John Ross, winner of the National Outdoor Book Award, and an authority on the French Broad River, will be the featured speaker at LAF’s virtual forum at noon on February 23rd.

In The French Broad, Wilma Dykeman explored what the river has been to the people who live along it. Ross, in the final chapter of his new book, Through the Mountains: The French Broad River and Time, asks this question: For more than 14,000 years, the watershed has sustained human populations. What do we need to begin doing now so the watershed will continue to do so for generations to come?

The Planners’ Paradox, the final chapter of Through the Mountains, probes five vectors – population, climate, energy, industry, and technology – that determine our future over the next 25 to 50 years. And with a dash of Tom Swift, Ross offers some ideas. We hope you will join us for this thought-provoking program.