August 31, 2012
Over the next few decades, the Southwestern United States will continue to get hotter and may get even drier. What the future holds and how we adapt to our changing environment will be the topic of writer and conservationist William deBuys on Monday, September 17 at 7 p.m. at the Orpheum Theater in downtown Flagstaff.
In his most recent book, A Great Aridness: Climate Change and the Future of the American Southwest, deBuys visits with archaeologists, foresters, and scientists as they seek to understand the impacts of climate change on our forests, deserts, water supplies and communities. Poignant and engaging, deBuys’ book explores the relationships humans have constructed with nature and considers how we can continue to respond and adapt to these changes.
In addition to the lecture at the Orpheum, deBuys will be at the Flagstaff City-Coconino County Public Library from 2-3:30 p.m. on Monday, September 17 to meet with citizens and hear their ideas and thoughts. DeBuys’ book will be available for purchase at both the Orpheum and the public library events.
DeBuys is the author of seven books focusing on Southwestern environmental history and studies of place, including Enchantment and Exploitation: The Life and Hard Times of a New Mexico Mountain Range (UNM Press, 1985), winner of a Southwest Book Award and now in its ninth printing. DeBuys’ shorter works have appeared in Orion, New York Times Book Review, Doubletake, Story, Northern Lights, High Country News, Rangelands, and other periodicals and anthologies.
The Museum of Northern Arizona, in partnership with Northern Arizona University’s Landscape Conservation Initiative and M.S. Program in Climate Science and Solution, is proud to sponsor these events, which are free and open to the public.
This program will be the first of MNA’s new program series, The Future of the Colorado Plateau. MNA will be sponsoring lectures, field trips, discussions, and workshops in the upcoming months to bring the community together in fruitful efforts to prepare for and address our changing environment.
For further information, call 928.774.5213 or go to musnaz.org. You can also find MNA on Facebook.com/musnaz or at http://twitter.com/MuseumofNAZ.