Nice letter to the editor about Ben Golfarb’s book from our longtime friend Richard Hesslein of Mainet Great work!.

Sink your teeth into new beaver book

Editor of the Reformer,

Thank you for this fine article (“Nature’s carpenters,” July 26) that touches on many of the important aspects of the role of beavers on the landscape. The author Ben Goldfarb’s new book, “Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter” expands on these facts and many more, putting together the past to present knowledge in one place, and in a compelling, entertaining way. The following link is a great intro to this new book and includes many easy links to more interesting sources and commentary: Richard A. Hesslein Jr.

Brownfield, Maine, Sept. 9

Richard Hesslein

Watching Ben’s  book ripple across the landscape is like doing a wave at a football stadium. Or better yet, like the roaring crowd at the women’s march that you can hear for a hundred blocks in each direction.