Lisa Thompson | Wild Wasatch Front

The Natural History Museum is coming to The King’s English Bookshop!

Lisa Thompson is an exhibit developer at the Natural History Museum of Utah passionate about helping people connect to nature in their everyday lives. Her new book Wild Wasatch Front, a guide to the unexpected nature in Salt Lake City area, embodies this mission. Written in collaboration with NHMU, it covers over 100 local species of plants and animals. Equal parts field guide and trip planner, this vibrant, informative text reveals the unexpected nature thriving in parks, beside urban streams, along local trails, and even in your own backyard.

Join us for an afternoon of science and exploration, including Citizen Science tabling and researcher conversations! In addition to an in-person discussion with Thompson, the NHMU’s popular Mobile Museum will be parked at the bookshop.

Copies of the book will be available to purchase at the event. You may also pre-order your signed copy of Wild Wasatch Front to pick up at the event, by either calling the store at 801-484-9100 or ordering online. If you cannot make this event, signed copies of Wild Wasatch Front may be ordered from our website.

About the book:

A vibrant, informative guide to the unexpected nature in Salt Lake City and the surrounding area.

Set out on a field trip with the experts from the Natural History Museum of Utah. In this book, you’ll learn about over 100 local species, both plants and animals. Be on the lookout for painted turtles in Ogden, spot pelicans soaring over Provo, and identify pavement mushrooms in Salt Lake City. Equal parts field guide and trip planner, Wild Wasatch Front reveals the unexpected nature thriving in parks, beside urban streams, along local trails… and maybe even in your own backyard.