America’s Wild Read

The USFWS Library is excited to announce our Summer Wild Read! We’re excited to share Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and…

This Summer, we’re reading a compelling story on climate change biology titled, Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid by Thor Hanson. This…

“Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts.” — Rachel Carson, ‘Silent…

This April, we shared Silent Spring by Rachel Carson as our quarterly selection for this Spring on its 60th anniversary year of…

Rachel Carson was a marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose writings advanced the global environmental movement.

Last year, the USFWS Library relaunched our virtual quarterly book club, America’s Wild Read. Every season we select a book to share, make…

This January, we shared Flight Behavior by Barbara Kingsolver as our quarterly selection to start us off this new year! We have written a…

The USFWS Conservation Library is excited to announce our fall book selection, Robin Wall Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous…

This October, we shared Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer as…

“Deity, avatar, victim, and survivor, the coyote is all of these things and more,” according to Dan Flores, who is an historian and author…

This July, we shared Coyote America: A Natural and Supernatural History by Dan Flores as our quarterly selection. Here is a list of 10…

Come join us, Thursday September 2nd from 3–4 pm EST, as we host a book discussion for America’s Wild Read on Coyote America: A Natural &…