2018 Valley We Live In Series on Thursdays through February 22nd!
We already kicked this off. Here are the remaining talks. Hosted at the One World Conservation Center at 413 Route 7 South, Bennington, VT. RSVP online at oneworldconservationcenter.org.
Read more about the event and presenter there too.
Co-sponsored by the Vermont Woodlands Association and the Bank of Bennington
2/1: An Archaeological History of Vermont (Jess Robinson, State Archaeologist)
Jess Robinson will present an archaeological overview of Vermont’s past from the first human entrants into the region, approximately 13,000 years ago, to the arrival of Europeans and beyond. He will highlight recent discoveries and current debates throughout his presentation, including a discussion of a large-scale archaeological site excavation conducted for the Bennington Bypass project. Jess will be happy to answer questions following the presentation.
2/8: Growing up in Bennington in the 1950s (Ted Bird, local historian)
Please join local historian Ted Bird as he describes life in Bennington when he was a youngster. Included in his presentation will be a discussion of the Bennington schools, where kids went after school, churches, shops and places of employment. Especially interesting will be his discussion of rites of passage and how they entertained themselves.
2/15: Vermont’s land use changes and their effects on wildlife populations (Kim Royar, VT Fish and Wildlife)
Join wildlife biologist Kim Royar as she walks through the history of land use in what is now Vermont from the time of the Native Americans to present. She will discuss how human changes to the landscape influenced the wildlife that live in Vermont, particularly beaver, otter, coyote, bobcat, and wolf, etc.
2/22: The Idea of Vermont (Laird Christensen, Green Mountain College)
“The Idea of Vermont” explores the way that Vermont has evolved—socially and even physically—based on the ideas that people have about it, both within the state and beyond. Through the presentation, attendees will get a history lesson that illustrates the succession of various “ideas of Vermont” over the last 12,000 years. Christensen’s presentation will also look at how the idea of Vermont will likely change by the end of the current century.
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