Zahner Conservation Lectures

All lectures are held at 7:00pm at the Highlands Nature Center.   These lectures are free and open to the public.

Highlands, the Southern End of the Southern Appalachians: Maintaining its Hundred Million Year-old Biodiversity Legacy

July 11

Alan Weakley, UNC Herbarium Director and Adjunct Faculty

 

The Demise of a Single Floral Genus as an Indicator of Environmental Devastation

July 18

Rekha Morris, South Carolina Master Gardener; Ph.D.

 

Environmental Health, Genes, and Contaminants: New Lessons from Wildlife

July 25

Louis Guillette, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology, Medical University of South Carolina

 

Restoring the Endangered Red Wolf to the Wilds of the Southern Appalachians

Aug. 1

Ron Sutherland, Conservation Scientist, Wildlands Network

 

Dividing Spring: History and Mythology of the Little Tennessee and Chattooga Headwaters

Aug. 8

Brent Martin, Southern Appalachian Regional Director, Wilderness Society

 

Why We Should All be Concerned About Climate Change (Sponsored by Highlands–Cashiers Land Trust)

Aug. 15

Lenny Bernstein, President, L.S. Bernstein & Associates (retired)

 

The Southern Appalachians: Apothecary of North America

Aug. 22

Patricia Kyritsi Howell, Author, Medicinal Plants of the Southern Appalachians.  In memory of Joseph Gatins.

 

Ecology and Evolution in Las Islas Encantadas – A Darwin–Inspired Exploration of the Galapagos Islands

Aug. 29

Jim Costa, Executive Director, Highlands Biological Station