Local author Chuck Graham, known as a “kayak photographer,” will be present a talk and book signing for his latest release “Paddling Into a Natural Balance: Stories of Kayaking & Conservation Around Channel Islands National Park.”
The event will be 4:30-6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 26 at California Nature Art Museum (formerly the Wildling Museum), 1511 Mission Drive in Solvang.
Graham is a freelance writer, has been a beach lifeguard in Carpinteria for 30 years, and has led kayak tours around the Channel Islands since 1998.
His work has been published in Backpacker, BBC Wildlife Magazine, National Geographic, Men’s Journal, Natural History, American Forests, High Country News, and Westways.
Graham’s award-winning book “Carrizo Plain: Where the Mountains Meet the Grasslands” was released in January 2021. His second book “Hike the Channel Islands” was co-authored with John McKinney and released in spring 2022.