About this episode

The episode features a discussion with Andrew Moore about his book on America's Eastern wilderness and the ecological significance of large animals.

Hosts Fran Chismar and Tom Knezick connect with Andrew More (Author Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit) to discuss his new book The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness. Topics include doing justice to ecological events through research, collaboration in the field of restoration ecology, the importance of large animals to our ecological web, and signs of hope in our ecological future.

People in this episode

Hosts: Fran Chismar, Tom Knezick

Guest: Andrew Moore

Topics covered

• ecological events
• restoration ecology
• importance of large animals
• ecological future
• American wilderness

Keywords

• ecology
• wilderness
• restoration
• large animals
• environment
• Pawpaw
• Andrew Moore

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Egocentric Plastic Men, Dave Bennett, Native Plants Healthy Planet, Simplecast, AdsWizz

Books & works: Pawpaw: In Search of America’s Forgotten Fruit, The Beasts of the East: The Fall and Rise of America’s Eastern Wilderness

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