Natural Resources Educational Series:
Windham County: Past, Present and Into the Future
TOM WESSELS-
Presenting as scheduled
February 8 at 10 am
When: February 8, 15, 22, 2017, mornings 10-12
Place: Learning Collaborative, 471 US Rt. 5, Dummerston, VT
Information and Registration (helpful but not necessary): info@dummerstonconservation.com,
(802) 257-0012
Cost: $15 a session. Open to all regardless of ability to pay.
February 8, Ecologist Tom Wessells
Tom Wessels
will discuss the history of the forest of our New England Landscape, our forests as they exist today and what we might expect our forests to be like as we move into the future. Tom is well-known for his entertaining and thought provoking presentations and for his books "Reading the Forested Landscape", "The Granite Landscape" and "Forest Forensics".
February 15, Wildlife rehabilitator Patti Smith,
naturalist at the Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center and author of "The Beavers of Poppels Pond" will describe the wildlife that inhabited this area after the retreat of the glaciers, how that has changed over time and the factors responsible for that change, our current wildlife and a projection on the local and regional wildlife into the future. Patti writes the quarterly BEEC newsletter, has a monthly column in the Brattleboro Reformer and has an on-line blog where she describes her adventures with the wild creatures of the area.
February 22, Biologist Bob Engel,
former professor of biology at Marlboro College, will talk with us about the plants and pollinators that were here, are here now, those that we hope will be here in the future and what might affect them going forward. Over the years, Bob has taught courses ranging from general biology to tropical, marine and desert ecology, and from ornithology to comparative physiology and plant taxonomy. Bob says, "I make sure my students are familiar with the biological environments of whatever they study, whether it be cells, organisms or ecosystems."
Co-sponsored by: Dummerston Conservation Commission, Bonnyvale Environmental Education Center
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