Join Heyday for another installment of Heyday Presents*,* an ongoing conversation series presented in collaboration with Clio’s Books. Dillon Olseger’s book Trail Work, on shelves May 12, follows the paths and trails that once spanned the Western United States into a present where they have—by plan and by neglect—begun to disappear. Trail Work is an impassioned account of how and why we can restore these routes and by-ways, and in the process come to be in better relationship to our public lands. Dillon will be joined in conversation by Victoria Schlesinger, journalist, author and Editor-in-Chief of Bay Nature magazine.

About the Speakers

​Dillon Osleger is a scientist, writer, and environmental advocate whose work is anchored in society’s relationship with wild and rapidly changing environments. With an academic background in geology, ecology, and climate science, he has spent over a decade working on trail restoration, land management, and public lands policy across the American West. His writing has appeared in Outside, the Los Angeles Times, Patagonia’s The Cleanest Line, and Earth and Planetary Science Letters, focusing on the confluence of land use, climate, environmental justice, and historical memory. Whether in Washington, D.C., or the backcountry of the Sierra, Osleger brings a grounded perspective to how people move through and care for place. Trail Work is his first book and he lives in Truckee, California.

​Victoria Schlesinger is a writer and ecologist, whose work has spanned the biomes of California and beyond. Her journalism career began at California Wild magazine and the Point Reyes Light newspaper, and she has since earned two master’s degrees from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. Her articles have appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Mother Jones, Audubon and The New York Times, among many other outlets, and she’s been on staff with Discover, PBS Frontline, Plenty, and California Lawyer. She lives in Berkeley with her husband and daughter.