BookPeople Presents: Jennifer L. Bristol - Wild Women for Good

Please welcome Jennifer L. Bristol and Danielle Belleny to celebrate Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas!

This event is free and open to the public.

• Start time: 7:00 P.M.
• Run time: 45-60 minutes, followed by a signing line.
• Location: The second floor of BookPeople.

The author will be signing and personalizing copies of the book after the speaking portion of the event.

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About the book:

Women have been shaping the conservation movement in Texas since the nineteenth century, though their stories are rarely told. They have played an invaluable role in the establishment of parks, protection of wildlife, developing policies, and defending communities against pollution and destruction of habitat. Their efforts enriched and reinforced the natural heritage of Texas. Wild Women for Good: Stories of Conservation in Texas celebrates those who dared to step forward to make a difference and to tell the complex story of conservation in the Lone Star state.

Wild Women for Good spans a century and a half of conservationists—rural and urban—and the differences they made. Opening with the first conservation movement in Texas and the effort to stop the millenary industry’s slaughter of birds for their plumage, the book shows how early advocates broke down barriers and opened doors for other women to save and protect species, land, and water for future generations. Author Jennifer L. Bristol then highlights innovative women who championed the establishment of the state park system, preservation of prairies and forests, grappled with pollution, protected water systems, and dedicated their private lands for public purposes—significant because 94 percent of Texas is privately owned. Wild Women for Good concludes with an eye toward the future as the next, more diverse, generation is called upon to shape and define the conservation movement in Texas.

Bristol covers more than sixty individuals and groups: environmental policy makers, famous first ladies, early land trusts champions, and educators. These are women whose stories are as integral to the state’s history as the natural landscapes they worked to preserve.

About the author:

Jennifer L. Bristol is the author of Parking Lot Birding: A Fun Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas and Cemetery Birding: An Unexpected Guide to Discovering Birds in Texas. She contributed to her father’s book, Texas State Parks: the First 100 Years 1923-2023. Sharing a love of birds and nature with famed naturalist Victor Emanuel, she helped create and directs the Victor Emanuel Nature Scholarship Fund to send underserved youth to birding camps. Having a deep sense of service, she has served on the Environmental Commission (chair), Downtown Commission – (vice chair) for the City of Austin, and Travis County Bond Citizen Advisory Board – (vice chair) in addition to various other boards. Bristol resides in Austin with her husband and five charismatic dogs and three horses.

About the moderator:

Danielle Belleny is a San Antonio-raised wildlife biologist and birder. In 2022, Danielle published her first book, This Is A Book For People Who Love Birds, and in 2023 she released a children’s book, The Junior Birders Handbook, Currently, Danielle works as a staff biologist at Plateau Land & Wildlife Management in Texas. In her free time, she enjoys nature watching in cemeteries. Other work by Danielle centers the biological importance of cemeteries and encourages a shift in North American death culture. Her writings can be found in Birding and Vermilion Flycatcher.

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