BRATTLEBORO — New Hampshire author James Rousmaniere discusses Water Connections, his new book about what fresh water means to us and what we mean to water, at the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center on Thursday, July 18, at 7:30 p.m.
The event is free and open to all. After the talk, Rousmaniere will sign copies of the book, which will be available for purchase at the Museum.
Published in June, Water Connections explores water-related changes in technology, pollution, economic values, and ideas about nature from the Industrial Revolution to today, according to a news release.
The book focuses primarily on New Englanders' experiences with water, including floods and flood control, hydropower's evolving technology, watershed protection, and citizen action in the cause of water protection. Water Connections is as much about people as it is about water, with stories about conservationists, artists, reservoir managers, fishermen, scientists, and ordinary citizens around water.
After graduating from Harvard, Rousmaniere surveyed irrigation canals in southern India as a Peace Corps volunteer and then began a 43-year career in journalism. He reported on economics in the Washington bureau of The Baltimore Sun before being named editor and president of The Keene Sentinel, from which he is now retired.
For more information about this talk, call 802-257-0124 or visit www.brattleboromuseum.org.