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How one woman used Porcupine Caribou to explain climate change in the West

As "Porcupine Caribou" flowed around her tent, Dr. Sara Dant suddenly knew how to write about climate change in the West.She will be speaking about her trip and her book, "Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West," at the city of Boise's Fettuccine Forum on Thursday night.

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05 Apr 2022
"There are thousands and thousands of caribou moving in elegant harmony and balance with the swift-moving seasons here in the far north," says Dr. Sara Dant.
"There are thousands and thousands of caribou moving in elegant harmony and balance with the swift-moving seasons here in the far north," says Dr. Sara Dant.( Dan Flores)

In 2019, Dr. Sara Dant took a two-week float trip on the Hulahula River north of the Arctic Circle.

Here she realized what wild America once looked like and as thousands of
"Porcupine Caribou" flowed around her tent she suddenly knew how to write about climate change in the west.

She will be speaking about her trip and her book, "Losing Eden: An Environmental History of the American West, at the city of Boise's Fettuccine Forum on Thursday night.