Meetings & Program Schedule
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Meetings start at
7:00
P.M. - Room 102, Yates Hall, (across from the North end of PSU football
stadium) at 1702 S.
Joplin St., Pittsburg, KS. Click here for a
PSU campus map. Click here
for a Yahoo map. |
| Thursday September 25, 2008 |
“A Night With Raptors,” by Sally Imhof (PSU Biology Graduate), Meagan Duffee (PSU Biology Student), Delia Lister (Director, PSU Nature Reach). This is a 3 part presentation in which you will learn a little bit about raptor rehabilitation, the sport of falconry, and using birds for education. Nature Reach’s newest LIVE raptors will be featured. |
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October 30, 2008 |
"Kansas Threatened and
Endangered Species." An informational program will be given by Ed
Miller, KDWP biologist, regarding the listing/delisting process for
Threatened or Endangered species in Kansas. Nine of 21 species
petitioned were selected for review. Miller will present a brief look
at the evidence regarding the status of those 9 species which are under
review. |
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November 2008 |
Due to conflict with Thanksgiving and Christmas, the November and December meetings have been combined, and held on December 4, 2008. |
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December 4, 2008 |
Dr. Kim Smith, Chair of Dept.
Biological Sciences, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
will present a program about "Black Bears". In the 1950s and
1960s he was involved in the reintroduction of Black Bears into
Arkansas. His expertise is not limited to bears. Dr. Smith
received the Marion Jenkinson American Ornithologists' Union (AOU)
Service Award for serving a distinguished five-year term as editor of
The Auk, from 2000 to 2004 - maintaining The Auk as the highest-impact
journal in organismal biology. |
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January 29, 2009 |
"Migrating Waterfowl", by Larry Dablemont of Bolivar, Mo, outdoorsman, book author, area newspaper columnist and radio personality. With more than 40 years of experiences with wildlife his talk should be of interest to hunters and naturalists at all levels. He was the Missouri Conservation Communicator of The Year, Missouri Conservation Federation, 1994. |
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February 26, 2009 |
"Moths and Butterflies" by Dr. Hermann Nonnenmacher |
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March 26, 2009 |
"Wild Edibles", by Cyndi Cogbill, former park naturalist from Prairie State Park, working as a private consultant. Wild edible plants are all around you, in your yard, in the fields, and forests. Cyndi will help you identify edible plants, share simple ways to use them in your diet, and provide samples for you to taste. |
| Thursday April 30, 2009 |
"Birds and Climate Change: The Canary in
the Coal Mine?", by Chris Pistole. Chris is a graduate of
Pittsburg State University and former head of PSU's Nature Reach and
has been Education Director at the Wildcat Glades Conservation &
Audubon Center in Joplin for the past two and a half years. |
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May 29, 2009 6-9 P.M. |
10th.
Anniversary Sperry-Galligar Audubon Picnic, this year held on a Friday
at Homer Cole Pittsburg Community Center, 3003 North Joplin in
Pittsburg, KS. |
| Summer Hiatus | SGAS will not hold regular meetings in the months of June, July & August. |
