Photo of Tufted titmouse by Greg Clarkson. On August 27th: "Monitoring Bird Populations at Highlands Biological Station: A Long Term Survey" with Mark Hopey, Southern Appalachian Raptor Research (SARR). In 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. 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_s5vqC4uZS6q2Gfp-YFuwtg

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