Join the Chimney Rock National Monument Interpretive Association for a remarkable evening, as acclaimed wildlife biologist and award-winning author Marcy Cottrell Houle returns to Chimney Rock, to share her gripping firsthand account of the fight to save the peregrine falcons of Chimney Rock.
This rare homecoming event offers an intimate look into Chimney Rock’s natural history from the woman who helped protect it.
Wings for My Flight:The Peregrine Falcons of Chimney Rock by Marcy Houle won the national Christopher Award, the Oregon Book Award, and the New York City Library “Best Books for the Teen Age” award.
Forty years ago, the peregrine falcon was on the U.S. endangered species list and many doubted that it would survive. Marcy Houle was a young wildlife biologist observing one of the last remaining pairs – located at a site in southwest Colorado slated for development as a major tourist site. First published in 1991 and winner of several national awards, this book chronicles her work at Chimney Rock along with the recovery of the species.
A new preface examines the last thirty years of the peregrine population and its remarkable comeback and culminates with President Barack Obama’s designation of Chimney Rock as a national monument.
Ms. Houle’s lecture, ‘Peregrines of Chimney Rock: A Fight for Survival and Triumphant Return’, will be hosted at Methodist Church Fellowship Hall – 434 Lewis St. next Wednesday, September 24. Doors open at 5:45pm and the lecture begins at 6:00pm.
This event is free and open to the public. Donations to CRIA and canned goods for the food pantry are welcome.