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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 9
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 9 – South Carolina’s Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area\n\nFeatured Speaker: Tim Lee; Interpretive Ranger/Naturalist; Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area \nDate: Thursday\, August 10th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Martha & Michael Dupuis\, Monte & Palmer Gaillard\, and Melanie & Tom Mauldin. \nLocated in an area along the Blue Ridge Escarpment\, the Mountain Bridge Wilderness Area provides a habitat for a diversity of biological communities adapted for life along the Blue Ridge Escarpment. With high average rainfall\, diverse topography\, and miles of streams and rivers many species found there are rare within the state and some are found in few other places in the world.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-9/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 8
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 8 – Archaeoastronomy in Southwestern North Carolina\n\nFeatured Speakers: Jane M. Eastman\, Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Anthropology and Sociology Department; Western Carolina University\n& Brett Riggs\, Ph.D.; Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies; Western Carolina University \nDate: Thursday\, August 3rd\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Suzanne & Don Duggan\, Julie Farrow\, Florence & Tom Holmes\, Ruthie & Franko Oliver\, Adele & Nick Scielzo\, and Margaret Waters. \nIn ancient Cherokee perspective\, the matters of this world\, the Above World and the Beneath World intertwine\, and Cherokee peoples constructed ritual landscapes to engage the beings and forces of these realms. Recent investigations in the Little Tennessee River Valley have revealed one such landscape that marks astronomical phenomena and bespeaks sophisticated systems for measuring calendrical time and the cycles central to Cherokee life. These patterns indicate complex observational sciences that guided functions of indigenous societies long before European contact.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-8/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20230727T190000
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 7
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 7 – Sounds Wild and Broken\n\nFeatured Speaker: David George Haskell\, Ph.D.; Author and William R. Kenan Jr. Professor; University of the South \nDate: Thursday\, July 27th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Rosemary & Bill Stiefel. \nSonic communication was a late-comer to the evolution of life on Earth. But once song got started\, the links that it forged became powerful generative forces. Today\, the diverse sounds around us – from chirping crickets\, to birdsong\, to the human music in our earbuds – reveal the many layers of this evolutionary and cultural creativity. Yet sonic diversity is also threatened worldwide. Using examples from his own explorations of sound\, Haskell will show how attention to the sensory richness of the world\, especially its sonic dimensions\, can root and guide exploration\, ethics\, and action.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-7/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20230720T180000
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 6
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 6 – Bird Talk: An Exploration of Avian Communication\n\nFeatured Speaker: Barbara Ballentine\, Ph.D.; Associate Professor; Western Carolina University \nDate: Thursday\, July 20th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Miriam & Vernon Skiles and Mary Todd & Jimmy Davis. \nBirds use acoustic\, visual\, and even olfactory signals in social contexts that are important for successful reproduction and survival. Signaling works because it offers advantages to both the sender and receiver. Understanding how signals are used by birds to communicate provides insight into the amazing lives of birds.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-6/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 5
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 5 – History of National Forest Management in the Chattooga River Watershed\, and the Compelling Case for a New Mission for the Forest Service\n\nFeatured Speaker: Buzz Williams; Emeritus Executive Director & Program Specialist\, Chattooga Conservancy \nDate: Thursday\, July 13th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Bryding Adams & Bob Rathburn\, Lynda Anderson & Ken Conover\, Margie Bauer & Jim Parker\, Janet & Scott Clarke\, Leslie & Jim Costa\, Diane Lennox & Paul Manos\, Helen & Russ Regnery\, and Dollie Swanson. \nNational forest lands in the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau encompass a very sensitive and ecologically rich landscape. These forests are critical for recreation\, preserving biological diversity\, protecting drinking water supplies\, producing clean air—and now\, for fighting climate change. These forests are managed by the Forest Service under the US Department of Agriculture and are subjected to intensive logging and cultivation as tree crops. Recently\, the Forest Service decided to cut down rare old-growth trees and increase the amount of logging on public lands in western NC. Scientific research indicates that logging on federal forests is a substantial source of carbon dioxide emissions into the atmosphere. Recent studies also found that one of the best ways to mitigate the effects of climate change is by restoring and protecting mature and old-growth forest ecosystems\, which store large amounts of carbon. This talk will provide an overview of national forest management in the Chattooga River watershed\, and why mitigating the effects of climate change requires a new mission for the Forest Service—one that prioritizes protecting and restoring a network of mature and old-growth forest ecosystems\, to ensure biological diversity and management aimed at fighting climate change.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-5/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 4
