Popular March series focusing on wildlife for 2016
USFWS bat biologist Susi VonOettigen speaking at Fox Forest during the 2016 Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series.
The Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series has proven popular, drawing large crowds the Henry Baldwin Classroom at the Caroline A. Fox State Research and Demonstration Forest in Hillsboro.
More than 300 people have attended the first three of four programs on Tuesday evenings from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
On March 22, USFWS Endangered Species Biologist Susi VonOettingen spoke to a packed audience of 92 attendees about the status of N.H. bat species and provided an update on the status of White Nose Syndrome in winter hibernacula where most N.H. cave bats spend the winter.
On March 15, NH Division of Forests & Lands Urban and Community Forester Scott Rolfe spoke from personal health experiences and years of personal research about N.H. ticks and tick-borne diseases and treatments. Lyme disease is a concern for all N.H. outdoors people. More than 90 people attended.
On March 1, UNH researcher John Litvaitis and graduate students at UNH shared comprehensive studies on N.H. bobcat populations, distribution, habitats and genetics. This topic drew well over 100 attendees with renewed interest in the status of bobcat management in the Granite State.
Next week on March 29, the 2016 lecture series concludes with NHFG Moose biologist Kristine Rines speaking about long-term studies of N.H. moose populations and winter ticks and moose mortality and rates of reproduction in the face of milder winters and hotter summers. Join us if you can!
The Cottrell-Baldwin Environmental Lecture Series honors the environmental and scholarly legacy of Annette and Bill Cottrell of Hillsoboro and their friend, State Research Forester Henry Ives Baldwin who lived nearby at the Caroline A, Fox Research and Demonstration Forest. The series is co-sponsored annually by the Society for the Protection of NH Forests and the NH DRED DIvision of Forests & Lands.