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03AugProtected: Thursday Night Nature: The Realities of Building and Maintaining Meadows with Emma Schad (August 3, 2023)
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10AugThursday Night Nature: Can One Community Save a Forest? with Laurie Cleveland and Rob Aluck (August 10, 2023)
Over 1 million trees are dying in the Sourland forest of Central New Jersey—that’s over 20% of ALL trees—due to an invasive insect, the emerald ash borer (Agrilus planipennis)….
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17AugThursday Night Nature: Gardening for Wildlife: Selecting Native Plants for Pollinators and Songbirds with Desiree Narango, Ph.D. (August 17, 2023)
Desiree Narango, Ph.D., will speak about her recent research studying how landscaping practices influence wildlife in residential settings. Specifically, this talk will focus on her work comparing native and…
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24AugThursday Night Nature: The Story of the Understory, and Carnivores with Chloroplasts—Pennsylvania’s Most Voracious Plants with Jackson Barnette and Lauren Hahn (August 24, 2023)
Each summer, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve has the honor of hosting budding native plant professionals as interns. Throughout their time with us, these interns dive deep into all aspects…
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31AugThursday Night Nature: Embracing Diversity in the Environment: Exploring The Heart of the Matter with Renata Barnes and Jen Ventresca (August 31, 2023)
In this candid conversation, Renata Barnes and Jen Ventresca will explore the barriers to environmental access. We will look at the history of various groups and how each has…
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29JulProtected: In The Field: Exploring PA Native Bees with Ryan Drake (July 29, 2023)
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28SepThursday Night Nature: Naughty by Nature: Courtship in the Animal Kingdom with Mike Weilbacher (September 28, 2023)
Birds do it, bees do it and sentimental fleas? Don’t even ask. In a fun yet science-filled, illustrated, PG-13 lecture, Mike Weilbacher presents the extraordinary life stories and adaptations…
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05OctThursday Night Nature: Restoring Ecological Function vs. Landscaping with Natives with Josh Bruce (October 5, 2023)
Learn the difference between these two approaches to incorporating native plants into the landscape, and how they perform over time. Learn about how the natural environment, and the selection…
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12OctThursday Night Nature: Climate Change: The Science, The Impacts and Some Steps We Can Take to Avoid The Worst with Mike Aucott, Ph.D. (October 12, 2023)
During this dive into one of the most pressing issues of our time, retired NJ Department of Environmental Protection research scientist and NJDEP science advisory board member Mike Aucott,…
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19OctThursday Night Nature: Retooling the American Garden with Carl Molter (October 19, 2023)
With the shift of horticulture from one of aesthetics and extraction to one of ecology, many gardeners wonder how to best make their existing landscapes more environmentally beneficial. Unless…
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02NovThursday Night Nature: The Past and Present of the Lenapes: We are still here! With Barbara ‘Bluejay’ Michalski (November 2, 2023)
Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania’s Chief Barbara Bluejay Michalski, keeper of culture, was taught to keep heritage and culture alive. The Lenapes, the original caretakers of the Preserve’s land, have…
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Protected: Thursday Night Nature: Cultural Stories and Horticulture Justice with Adam DePaul (November 9, 2023)
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