the courts for nearly 20 years, and this decision, whichever way the judge rules, is widely anticipated to have resounding implications for the people and salmon of Washington State and the region. Dams - and their impacts on salmon - lie at the center of the debate. This well-documented book dives into the history of the issue, with a particular focus on connections to Puget Sound orca, Columbia Basin treaty tribes, suppression of science, and some of the controversial activities and decisions by the federal agencies of the Obama Administration.

For further information:
Nan Macy: nan@villagebooks.com 360-733-1599
Joseph Bogaard: joseph@wildsalmon.org 206-286-4455, x103

More about Recovering a Lost River and Steven J. Hawley:

hawley.picRecovering a Lost River: removing dams, rewilding salmon, and revitalizing communities makes a powerful argument for why dam removal makes good scientific, economic, and environmental sense-and requires our urgent attention. Flowing through a thousand miles of the American West, from Wyoming to Washington State, the Snake River was once one of the world's greatest salmon rivers.  Hydroelectric dams built during the past fifty years have dropped the salmon population close to extinction.  As recovery efforts have failed, those with a stake in the river's health - from fishermen and farmers to Native Americans and conservationists - find themselves pitted against the utilities and the federal government. The struggle raises pivotal questions: who should exercise control over natural resources, and which interests should receive highest priority?

In Recovering a Lost River, Hawley shows how river restoration, with dam removal as its centerpiece, is  not only virtuous ecological practice but also a growing social and economic enterprise, stretching from  Maine's Kennebec to California's Klamath, and ultimately, hopefully, to the Snake as well.
Steven J. Hawley was born and raised in Oregon. He attended Southern Oregon University and the University of Montana. Steve taught English in Missoula until 2001, after which he wrote for the Missoula Independent. He is an avowed river rat who loves to float, fish, hike and ski. Recovering A Lost River is Steve's first book. He is currently conducting a campaign to catch a winter steelhead on a fly that's any color other than purple. And for a guy who normally doesn't mind gray days, Steve admits that even he is getting sick of the rain. He lives in Hood River, OR, with his wife and two children Elliot and Annabel, ages five and three.


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