Come join us for our annual Rachel Carson Dinner on Thursday, October 22 at the Turf Tavern at 40 Mohawk Ave. in Scotia.
Guest speaker Dan Bogan, PhD, will give a talk entitled “Seeking First Growth and Old Growth Forests of the Catskill Region through a Process of Elimination.” Northeastern forested ecosystems experienced considerable overexploitation as most forests were cut, cleared, and converted to agricultural production. Forests were consumed as a resource or cleared as a burden. Wildlife species were persecuted without limits, extirpated, or driven to local extinction. Oddly, the few forests to escape cutting and clearing are now hidden among maturing second growth forests. This presentation will discuss the current search for first growth forests and efforts to use archival information from a time when few records were kept to identify potential old growth forests hiding within New York State.
PLEASE RSVP BY MONDAY, OCT. 12.
Evening schedule:
5-6 p.m.: Passed hors d’oeuvres, wine and silent auction bidding
6 p.m.: Dinner
7 p.m.: President’s remarks and presentation of the Rachel Carson Award
7:15 p.m.: Speaker, with dessert and coffee
8:15 p.m.: Silent auction and raffle winners
Menu:
Hors d’oeuvres
House salad
Choice of citrus salmon, Tuscan chicken, or vegetarian saute
Chocolate mousse cake
Dinner tickets: $80
Student tickets: $50
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