Wildlife Wednesdays Lecture Series At Kettle Pond Visitor Center

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What: Wildlife Wednesdays Lecture Series sponsored by Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of RI
Where: All lectures held at the Kettle Pond Visitor Center, 50 Bend Road, Charlestown (map below)
When: All presentations are on Wednesdays at 7:00 PM
Cost: Admission is free and all ages are welcome

July 12: “Shorebirds in Rhode Island: Our Beaches and Beyond,” with Rebeca Linhart and Nicole DeFelice, graduate students in Natural Resources Science at URI.

July 19: “Native Species, Invasive Species, and Rhode Island’s Climate Change Future,” with David Gregg, Executive Director of the Rhode Island Natural History Survey.

July 26: “Meet the Woodpeckers,” with Bob Kenney, naturalist, Friends board member, and Wildlife Wednesdays host.

August 2: “Collecting Baseline Bird Data in a Changing World,” with Charles Clarkson, Director of Avian Research for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island.

August 9: “Atlantic Sea Turtles,” with Bob Kenney back for a second talk.

August 16: “Rhode Island Bumble Bees,” with Casey Johnson and Julia Vieira from the URI Dept. of Plant Sciences and Entomology, and Katie Burns, Pollinator Entomologist from RIDEM.

August 23: “Be Bird Friendly: How YOU Can Help Save the Birds,” with Alison Schwartz, Park Ranger at the Sachuest Point National Wildlife Refuge.

August 30: “Wind Farms Are NOT Killing Whales,” with Dr. Bob Kenney for the last time this summer.

For more information and to download a copy of the detailed schedule, see the Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of RI web page at https://www.friendsnwrofri.org/home-page/wildlife-wednesdays/. Or visit them on Facebook.

Kettle Pond Visitor Center is located on Bend Road, directly off of Rt. 1 in Charlestown

Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges of Rhode Island is an all-volunteer non-profit organization dedicated to enhancing conservation, education, and outreach activities on the five National Wildlife Refuges in our state. They encourage everyone to join their membership and become a friend to Rhode Island wildlife. Donations are encouraged; all donations to the Friends are tax-deductible.