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Nature Book Club

• Wednesday, January 28, 2026, 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Clinton County Cornell Cooperative Extension is proud to partner with Point au Roche State Park to host their Nature Book Club!

Love nature and curious about the world around you? Join our fun, friendly book club where we dive into exciting non-fiction books all about the natural world! Whether it’s wildlife, botany, ecosystems, or the science behind it all, we’ll explore fascinating topics and share our thoughts over great conversation.
Grab a book, bring your love for nature, and come hang out with us! We meet the last Wednesday of every other month in person at our office, or virtually via Zoom.

Book for This Meeting:

Otherlands by Thomas Halliday

"Our planet has been many different worlds over its 4.5-billion-year history. Imagining what they were like is hard - with our limited lifespan, deep time eludes us by its very nature. Otherlands... presents you with a series of past worlds... Beyond imaginative metaphors to describe extinct lifeforms, some of his reflections on deep time, taxonomy, and evolution are simply spine-tingling." - The Inquisitive Biologist

"...This book is an exploration of the Earth as it used to exist, the changes that have occurred during its history, and the ways that life has found to adapt―or not. It takes us from the savannahs of Pliocene Kenya to watch a python chase a group of australopithecines into an acacia tree; to a cliff overlooking the salt pans of the empty basin of what will be the Mediterranean Sea just as water from the Miocene Atlantic Ocean spills in; into the tropical forests of Eocene Antarctica; and under the shallow pools of Ediacaran Australia, where we glimpse the first microbial life.

Otherlands also offers us a vast perspective on the current state of the planet. The thought that something as vast as the Great Barrier Reef, for example, with all its vibrant diversity, might one day soon be gone sounds improbable. But the fossil record shows us that this sort of wholesale change is not only possible but has repeatedly happened throughout Earth history..."

Find us on the Bookclubs app at https://bookclubs.com/plattsburgh-nature-book-clu... To receive the link and passcode for this meeting, reach out to Tia Legge at vrl29@cornell.edu or at (518) 561-7450.

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Meetings are held at 10:00am the last Wednesday of the month every other month at Cornell Cooperative Extension Clinton County, but are hybrid and can be attended via zoom. Voting for the next book is chosen at this meeting. In partnership with Point au Roche State Park, contact Kristin Collins at kristin.collins@parks.ny.gov or at (518) 563-0369 for questions pertaining to the park. 

Fee

$0.00

Location

Cornell Cooperative Extension of Clinton County
6064 State Route 22
Plattsburgh , NY 12901

Last updated November 5, 2025