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12MayRegistration Closed: Carnivorous Plants with Brandon Huber, Ph.D. (Thursday Night Nature May 12)
Brandon Huber, Ph.D., has been growing carnivorous plants successfully for nearly 20 years and attributes some of his earliest passion for horticulture to them. In this lecture, he will…
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20AprThursday Night Nature: Birding 101: Tips and Tricks for Beginning Birders with Pam Newitt (Apr. 20)
If you have always wanted to try bird watching—one of the fastest growing hobbies—but didn’t know where to begin, join naturalist Pam Newitt for a fun, informative evening that…
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13JulThursday Night Nature: Bringing Back the American Chestnut with Mike Aucott, Ph.D. (July 13, 2023)
Mike Aucott will touch on the importance and recent tragic history of this iconic tree, the American chestnut (Castanea dentata), which once dominated Eastern forests but was virtually wiped…
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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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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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27AprThursday Night Nature: Collaborating with Nature: A Botanical Art Garden Grows at Herrontown Woods with Steve Hiltner (Apr. 27)
Years of institutional neglect had left the first nature preserve in Princeton, NJ, unusable—its trails overgrown, historic buildings boarded up and the parking lot a staging ground for crime….
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18MayThursday Night Nature: Disability Equity & Justice Outdoors with Katie Samson (May. 18)
Over the past few years, organizations have re-examined what diversity, equity and inclusion mean. However, thoughts, values and considerations around accessibility have not been included in these conversations. For…