Wildlife Writer to Talk to Land Trust

A talk on rare wildlife in southern New England will highlight the annual meeting of the Barrington Land Conservation Trust tomorrow night, June 12.

The meeting will be held in the Barrington library auditorium. It starts at 7 pm. The meeting is open to the public.

Nature writer and author Todd McLeish will talk about wildlife and environmental issues after a brief business meeting. McLeish has been writing about these issues for more than 20 years. See his biography by clicking here.

McLeish has examined the return of wild fishers to southern New England, the impact of gulls on offshore islands, and the effort to do a census on dragonflies in Rhode Island.

McLeish is a writer and publicist for the University of Rhode Island. He has published two books: “Basking With Humpbacks: Tracking Threatened Marine Life in New England Waters” and “Golden Wings and Hairy Toes: Encounters With New England’s Most Imperiled Wildlife.”

You are encouraged to come and hear McLeish.