Join New Mexico Wild and REI Santa Fe for a special evening book talk featuring Thomas W. Swetnam and his acclaimed work, The Jemez Mountains: A Cultural and Natural History.

Tom Swetnam, a Regents’ Professor emeritus at the University of Arizona and lifelong Jemez Mountains resident, will share stories from his book — a rich tapestry of natural history, forest ecology, and the human histories woven into this beloved landscape. Tom will speak to the Jemez Mountains’ remarkable geology, forests, and river canyons, as well as the history of forest management and the challenges these lands face today.

New Mexico Wild will join the conversation to discuss how this history connects to current policy, including the federal administration’s push to rescind the Roadless Rule, which has long protected millions of acres of undeveloped national forest land from road construction and industrial development, and what’s at stake for the Jemez and beyond if those protections are lost.

Copies of The Jemez Mountains: A Cultural and Natural History will be available at the event.

This event will be available via Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. The link will be sent out to attendees a week before the event date.

When: Wednesday, June 10 | 5:00 – 6:00 PM

Where: REI Santa Fe (500 Market St Ste 100, Santa Fe, NM 87501)

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