Ben Goldfarb's longawaited Eager book is out! Worth the wait!

For a compelling and comprehensive overview of Beaver Assisted Restoration I recommend reading Ben Goldfarb's Eager:

• Goldfarb B. 2018. Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter. Chelsea Green Publishing. White River Junction, Vermont. 309 pp.

This is one of the most exhaustively researched, authoritative and compelling books on why we might want to turn to beaver as a restoration and conservation partner in existence. Even if you are a seasoned beaver researcher or restoration practitioner, you will learn a ton reading this and be pointed to all sorts of great references and research that Ben uncovered and synthesized.  Perhaps more importantly, if you've never paid any attention to this rodent, Ben makes it easy to become interested in their plight and how our's is so intertwined. Ben tells the parallel stories of beaver, North America's complicated history with the rodent, and of the large cast of contemporary characters involved in trying to shape the future of trying to learn something from this amazing ecosystem engineer in about how we manage natural resources and coexist.