Alaskan wildlife refuge manager to speak at Olympia library

posted 05:37 PM 10/13
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Author and wildlife refuge manager Hank Lentfer will read from and discuss his new book, “Faith of Cranes: Finding Hope and Family in Alaska,” from 7 to 8:15 p.m. Oct. 29 at the Olympia Timberland Library. Books will be available for purchase and signing.

Faith of Cranes is a memoir of home and community near Glacier Bay that presents a family's simple acts of life lived by the seasons in a small Alaskan community. Lentfer describes the life of sandhill cranes as they migrate from Gustavus, Alaska, through Washington to California's Central Valley as well as how he found hope in an era of rapid climate change.

Lentfer, a lifelong Alaskan, helped establish and now manages the Gustavus Forelands Preserve, a 4,000-acre refuge for the migratory cranes. His blog is at http://hanklentfer.com.

The library is at 313 Eighth Ave. S.E., Olympia. For more information, contact the library at 360-352-0595 or www.TRL.org.

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