Wildlife Wednesdays Lecture Series At Kettle Pond Visitor Center

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 31: “Observing Your Furry and Feathered Neighbors Using Trail Cameras,” with naturalist Elise Torello, a perennial audience favorite at every Rhode Island Nature Video Festival.

August 7: “Trends of the Rhode Island Osprey Population,” with Lincoln Dark, Program Coordinator for the Audubon Society of Rhode Island’s Osprey Nest Monitoring Program.

August 14: “Rhode Island’s Great White Sharks, and What About The Seals?,” with Jon Dodd, Executive Director of the Atlantic Shark Institute.

August 21: “Gray Whales in the Atlantic Ocean,” with Bob Kenney, semi-retired marine mammal ecologist from the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.

August 28: “Recovering Rhode Island’s Eastern Spadefoot Population,” with Nick Ernst, Wildlife Biologist with the Rhode Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex.

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

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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.