Award-winning author and naturalist David B. Williams presents a lively, groundbreaking exploration of Washington's Cascade Range.  

Drawing on conversations with anthropologists, park rangers, ecologists, and climate scientists, as well as firsthand experience, Williams brings the audience into the mountains to uncover stories etched in the landscape over millennia. Through rich storytelling and careful research, Williams shares his vision of the Cascades, not only as mountains, but as a living, evolving realm of fire, ice, and hope. 

David B. Williams is an author, naturalist, and tour guide whose award-winning books include Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound and Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle's Topography. His newest book is In the Range of Fire and Ice: A Human and Natural History of Washington's Cascades. Williams also publishes the free weekly newsletter, Street Smart Naturalist: Explorations of the Urban Kind. 

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These events are open to everyone interested in Pacific Northwest history, and beyond! Often co-sponsored by local or state historical and civic organizations, we bring you experts, scholars, first-person experiencers, historians and documentaries expounding on topics from indigenous history to the birth of Portland, early explorers to hop growing, and on and on! It's like being back in the classroom - except this time you get to settle into comfortable seats and enjoy a drink or two with dinner while you listen and learn.

This event is eligible for a History Pub Stamp