Owls of the Eastern Ice with Jonathan Slaght | Chippewa Valley Book Festival

There are still wild places in the world; places that we should celebrate and protect. Jonathan Slaght led a five-year study of an endangered and little-known owl species in Russia called the Blakiston’s fish owl. These salmon eaters are the largest owls in the world and live in some of the most difficult-to-access forests of northeast Asia. Slaght will describe the owls and his project, the adventures and struggles of fieldwork, writing Owls of the Eastern Ice, and on-going conservation efforts with this endangered species.

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About the Author

JONATHAN SLAGHT is a biologist and author. As the Regional Director for the Wildlife Conservation Society’s Temperate Asia Program, his duties include oversight of WCS activities in Russia, Mongolia, China, Central Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran. His first book, Owls of the Eastern Ice, was published in 2020 to acclaim. His other writings, scientific research, and photographs have been featured in the BBC, the New York Times, The Guardian, Smithsonian Magazine, The New Yorker, and Audubon Magazine, among others. He is currently under contract with Farrar, Straus, and Giroux to write a second book, titled Tigers Between Empires, about tiger conservation in Russia after the fall of the Soviet Union.

Learn more about Jonathan Slaght at jonathanslaght.com.