NATURAL, HUMAN HISTORY OF DOG ISLAND IS TOPIC OF AUG. 11 LECTURE AT FSU COASTAL AND MARINE LAB

NATURAL AND HUMAN HISTORY OF DOG ISLAND IS TOPIC OF AUG. 11 LECTURE AT FSU COASTAL AND MARINE LAB

From 7 to 9 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 11, the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Lab (FSUCML) will host a free, public lecture about the history –– human and natural –– of Dog Island, the easternmost barrier island off the panhandle of Florida. Light refreshments will be served at the conclusion of the program.

The scheduled speaker is biologist Fran James, the Pasquale P. Graziadei Professor of Biological Science Emerita at Florida State University. Prior to her retirement from FSU, James taught courses in evolution and the natural history of birds and mammals. A regionally and nationally active conservationist, she has served on the national boards of directors of both the World Wildlife Fund and The Nature Conservancy and as president of both the American Ornithologists’ Union and the American Institute of Biological Sciences. Her most recent local research has involved the fire ecology of the longleaf pine ecosystem in the Apalachicola National Forest.  

The public lecture "History and Natural History of Dog Island" will be held:

THURSDAY, AUG. 11

7 - 9 P.M.

AUDITORIUM
FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY COASTAL AND MARINE LAB

3618 COASTAL HIGHWAY
ST. TERESA, FLA.
(FRANKLIN COUNTY, INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAYS 98/319, HALFWAY BETWEEN CARRABELLE AND PANACEA)

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

The August lecture is part of the FSUCML’s ongoing, monthly Conservation Lecture Series. 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 next lecture or future events in the Conservation Lecture Series, call (850) 697-4120.
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