The Black Bear - Nature's Voracious Omnivore

The Lamoille Valley Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) will host it's eighth lecture of the Fall Series on October 30th at 1:30 p.m. at the Commodores Inn, 823 South Main Street, Route 100 Stowe VT. Kurt Valenta, M.A. will present, The Black Bear-Nature's Voracious Omnivore. Mr. Valenta is founder and president of Exordium, an outdoor education organization providing nature-based science and hands on learning experiences for the young and young at heart. Admission is $5. and reservations are not needed.

Mr. Valenta's lecture will focus on the smallest of three bear species found in North America. The Black Bear lives in a wide variety of habitats and can move with a lumbering grace and stealth that belies its size. The fiercely protective females and belligerent solitary males are anything but cuddly "Teddy Bears". Join us as we explore this secretive world of the Black Bear. Coffee and refreshments will immediately follow the presentation.

The last OLLI presentation will be given by Jill Mudgett, Murder, Mystery, and Indigenous Mobility In 19th Century Vermont, is scheduled on November 6th at 1:30 p.m.

For further information check out the OLLI website: www.learn.UVM.edu/osher or call Ruth Hamilton 802-825-8325.