Northwest Passages Book Club: Ben Goldfarb

Ben Goldfarb visits with Eli Francovich, The Spokesman-Review's Outdoors editor. In “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” environmental journalist Goldfarb reveals that our modern idea of what a healthy landscape looks like and how it functions is wrong, distorted by the fur trade that once trapped out millions of beavers from North America’s lakes and rivers.

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Wed., Sept. 18, 2019

The Spokesman-Review Outdoors editor Eli Francovich, on right, has a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” during the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, at the Montvale Event Center.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review editor Rob Curley, introduces Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” at the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Copies of author Ben Goldfarb’s “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” for sale at the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” signs a copy of his book for Krista Eberle at the Northwest Passages Book Club in Spokane on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” signs a copy of his book at the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” signs a copy of his book for Linda Jovanovich at the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
It was a full house at the Montvale Event Center, for a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” at the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review Outdoors editor Eli Francovich, on right, has a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” during the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, at the Montvale Event Center.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review Outdoors editor Eli Francovich, on right, has a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” during the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, at the Montvale Event Center.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review Outdoors editor Eli Francovich, on right, has a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of “Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” during the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, at the Montvale Event Center.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman-Review Outdoors editor Eli Francovich, on right, has a conversation with Ben Goldfarb, author of Eager: The Surprising Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter,” during the Northwest Passages Book Club on Wed., Sept. 18, 2019, at the Montvale Event Center.

Colin Mulvany The Spokesman-Review