Author Talk: Nora Nickum on Innovative Wildlife Conservation
Saturday, December 12 | 1:00 pm
Hyla Middle School Community Hall (7861 NE Bucklin Hill Rd)
Local author Nora Nickum will be joining the Land Trust to discuss her new book, Wild Medicine: Inventing Ways to Save Endangered Animals.
Her talk, geared toward older kids/teens through adults, will highlight stories of innovative work being done to protect animals like black-footed ferrets, corals, and sunflower sea stars.
How do scientists and veterinarians protect endangered animals from deadly disease outbreaks when the animals can’t be brought in from the wild for treatment? They get creative! In Wild Medicine: Inventing Ways to Save Endangered Animals, discover how experts are using everything from peanut butter to darts to hidden cameras in order to treat creatures in deep jungles, high mountains, and even on the bottom of the sea.
Nora’s book also explores when and why experts decide to intervene with treatments in the wild, and how readers can get involved and make an impact in the effort to keep these creatures from going extinct. The book is full of color photographs and particularly geared toward a middle-grade audience (8-12).
This is a ticketed event benefitting the Bainbridge Island Land Trust. Each adult ticket includes entry for one adult and a signed copy of Wild Medicine: Inventing Ways to Save Endangered Animals. Child tickets are entry-only with no book included. Additional books will be available for purchase at the event. 100% of proceeds benefit the Land Trust. Tickets must be purchased in advance.
Registration will open to the public on Friday, November 13 at 12 pm. Check back soon!
About the Author: Nora Nickum leads the Seattle Aquarium’s conservation programs and partnerships department and writes books for children and teens about science, wildlife, and conservation topics. In addition to Wild Medicine, she is the author of the middle-grade nonfiction book Superpod: Saving the Endangered Orcas of the Pacific Northwest and several picture books, including Twelve Daring Grays: A Whale Migration Adventure, which features our local Sounders gray whales here in Washington state and was illustrated by Elly MacKay. Nora lives with her family on Bainbridge Island and serves on the board of the Bainbridge Island Land Trust.