Author Book Signings
Forsberg and Powell will both be available in the poster hall foyer immediately following the Opening Plenary.
Stop by to purchase an autographed book and meet these incredible Nebraskans who are dedicated to wildlife and conservation in North America’s Great Plains. Payment accepted via MasterCard, Visa, or Discover.
"The Best of Intentions:
A Story of Landscape Change in the Heart of the Great Plains"
By Larkin Powell | $26.00
The history of Nebraska can be told by its landscape. Larkin Powell, wildlife biologist, storyteller and Director of the School of Natural Resources, has released a new book. The Best of Intentions traces centuries of change and the transformation of the Nebraska landscape through historical photographs, personal narratives and ecological research, revealing how Nebraska’s working landscapes have been transformed through time — and what that means for our future. His book documents the shift from prairies to center-pivot irrigation, cattle, and corn, and explores the delicate balance between agricultural productivity, rural community vitality, and the conservation of grasslands, wetlands, and wildlife. The text analyzes how human, policies, and ethics impact land decisions, and uses past lessons to explore how to create a more resilient future for the Plains.
"Into Whooperland:
A Photographer’s Journey with Whooping Cranes"
By Michael Forsberg | $52.00
The big white bird is our harbinger of hope, a symbol of wildlife’s future in America. Over five years award winning photographer and author Mike Forsberg immersed himself in whooperland—a universe of another kind and yet reliant on human care. He followed the last wild population, numbering some 540 birds, on their narrow, 2,500-mile Great Plains flyway from the Texas Gulf Coast to nesting grounds in remote boreal forests of Canada’s Northwest Territories. From inside the whooper portal, Mike follows them by truck and small plane through wetlands, marshes and rivers and shares the saga and extraordinary stories of tough, adaptive individual birds and families. He finds them on the nest, hatching and protecting the young; dancing at sunrise in the marsh; braving nature’s blizzards and human callousness.