LEWISTON — Bates College will present a talk by Audrey Peterman, a nationally-recognized leader in the movement to make America’s public lands relevant to all demographic groups, at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 2, in the Olin Arts Center Concert Hall, 75 Russell St.

The talk is open to the public at no cost, but tickets are required, available at bit.ly/1XBzolu. For more information, contact [email protected].

An author and environmentalist, Peterman is known for weaving themes of relevance, inclusiveness, natural resource protection and climate resilience into spellbinding and acutely relevant presentations.

She has influenced change at the local level by engaging members of diverse communities with their history in the national parks, particularly with the restoration of the Florida Everglades.

On the national level, she has helped effect change as a member of the boards of the National Parks Conservation Association, the Association of Partners for Public Lands and the National Parks Promotion Council; as a citizen lobbyist; and as a community expert informing Congress.

In 1995 Audrey Peterman co-founded Earthwise Productions Inc., an environmental consulting and publishing firm focused on connecting the public lands system and the American public. In 2014, the Petermans consolidated the experience gained in almost two decades of environmental work and created the Diverse Environmental Leaders National Speakers Bureau, which provides professional services to help integrate the environmental sector.