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Monthly Meetings/Programs
Hernando Audubon Society
2010 Meetings
September 23 - Margo McKnight of the Wildlands Network will talk about the establishment of a conservation network for the eastern United States.
October 28 - Talk and PowerPoint presentation by photographer Myrna Erler-Bradshaw that will include images of the interesting places she has visited.
November 18 - Members' photo presentation and Annual Thanksgiving celebration. Starts 6:00 p.m.
2011 Meetings
January 27 - Environmental writer/author Craig Pittman will discuss his book, Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's most famous endangered species.
February 24 - Swallow-tailed Kites and Short-tailed Hawks are the subject of this lecture by Ken Meyer and Gina Kent of the Avian Conservation Research Institute.
March 24 - "Critters, Cows and Cowboys: A photographic exploration into the wildlife and work of a Florida cattle ranch," a talk by Bob Montanaro of the Pelican Island Audubon Society.
(*) April - Date and specifics to be announced - This will be an outdoor event that replaces the monthly meeting at the Community Activity Center.
(*) May - Annual Picnic. Date to be determined.
September 23 - Margo McKnight of the Wildlands Network will talk about the establishment of a conservation network for the eastern United States.
October 28 - Talk and PowerPoint presentation by photographer Myrna Erler-Bradshaw that will include images of the interesting places she has visited.
November 18 - Members' photo presentation and Annual Thanksgiving celebration. Starts 6:00 p.m.
2011 Meetings
January 27 - Environmental writer/author Craig Pittman will discuss his book, Manatee Insanity: Inside the War over Florida's most famous endangered species.
February 24 - Swallow-tailed Kites and Short-tailed Hawks are the subject of this lecture by Ken Meyer and Gina Kent of the Avian Conservation Research Institute.
March 24 - "Critters, Cows and Cowboys: A photographic exploration into the wildlife and work of a Florida cattle ranch," a talk by Bob Montanaro of the Pelican Island Audubon Society.
(*) April - Date and specifics to be announced - This will be an outdoor event that replaces the monthly meeting at the Community Activity Center.
(*) May - Annual Picnic. Date to be determined.
Florida nonprofit organization
and a chapter of the
National Audubon Society, Inc.
and a chapter of the
National Audubon Society, Inc.
Hernando Audubon Society
P.O. Box 1678 - Brooksville, FL 34602
hernandoaudubon@yahoo.com
P.O. Box 1678 - Brooksville, FL 34602
hernandoaudubon@yahoo.com
Meetings are held at the Community Activity Center, 205 E. Ft. Dade Ave., Brooksville, except for those marked with an asterisk. Socializing, with coffee and snacks, begins at 6:45 p.m. Programs start at 7:00 p.m. Guests are welcome.
Margo McKnight is the executive director and a board member of the Wildlands Network, headquartered in Titusville, Fla.
The organization is working to create four large, protected land corridors in North America, which it terms wildways, and that provide protection for wildlife for the long term through landscape connectivity.
Ms. McKnight will be sharing with our chapter a way for everyone to get involved in creating a network of people protecting one of these continental corridors, the Eastern Wildway, which extends from the Acadian forests of Maritime Canada to the Everglades in Florida. This expanse includes national parks, preserves, forests, scenic rivers and wild places. It spans climates from arctic to tropical. The animal and plant species diversity is great, with many plants, birds, fish, and butterflies that are found nowhere else in the world.
The organization is working to create four large, protected land corridors in North America, which it terms wildways, and that provide protection for wildlife for the long term through landscape connectivity.
Ms. McKnight will be sharing with our chapter a way for everyone to get involved in creating a network of people protecting one of these continental corridors, the Eastern Wildway, which extends from the Acadian forests of Maritime Canada to the Everglades in Florida. This expanse includes national parks, preserves, forests, scenic rivers and wild places. It spans climates from arctic to tropical. The animal and plant species diversity is great, with many plants, birds, fish, and butterflies that are found nowhere else in the world.
Our first program of the season, on Thursday, September 23, features Margo McKnight!
Map by courtesy of the Wildlands Network
Wild creatures need WILDWAYS
© Scott McKinley for Wildlands Network