Come see RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser
If you are anywhere near Kent, Connecticut you may be interested in this upcoming program at the Kent Land Trust by RTPI Affiliate Sean Graesser who regularly shares his terrific photos and videos with us. Sean is also involved in some of our conservation programs and will be highlighting his and RTPI’s work in the tropics along with photos for the Meet Your Neighbours global diversity project.
Read MoreEvents this week
Please join us at RTPI or at SUNY JCC’s Jamestown Campus for these three events coming up in the next few days. All of them are great opportunities for learning about out region, nature, conservation, science, art, biology, natural history and more. Best of all these are all free and open to the public. We hope to see you there – times three! “The State of Jamestown’s Waterways and their Surrounding Habitats” – September 24, 2014 A lecture presented by John Jablonski, Executive Director of the Chautauqua Watershed Conservancy, and Twan Leenders, President of the Roger Tory...
Read MoreApril speaker – Luke Tiller
RTPI is thrilled to welcome our friend Luke Tiller as our April speaker on Monday, April 14 at 7:00 p.m. The Great Lakes are an incredible spot for bird migration of all kinds but perhaps particularly notably for raptors. Join hawkwatching expert Luke Tiller to hear about one of the best raptor migration sites, that happens to just be a stones throw away from Jamestown in Western New York. Luke will talk about among other things: Braddock Bay, the history of hawkwatching, how to get the best out of the hawkwatching experience and about some of the pitfalls of trying to identify a bird in...
Read MoreMarch speaker – Dr. John D. Juriga
Dr. John D. Juriga will present a program on artist and illustrator Bob Hines (1912-1994) at a public reception for the exhibition of the works of Bob Hines now hosted at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History on Friday, March 14 at 7 p.m. Dr. Juriga, a Hines biographer, will help to tell the story of one of the pioneers of the American conservation movement, whose paintings and drawings helped Americans better appreciate our natural heritage. Bob Hines is well known for his work in developing the federal Duck Stamp program, which has generated over $700 million to protect...
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