BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20190320T210000Z DTEND:20190320T220000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Marine LiteraSea Book Group DESCRIPTION:Author David Helvarg will be here to lead the discussion of his book\, "Blue Frontier." In this compelling book\, which Bill McKibben calls "the most comprehensive account available of the state of our nation's oceans\, and the best reporting on how they got that way\," veteran journalist David Helvarg fuses his passion for the sea and his reportorial savvy into a panoramic chronicle of America's maritime history and the challenges that our coastal and marine environments face today. He dives deep into the cultures of those who know the sea in myriad ways fisherfolk\, oil-rig roughnecks\, hurricane forecasters\, coastal developers\, navy personnel\, scientists\, and surfers and profiles the growing efforts by coastal citizens and local governments to restore and protect the health of our oceans in the face of wide-open development along our coasts and offshore. Demonstrating how national policymaking on the oceans is enmeshed in a welter of competing jurisdictions\, he argues for strong omnibus legislation and the creation of truly protected marine wilderness reserves. Superbly researched\, urgently written\, and thoroughly updated\, Blue Frontier is engrossing and essential reading for anyone concerned about saving America's ocean wilderness. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Author David Helvarg will be here to lead the discussion of his book\, "\;Blue Frontier."\; In this compelling book\, which Bill McKibben calls &ldquo\;the most comprehensive account available of the state of our nation&rsquo\;s oceans\, and the best reporting on how they got that way\,&rdquo\; veteran journalist David Helvarg fuses his passion for the sea and his reportorial savvy into a panoramic chronicle of America&rsquo\;s maritime history and the challenges that our coastal and marine environments face today. He dives deep into the cultures of those who know the sea in myriad ways&mdash\;fisherfolk\, oil-rig roughnecks\, hurricane forecasters\, coastal developers\, navy personnel\, scientists\, and surfers&mdash\;and profiles the growing efforts by coastal citizens and local governments to restore and protect the health of our oceans in the face of wide-open development along our coasts and offshore. Demonstrating how national policymaking on the oceans is enmeshed in a welter of competing jurisdictions\, he argues for strong omnibus legislation and the creation of truly protected marine wilderness reserves. Superbly researched\, urgently written\, and thoroughly updated\, Blue Frontier is engrossing and essential reading for anyone concerned about saving America&rsquo\;s ocean wilderness. LOCATION:Hearth Lounge\, Bay Conference Center at Romberg Tiburon Campus\, 3152 Paradise Drive - NORTH GATE UID:e.3401.633 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260420T151914Z URL:https://business.tiburonchamber.org/events/details/marine-literasea-book-group-03-20-2019-633 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR