FSU NEWS TIP: Feb. 10 public lecture at FSU Coastal & Marine Lab to Discuss Restoring Everglades Wading Bird Populations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'FIRE, FLOODS AND HEAVY METAL: RESTORATION OF WADING BIRD POPULATIONS IN THE EVERGLADES' TOPIC OF FEB. 10 LECTURE AT FSU COASTAL & MARINE LAB

At 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 10, the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab will host a free, public lecture on efforts to restore wading bird populations in the Everglades. The speaker will be University of Florida professor Peter Frederick, a faculty member in UF's Department of Wildlife Ecology and Conservation who specializes in the ecology and conservation of wetlands, and particularly of wetland vertebrates.

Light refreshments will be served following the lecture, which is a part of the FSU Coastal and Marine Lab's ongoing Conservation Lecture Series.

Attendees are asked to bring a non-perishable food donation for the Second Harvest of the Big Bend.

The free, public lecture will be held:

THURSDAY, FEB. 10, 2011

7 P.M.

AUDITORIUM

FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COASTAL AND MARINE LAB

3618 COASTAL HIGHWAY

ST. TERESA, FL

(FRANKLIN COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 98/319, HALFWAY BETWEEN CARRABELLE AND PANACEA)

Visit the FSU Coastal and Marine Lab website at http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu/  to learn more about the distinguished research facility. For further information on the Feb. 10 lecture or future events in the monthly Conservation Lecture Series, call (850) 697-4120.

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