Castor canadensis American beaver

Eager Beavers – Meet Ben Goldfarb

Posted on by

Ben Goldfarb’s 2018 book, Eager The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter is a page-turned I couldn’t put down. His lilting descriptions knit together the complex story of beavers as ecosystem engineers of our entire continent. I plan to go hear him speak in Leavenworth at Wenatchee River Institute on March 13, 6:30-8:30pm.

Castor canadensis American beaver
beaver dam

Goldfarb begins this interview with a description of beavers as extraordinary landscape-scale agents of transformation … keystone species.

Listen to Ben Goldfarb describe “who beavers are”
cottonwood felled by beaver
Fresh beaver activity is visible on this young cottonwood. It’s one of the many sights you may encounter if you take a walk along the river during the transition season from late winter to early spring.