> > > RIKI OTT with TONY ANGELL
> > > Wednesday, December 16 at 7:30 p.m.
> > > Elliott Bay Book Company
> > >
> > > Alaska's Copper River Delta is a remarkable book about one of the
> > > most vital places on this continent, the largest wetland on the entire
> > > Pacific coast of North America. Riki Ott is the executive director of
> > > the Copper River Watershed Project, an organization devoted to working
> > > with watershed residents (human, animal, other) to celebrate and
> > > protect an area that sees the world's greatest migration of shorebirds
> > > and one of its great salmon spawning runs. 22 artists from eleven
> > > countries, including Seattle's esteemed Tony Angell, invited by local
> > > residents and the Netherlands-based Artists for Nature Foundation,
> > > were part of this particular project, which this beautiful book is a
> > > testament to. "So as you go through this magnificent book, think not
> > > just of the beauty and fascination of the Copper River Delta region.
> > > Think also of the important roles that deltas directly or indirectly
> > > in all our lives. . . The people of the Copper River Delta region and
> > > the town of Cordova are dedicated to preserving its values, and they
> > > still have some chance of developing a sustainable economy based on
> > > that preservation.
> > > We hope this magnificent book will help encourage and support that
> > > effort." -- Paul R. Ehrlich & Anne H. Ehrlich. Free tickets are
> > > available starting December 5.
> > >
> > >
> >
> This is guaranteed to be a lively presentation!
>
> While tickets for this are free, the store also does its best to
> accomodate anyone interested who shows up; so don't let the lack an
> advance ticket dissuade you from going.
>
> Kevin Li
> Seattle
>