WVU Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series
2022 Calendar of Speakers and Talks:
June 7:
Sunshine Brosi, Utah State University, Eastern, Associate Professor of Wildland Resources:
Old-growth forests and their unique associated animals and plants
June 14:
Kevin Dodge, Garrett College, Director of Natural Resources and Wildlife Technology:
Mysterious, ephemeral, and cute: Northern saw-whet owls in the Central Appalachians
June 21:
Sue Olcott, WV Division of Natural Resources, Retired Lepidoptera and Pollinator Conservation Project Leader:
West Virginia Butterfly Atlas: Preliminary results
June 28:
Zach Fowler, WVU Department of Biology, WVU Core Arboretum Director/Service Associate Professor:
There is no place like home?: The Eastern Asian-Eastern North American floristic disjunction
July 5:
Dave Samuel, WVU Division of Forestry and Natural Resources, Emeritus Professor of Wildlife:
Whitetail deer in West Virginia: History, management, economics, and problems
July 12: cancelled due to rain, rescheduled for August 2
Samantha Moyers, WVU School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, PhD Candidate:
Spending time in nature for human health
July 19:
Jim Rentch, WVU Division of Forestry, Retired Professor:
Bison in West Virginia
July 26: cancelled by speaker, rescheduled for next summer
Mack Frantz, WV Division of Natural Resources, Natural Heritage/Wildlife Diversity Zoologist:
Macrolichens of West Virginia: A brief primer
August 2:
Samantha Moyers, WVU School of Public Health, Department of Social and Behavioral Health Sciences, PhD Candidate:
Spending time in nature for human health
August 9: cancelled due to rain, rescheduled for next summer
Sandy Liebhold, US Forest Service, Research Entomologist:
Spongy moth in North America: A not well-loved but lingering visitor
August 16:
Madison Ball, Friends of the Cheat, Conservation Program Director:
Eastern hellbender environmental-DNA monitoring in the Cheat River watershed
August 23:
Randy Kelley, WV Division of Natural Resources, Elk Project Leader:
Status of the West Virginia Elk Restoration Project
August 30:
David Scofield, Meadowcroft Rockshelter and Historic Village, Director:
Living off the land: 19,000 years at the Meadowcroft Rockshelter
The 2022 WVU Core Arboretum Nature Connection Series is supported by the WVU
Department of Biology, the WVU Core Arboretum Endowment, and donations from
the public. All speakers are volunteers. Thank you to all who support the mission
of WVU Core Arboretum!