Event: Friday, October 9, at 5:30 PM. OSU, PRAx, Toomey Lobby. FREE.  https://prax.oregonstate.edu/events/author-event-marina-richie-feathered-forest

Join us to celebrate Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees, the new book of award-winning nature writer Marina Richie.

Beginning with an ascent of a 200-foot-tall Douglas-fir with a bird biologist, Richie leads us from her home in Central Oregon into the ancient forests of Cascadia, a bioregion which rivals the Amazonian rainforest in significance for climate and biodiversity. Birds are guides to intricate and imperiled communities thriving at every level, from understory to midstory to overstory. They steer us to cool havens within multilayered, centuries-old groves that are critical refugia in a time of climate crisis. Their songs and flights show us what we must protect for the future of threatened birds, forests, and humankind. A narrative of perception change, memoir, and kinship, Feathered Forest is a soaring ode to birds and wild trees.

Richie spoke and collaborated with many Oregon State University-affiliated scientists and researchers for this book project, including those at the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest. At the PRAx event, Matt Betts from the College of Forestry will introduce Richie and graduate student researcher Nina Ferrari will share a short presentation about her bird research that informed the project.

Book:  “Feathered Forest: Aloft with Birds in Ancient Trees” will be released September 8, 2026. Books can be pre-ordered at https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/827850/feathered-forest-by-marina-richie/