Thursday, February 17th @ 4:15 — 5:30 p.m.

This will be a hybrid event. The campus community is welcome to attend in person (Bronfman Auditorium in the Wachenheim Science Center) or remotely. Open to the public remotely. Please CLICK HERE if you wish to join the webinar.

Over the past thirty years, thousands of dams have been torn down in the United States and Europe to improve habitat for migratory fish and restore ecologically degraded rivers. Part of a rising movement to reconnect rivers to the sea, dam removal has become a prominent arena of environmental politics and a symbol of hope for many environmentalists, especially as runs of threatened fish return to “reborn” postindustrial rivers. Focusing on grassroots environmental activism in Maine, this lecture explores the cultural geography of river restoration in the Anthropocene. Along the way, it argues for more attention to the role of virtue ethics in ecological restoration.