The Friends of the New Cumberland Library are kicking off their 2024-2025 Cultural Series with a lecture and book signing by Allen J. Dieterich-Ward, author of Cradle of Conservation: An Environmental History of Pennsylvania.

Allen Dieterich-Ward is Professor of History and Director of The Graduate School at Shippensburg University.

His latest book deepens our understanding of how Pennsylvanians have conserved and consumed.

From the origins of “Penn’s Woods” to the controversial practice of fracking, Cradle of Conservation provides the first comprehensive study of Pennsylvania’s environmental history.

The event will be held at the New Cumberland Public Library at 1 Benjamin Plaza, New Cumberland, PA starting at 3:00 p.m.

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Learn more about Pennsylvania’s conservation history by visiting the PA Conservation Heritage website to find articles, teaching aids, documentaries and more.

Resource Links:

-- Temple University Press To Release Cradle Of Conservation - An Environmental History Of Pennsylvania By Allen Dieterich-Ward Sept. 20  [PaEN]

-- PA Parks & Forests Foundation Penn’s Stewards Newsletter: New Book On PA Conservation History; PA Healthy Lands Week; Viewfinders For Colorblind In 10 Parks; Friends Group Activities; More!  [PaEN]

[Posted: September 30, 2024]

10/7/2024