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 4 – The Geology That Has Shaped the Highlands-Cashiers Plateau\n\nFeatured Speaker: Bill Jacobs\, Geology Enthusiast and Author of Whence These Special Places – The Geology of Cashiers\, Highlands & Panthertown Valley \nDate: Thursday\, July 6th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Anne & Dick Goodsell: The Claude Sullivan Geology Initiative \nThe Highlands-Cashiers Plateau is a unique landscape\, with high valleys\, an extraordinary array of waterfalls and mountains\, and rich biodiversity. In this lecture\, we will explore the geologic processes\, stretching back over 500 million years\, that have created the Plateau and shaped today’s special landscape. Our speaker will use concepts and language comfortable for the non-scientist and will discuss how geology\, some of it ancient and some much more recent\, has determined the character and appearance of both the broader Plateau and many of its specific mountains and waterfalls.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-4/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 3
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 3 – Microplastic Pollution in Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems\n\nFeatured Speaker: Austin D. Gray\, Ph.D.; Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Virginia Tech \nDate: Thursday\, June 29th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Jennifer & Forrest McConnell and Jennie Stowers. \nPlastic pollution poses one of the greatest global risks to freshwater and marine ecosystems. The formation of microplastics from plastic debris has been shown to alter aquatic ecosystems by disrupting biota populations. In this talk\, topics surrounding plastic pollution\, microplastic occurrence and distribution\, toxicological impacts of microplastics\, toxicokinetic aspects of microplastic uptake and depuration\, and microplastic formation rates in marine and freshwater habitats will be discussed.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-3/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 2
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 2 – Native Plants for the Vegetable Garden\n\nFeatured Speaker: Adam Bigelow; Plant Nerd and Guide; Bigelow’s Botanical Excursions \nDate: Thursday\, June 22nd\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Vicki & Donny Ferguson. \nNative plants benefit us\, our gardens\, and the landscapes and ecosystems we depend on. Learn about the benefits of native plants and the harm caused by invasive plants. We will discuss how native plants can attract beneficial insects\, beautify vegetable and flower gardens\, and provide nutrition to the dinner plate\, and help fill all of the roles that plants provide to our vegetable gardens and landscapes.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-2/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Zahner Lecture 1
DESCRIPTION:Lecture 1 – Birds\, Big Data\, and Citizen Science: Understanding the Impacts of Global Change\nFeatured Speaker: Allen Hurlbert\, Ph.D.; Professor of Biology; University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill \nDate: Thursday\, June 15th\nTime: 6pm – 7pm\nCost: FREE \nSponsored by Kim & Rich Daugherty and Kathy & Bestor Ward. \nAs the world undergoes various facets of environmental change – from warming to habitat loss to shifts in seasonality – everyday people can help scientists understand the impacts on natural ecosystems through citizen science. In this talk\, Dr. Allen Hurlbert will provide examples of how citizen science has enhanced our understanding of how global change is impacting birds\, as well as insect bird food\, across North America\, and how you can help these efforts.
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/zahner-lecture-1/
LOCATION:Highlands Nature Center\, 930 Horse Cove Rd.\, Highlands\, NC\, 28741\, United States
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Virtual Zahner Lecture: Monitoring Bird Populations at HBS
DESCRIPTION:Photo of Tufted titmouse by Greg Clarkson. \nOn August 27th: “Monitoring Bird Populations at Highlands Biological Station: A Long Term Survey” with Mark Hopey\, Southern Appalachian Raptor Research (SARR). \nIn this webinar\, Hopey will discuss the Highlands Biological Station’s newest research endeavor as it recently became home to a new bird banding station for the Monitoring Avian Productivity and Survivorship (MAPS) program – an initiative that began just over 30 years ago to assess trends in avian demographics in a wide range of habitats in North America. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required. To register\, copy and paste this link into your browser: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_s5vqC4uZS6q2Gfp-YFuwtg
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/virtual-zahner-lecture-monitoring-bird-populations-at-hbs/
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CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20200820T180000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20200820T183000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Zahner Lecture: Microplastics
DESCRIPTION:On August 20: “The New Pollution: Microplastics in the Little Tennessee River and its Tributaries” with Jason Love\, Associate Director\, Highlands Biological Station. \nIn this webinar\, Love will give a brief overview of microplastic pollution and talk about his research on microplastics found in the Little Tennessee and Tuckasegee Rivers. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required. To register\, copy and paste this link into your browser: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WpmT1wJJRDODsoybpEcz2w \n 
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/virtual-zahner-lecture-microplastics/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:Zahner Lecture
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SUMMARY:Virtual Zahner Lecture: I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird
DESCRIPTION:On August 13th: “I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir” with naturalist\, activist\, and Florida writer Susan Cerulean. \nIn this webinar\, Cerulean will share readings and insights from her just-released memoir from University of Georgia Press. In Single Bird\, Cerulean trains a naturalist’s eye and a daughter’s heart on the issues of caregiving and service\, both of beloved humans and the natural world. She explores an activist’s lifelong search to steward and advocate for wild shorebirds\, particularly in the face of the climate crisis\, as she also cares for her father at the end of his life. \nThis webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required. To register\, copy and paste this link in your browser: \nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P7lRdiP0QjOGYxWgOhagfg \n 
URL:https://highlandsbiological.org/event/virtual-zahner-lecture-i-have-been-assigned-the-single-bird/
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