Environmental Series – The City for the Trees

Tuesday, March 24, 6-7pm.

The City for the Trees

More than any other color, green signifies life. Not the red of iron-rich blood. Not the roaring yellow of the sun. Plants provide the structure, the baseline, the foundation for everything that lives, and if you consider trees, perhaps the walls and roof as well. Join Steve Betchkal for a viewing of the Emmy-nominated series that describes the critical importance of Green Space in our functional daily lives. In person or via Zoom

Steve Betchkal of Eau Claire has hiked/camped/backpacked/traveled all 50 U.S. states plus Puerto Rico, 55 National Forests, 80 National Wildlife Refuges, 96 National Parks, & 4 Canadian provinces in pursuit of wild birds. In 2017 he worked in the Galápagos for Lindblad-National Geographic.

Steve is an ornithologist and ecologist, the Eau Claire liaison for Bird City Eau Claire and Welcome Back Bird Day, the producer of WSO’s Bird TV, and the editor of the WSO’s “Wisconsin’s Favorite Bird Haunts.” In his 38 years as a professional journalist, he produced 11,000 TV stories, and is the only journalist in Chippewa Valley history to win six Emmys and an Edward R. Murrow Award.

He is the author of 10 books, including All of This & Robins Too, Make Birds Not War, Wisconsin Birding Trails, Cat Tales: Life Two, Walk the Walk, Camp the Camp, Bird the Bird, & his latest and best, 101 Apologus Nights.