New York Times bestselling author Dr. Douglas Tallamy will visit Bozeman for a special presentation on Friday, January 6th. His lecture will begin at 7pm in the Crawford Theater at the Emerson Center for the Arts & Culture. The event is free and open to the public. Doors open at 6pm.
Tallamy is one of the founders of Homegrown National Park, a national grassroots movement that encourages planting of native species in private backyards as a solution to our biodiversity crisis.
“We are at a critical point of losing so many species from local ecosystems,” says Tallamy, who has lectured around the country and authored four books on the subject: The Nature of Oaks, Nature’s Best Hope, Bringing Nature Home, and The Living Landscape. Tallamy believes a key solution is encouraging people to plant native plants.
“In the past we have asked one thing of our gardens: that they be pretty. Now they have to support life, sequester carbon, feed pollinators and manage water,” says Tallamy.
The January 6th event is part of the annual Gallatin Valley Earth Day festivities that are scheduled through April.
“Gallatin Valley Earth Day is thrilled to kick off our 2023 Earth Day events with a talk by the New York Times bestselling author and conservationist, Doug Tallamy. Doug’s message that what we plant in our own yards can make a huge difference for insects, birds, and other wildlife is a very exciting concept,” said Anne Ready, chair of Gallatin Valley Earth Day. “To think that you, personally, can help bring back declining species and species on the verge of extinction by what you plant in your yard is very empowering.”
Additional sponsors include Sacajawea Audubon Society, the Valley of Flowers chapter of the Montana Native Plant Society, Great Bear Native Plants, Wild Birds Unlimited and Kenyon Noble.
Visit www.gallatinvalleyearthday.org for additional information and details on upcoming Earth Day events. •
