Mountain Voices | Sense of Place: Landscape-Scale Science and Conservation in the Appalachian Mountains

The White Mountains are part of one of the most ecologically resilient and diverse landscapes in the world: the Appalachian Mountains. Join Sarah Garlick, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, to explore stories of geology, ecology, and human connection to the land that illustrate how special these mountains are. Learn about coordinated efforts at the continental scale, from Alabama to Canada’s Maritime Provinces, to conserve a 2,000-mile connected network of resilient lands and waters — a biodiversity superhighway enabling plants and animals to adapt to a changing climate.

Sarah Garlick, Director of Conservation for The Nature Conservancy in New Hampshire, is an environmental and community leader with a career dedicated to strengthening ties between science and society. Prior to joining TNC in 2023, Sarah served as the Senior Director of Science Engagement for the Hubbard Brook Research Foundation, the support arm of the long-term Hubbard Brook Ecosystem Study, based in the White Mountains. Her work at Hubbard Brook focused on combining social science research with program development to open opportunities for relationship building and knowledge exchange among scientists, community members, and decision-makers. Sarah has led scientific synthesis projects about winter climate change, ecological resilience, and socio-economic resilience in the Northern Forest region. Trained as a geologist and science writer, Sarah is the author of two books: Flakes, Jugs, and Splitters: A Rock Climber’s Guide to Geology, winner of the 2009 Banff Mountain Book Award, and the National Geographic Pocket Guide to Rocks and Minerals of North America, published in 2014. She also served as a co-director and writer for Namuli, a documentary film about rock climbing, biological discovery, and community-based conservation in Mozambique, winner of a Telluride Mountainfilm Commitment Grant, and she was the curator for Beyond Granite: the Geology of Adventure at the Museum of the White Mountains. An avid climber, Sarah is the founder and former president of Friends of the Ledges, a climbing stewardship and advocacy organization in the eastern White Mountains, and she is a member of the Mountain Rescue Service. She lives in North Conway, New Hampshire, with her husband, filmmaker and mountain guide Jim Surette, and their two children.

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