Join us for an evening with award-winning science journalist Hillary Rosner in conversation with journalist Florence Williams as she presents her timely new book ROAM: Wild Animals and the Race to Repair Our Fractured World.
At a moment when climate change and human development are forcing wildlife to adapt to rapidly shifting landscapes, ROAM examines one of the most pressing yet overlooked environmental crises of our time: the fragmentation of ecosystems and the urgent need to reconnect them.
Drawing on more than 200 interviews and reporting from across the U.S., Central America, Europe, and Africa, Rosner introduces scientists, farmers, and community volunteers who are working to restore wildlife corridors, rewild landscapes, and reimagine infrastructure so animals and humans can thrive together. From highway overpasses designed for elk to community-led projects blending traditional knowledge with ecological science, ROAM reveals what it will take to stitch our natural world back together.
Part investigation, part personal journey, Rosner highlights how fences, farms, and sprawl have severed critical connections—and how repairing them may also help mend our own fractured relationships with each other and the planet.
Urgent yet hopeful, ROAM challenges us to rethink what it means to share space with wild animals and to see connectivity not only as a biological necessity, but as an act of moral and emotional restoration.
Books will be available for purchase and signing.
Hillary Rosner is an award-winning science journalist who has reported on environmental issues from around the world for National Geographic, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Scientific American, Wired, Audubon, and many others. She specializes in telling complex, science-driven stories in ways that resonate deeply with general audiences.
