On August 13th: “I Have Been Assigned the Single Bird: A Daughter’s Memoir” with naturalist, activist, and Florida writer Susan Cerulean. In 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. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required. To register, copy and paste this link in your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_P7lRdiP0QjOGYxWgOhagfg  

On August 20: “The New Pollution: Microplastics in the Little Tennessee River and its Tributaries” with Jason Love, Associate Director, Highlands Biological Station. In 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. This webinar will be hosted on Zoom. Registration is required. To register, copy and paste this link into your browser: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_WpmT1wJJRDODsoybpEcz2w