Ben Goldfarb

Ben Goldfarb is an environmental journalist based in Spokane, Washington, whose writing has appeared in Science, Orion Magazine, Mother Jones, High Country News, and many other publications. He is the author of Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter. His next book, on road ecology, will be published by W.W. Norton & Co. in 2023. Follow him on Twitter @ben_a_goldfarb and read more of his work at www.bengoldfarb.com.

Methow Valley resident Ken Bevis salvages a deer recently struck by a car.

Atonement in the Kitchen 06.03.2022 Article - One way to make sense of the senseless slaughter of roadkill? Salvage it for food.

Migratory fish like these mountain mullet (Agonostomus monticola) are a common sight in Central American rivers.

Free-Flowing, For Now 04.09.2019 Photo Essay - Hundreds of new dams are currently planned for Central American rivers, posing a threat to Indigenous peoples and wildlife alike. Preserving the integrity of these corridors between the mountains and the sea will help them both.

Biologists for the Tulalip Tribe carry a beaver toward the site of its reintroduction along a stretch of river in northern Washington.

They Will Build It 11.22.2018 Article - In western Washington, the Tulalip Tribes bet big on beavers.

In Search of Suckers 01.03.2017 Article - An endangered fish makes a comeback in the Grand Canyon’s depths—but will the razorback sucker stick around?

Long leaf pine habitat in the gamelands outside Southern Pines, NC.

The Birds and the Bombs 06.28.2016 Article - The fate of the Southeast's longleaf pine forests, and the endangered woodpeckers that depend on them, may rest in the hands of the U.S. military.

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