Conservation photographer Michael Forsberg will talk about his latest project “Into Whooperland” at a Nov. 18 seminar. He is the featured speaker for the 3:30 p.m. talk sponsored by the Center for Grassland Studies, the School of Natural Resources and the Platte Basin Timelapse at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. The talk occurs in the Hardin Hall auditorium on UNL’s East Campus and is free and open to the public. A reception, meet the author and book signing event sponsored by the School of Natural Resources’ Nebraska Maps and More Store will follow at 4:30 pm at the Store.

Forsberg’s book, “Into Whooperland – A photographer’s journey with whooping cranes,” was published in October. It culminates Forsberg’s multi-year effort to document the lives of North America’s rarest crane species. The book will be available at the Store and the author will sign copies.

Photos and essays depict the rare cranes’ nesting, wintering and 2,500-mile annual migration from northern Canada to the Gulf of Mexico. The migration route crosses Nebraska, but images were taken all along the migration route.

Forsberg is an internationally known photographer who first established his reputation in Nebraska photographing sandhill cranes and Great Plains wildlife. Now he’s a research assistant professor and conservation photographer-in-residence in the School of Natural Resources at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He’s also co-founder of the Platte Basin Timelapse, a project housed in the school aimed at documenting the Platte River and its associated environs in Nebraska, Colorado, and Wyoming. He undertook the project independently from the university, with some private donations and other funding sources.

Complimentary guest parking permits are available at the Store. “Into Whooperland” will be available for purchase at the reception or online: www.michaelforsberg.com/merchandise/intowhooperland