6:00PM - Meet the author reception | 6:30PM - Author Michael Whittemore presents on his new book, Ecology of New Hampshire's 4,000-Foot Mountains | After the presentation - Q&A and book signing

About the speaker - Michael Whittemore is landscape ecologist, conservation

professional, author, and lifelong hiker who has completed New Hampshire’s 48 4,000-

footers and the Northeast 111. He holds a master’s degree in Environmental Studies

and has spent more than a decade working in ecological research, restoration, and

conservation across the Northeast. He is the founder and principle ecologist of Rewild

Ecological – an environmental consulting company based out of Concord, NH.

About the presentation - In Beyond the Summit: The Ecology of the 4,000-Foot

Mountains, Michael will draw from his new book, Ecology of New Hampshire’s 4,000-

Foot Mountains, to explore the forests, geology, alpine communities, wildlife, climate,

and long-term science that shape the White Mountains. The book has been endorsed

by White Mountains author and AMC White Mountain Guide co-editor Steven D. Smith;

geologist, former AMC hutmaster, and professional ultrarunner Katie Schide, PhD; and

Appalachian Mountain Club Terrestrial Ecologist and Staff Scientist Jordon C. Tourville,

PhD.