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17OctThursday Night Nature: Wildflower Farm, Dance for LIFE* (Love, Inspiration, Faith and Empowerment) and Gardening for LIFE* with Tomia MacQueen (October 17, 2024)
Wildflower Farm hosts educational workshops on self (and community) sustainability for adults and children. The farm sustainably produces organically and ethically raised, pastured, truly free-range and soy-free poultry, grass-fed…
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16MayThursday Night Nature: Wildlife Futures Program: protecting wildlife, pets and the public with Ian Gereg (May 16, 2024)
Beyond illnesses like Lyme’s or rabies, most people rarely think about wildlife diseases. Ian Gereg will provide an overview of some of the wildlife diseases of concern in Pennsylvania…
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01MayThursday Night Nature: Young Forests = Biodiversity and Healthier Ecosystems with Dan Duran, Ph.D. (May 1, 2025)
Frequently, conservationists and others have led us to treasure older forests more than other ecosystems. Open-field habitats and young forests, however, hold significantly more biodiversity than closed-canopy forests. Those…
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21JulProtected: Urban Streams: Restoration Goals and Challenges with Emily Stephan Ph.D. (Thursday Night Nature, July 21)
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08AprWetland Engineers – Thursday Night Nature (April 8)
Bogs and swamps are magical places that hold a variety of secret interactions, shaping the way…
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31JulWhat happens when a critical conservation decision is based on a flawed model? With Kevin Shoemaker, Ph.D. (July 31, 2025)
In November 2023, a colleague and Shoemaker discovered serious errors in a population model for gopher tortoises (Gopherus polyphemus), a declining species that…
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13OctProtected: What is Native? Context Matters with Amy Highland (Oct. 13)
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17NovWildspawn Mushrooms: Cultivating and Foraging Gourmet Fungi with Cody Iannozzi (Nov. 17)
Cody Iannozzi became captivated by mushrooms through wild foraging. This lecture will begin with a brief history of his adventures in the field and follow how Wildspawn Mushrooms was…
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09JanWinter Lecture Series 2022 Full Series Bundle
Shake off the winter doldrums with our annual Winter Lecture Series. This popular series features presentations by regionally renowned experts on eight Sundays in January and February…
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19FebWinter Lecture Series: Discovering Caterpillars with Stefanie Paeg (Feb. 19, 2023)
Everyone loves butterflies, and with initiatives like National Moth Week, more and more people are gaining an appreciation for moths. However, the adult forms of these insects are only…
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26FebProtected: Winter Lecture Series: Distilling Flavor and Aromatics of Natives Plants—In Cocktails! with Linda Shanahan and Eric Vander Hyde (Feb. 26, 2023)
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05FebWinter Lecture Series: Forest Medicine with Amanda Crooke (Feb. 5, 2023)
Before the dawn of modern medicine, humans turned to the fields and forest for a reprieve to what ailed them. Explore the medicinal powers of precious forest herbs such…