Nature writers to speak

Three environmental writers will come to U.Va. in March, sponsored by Brown College: Charles Bergman, William Kittredge and Annick Smith.

Bergman, author of “Red Delta: Fighting for Life at the End of the Colorado River,” will speak at U.Va. March 14 at 5 p.m. in Jefferson Hall on “Academic Animals: Making Non-Human Creatures Matter in Universities.” The next day, he will give a reading and slide presentation about his book at 2 p.m. at the Ivy Creek Natural Area. William Kittredge will read from his latest book, “Southwestern Homelands,” March 28 at 5 p.m. in Alderman Library’s McGregor Room. Annick Smith will read from “In This We Are Native” March 29 at 2 p.m. at the Ivy Creek Natural Area.