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Thursday Night Nature Fall 2020 Full Season
The Preserve is proud to announce the continuation of Thursday Night Nature. In the same vein as our popular Winter Lecture Series, the Preserve will host a guest lecturer…
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22JulThursday Night Nature Summer 2021 Full Season (July 22 – Aug. 19)
Thursday Night Nature – Summer 2021
Admission: $15 per lecture (members $12 with discount code)
Admission: $45 for the full series (members $36 with discount code)The Preserve is proud to announce…
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21NovThursday Night Nature: Amphibian Overwintering with Lynne Beaty, Ph.D. (November 21, 2024)
Winter is a tough time for many organisms, especially ectotherms–animals that rely on external sources to regulate body temperature. Learn about the diverse strategies that ectotherms use to regulate…
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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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31OctThursday Night Nature: Bringing Back the American Chestnut: An Update with Mike Aucott, Ph.D. (October 31, 2024)
Mike Aucott, Ph.D., is here to review the importance and recent tragic history of this iconic tree, which once dominated Eastern forests but was virtually wiped out by an…
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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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07NovThursday Night Nature: Caretakers of the Land (Local Ecological Knowledge for a Sustainable Future) with Barbra ‘Bluejay’ Michalski (November 07, 2024)
Chief Barbara Bluejay, keeper of culture and vice president for the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania, will briefly discuss the past and present of the Lenape people. Chief Bluejay will…
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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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11JulThursday Night Nature: Climbers and Creepers: Vines with Ethan Kauffman (July 11, 2024)
Give your garden more dimension by adding native vines. These climbing, creeping or trailing plants can become a textural backdrop for other plants and can be used in a…
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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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25AprThursday Night Nature: Connecting Science, Art, and Community – the Nurture Nature Center with Kathryn Semmens, Ph.D. (April 25, 2024)
The Nurture Nature Center (NNC) is a non-profit organization in Easton, PA created in 2007 in response to the repetitive flooding in our community on the Delaware River in…