June 26 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Winnebago County Conservation Board’s Book Club will meet over Zoom on Saturday, June 26 from 10:00-11:00 AM. The club will discuss Rachel Carson’s 1962 book,
Silent Spring, which brought to light the use of pesticides and their effects on the environment. To participate in the book club, people should contact Lisa Ralls, Naturalist, at lralls@winnebagoccb.com to sign up and receive the Zoom link. The book is available at bookstores, libraries, and online. For additional information, call Lisa at 641-565-3390.
Silent Spring
was first published in 1962. Rachel Carson was an aquatic biologist and naturalist who used her writing skills to communicate about the environment and environmental issues.
In fact, the book began a nation-wide discussion about pesticides and the environment, and has often been regarded as a major impetus for the environmental movement of the 1960’s and 1970’s. That movement led to the banning of DDT, as well as the formation of many environmental agencies and the implementation of numerous environmental laws. For that reason, it is often considered one of the most influential books ever written.
To participate in the WCCB Book Club, people should contact Winnebago County Naturalist Lisa Ralls at lralls@winnebagoccb.com to sign up and receive the Zoom meeting link. The book itself is widely available in bookstores, libraries, and online. Club participants will then meet on June 26
AJ TaylorDecember 28, 2020Last Updated: February 28, 2021
If you’re looking for something to do during the long, cold nights of winter, especially now that Covid is keeping many people indoors, you might want to consider joining the Winnebago County Conservation Board’s Book Club! The first meeting will be over Zoom on Saturday morning, February 27
th, from 10:00-11:00 AM.
The book that the club will be reading this winter is Aldo Leopold’s
A Sand County Almanac, first published in 1949. Aldo Leopold was born in Iowa in 1887 and was a conservationist, forester, philosopher, educator, writer, and outdoor enthusiast. He worked for the U.S. Forest Service, became an expert in the new field of wildlife management, and eventually became known as the “Father of Wildlife Ecology.”