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Red Barn Event: Range of Fire and Ice

Tuesday, October 27, 2026
7:00 pm8:00 pm
HYBRID EVENT: WRI's Red Barn 347 Division Street, Leavenworth, WA 98826 or livestream via our YouTube
A Book cover reading: In the range of fire and ice: A human and natural history of WA's Cascades by David B. Williams. Image shows a topo map of Mt Rainier National Park and a painting of the mountain on top of the map with glaciers, trees, and lupine.

In the Range of Fire and Ice: A Human and Natural History of Washington's Cascades

Livestream the event or watch it later on YouTube at this link.

No registration required, but RSVP to receive email reminders and updates about this event!

Doors to the Red Barn open at 6:30pm for a community social with beer and wine available for purchase. The presentation will start at 7:00pm.

About the presentation:
Blending human and natural history into a vivid portrait of one of North America’s most dynamic landscapes, award-winning author David B. Williams' newest book, In the Range of Fire and Ice is a lively, groundbreaking exploration of Washington’s Cascade Range. Drawing on conversations with anthropologists, park rangers, ecologists, and climate scientists, as well as firsthand experience, Williams brings readers into the mountains to uncover stories etched over millennia. Tonight, he will be in conversation with author Ana Maria Spagna as they explore how the Cascades are not only a unique and amazing set of mountains, but also a living, evolving realm of fire, ice, and hope.

About David
David B. Williams is an author, naturalist, and tour guide whose award-winning books include Homewaters: A Human and Natural History of Puget Sound and Too High and Too Steep: Reshaping Seattle’s Topography, as well as Seattle Walks: Discovering History and Nature in the City. His newest book, Wild in Seattle: Stories at the Crossroads of People and Nature is a best of collection from his free weekly Substack newsletter, the Street Smart Naturalist. He has been called an “evangelist for the practice of paying attention.”