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SERIES SEVEN (2010 - 2011) May 15, 2011 Discovering the Spring Wildflowers in Hamilton’s Natural Areas Dean Gugler, Hamilton Naturalists’ Club Apr. 10, 2011 The Ugly but Beautiful Turkey Vultures of the Niagara Escarpment Christopher Hamilton, Conservation Hamilton Feb. 6, 2011 Healthy Hamilton,s Watershed Action Plan Jamie Overy, Hamilton-Halton Watershed Stewardship Program Feb. 6, 2011 Healthy Hamilton,s Watershed Action Plan Jamie Overy, Hamilton-Halton Watershed Stewardship Program Sun. Nov. 28 The Halton Conservation Lands and Parks on the Niagara Escarpment - Bob Edmundson and Hassaan Basit, Conservation, Halton Sun. Oct. 24 The Wooley Mammoth - Dr. Hendrik Poinar, McMaster University June 07 The Eastern Massasauga Rattlesnake - Sean Liipere, Communications Officer and Species-at-Risk Technician, Bruce Peninsula National Park May 16 The Bruce Coast Lighthouses - Betty McKillop, President, Bruce County Light House Association Apr. 18 Fossils of the Niagara Escarpment - Peter Russell, Curator, Earth and Environmental Science Museum, University of Waterloo Mar. 07 The Vanishing Turtles of Southern Ontario - Erin Nadeau, Co-ordinator Adopt-A-Pond Program,Toronto Zoo Jan. 17 Geology of the Niagara Escarpment - Beth Kummling, Executive Director Bruce Trail Conservancy SERIES SIX (2009) Sept. 20 The Building Of The Welland Canals - Moving Ships Over The Niagara Escarpment, Robert Williamson Oct. 4 Studying The Woolly Mammoth, Dr. Hendrick Poinar – Professor, Mcmaster University (Note: lecture was cancelled due to illness) Nov. 8 The History Of The Hamilton Naturalists Club - 90 Years Of Protecting Nature, Jen Baker - HNC’s Program Co-Ordinator For Head Of The Lakes Land Trust Dec. 6 Dragonflies And Damselflies - Ways To Start Observing Them And Using Them For Conservation, Brenda Van Ryswyk - Natural Heritage Ecologist, Conservation Halton SERIES FIVE (2009) Jan. 25 Protecting the Monarch Butterfly from Southern Ontario to Mexico, Adrienne Brewster, Curator And Entomologist, Wings Of Paradise Butterfly Conservatory Mar. 08 Crooks Hollow –A Study of Change, John Aikman – Local Historian, Curator of the Educational Archives and Heritage Centre of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board Apr. 19 Keeping The Edge – The Future of Ontario’s Niagara Escarpment, Chris McLaughlin, CEO, Niagara Escarpment Foundation June 07 The Insects Of Ontario – With Emphasis on the Dundas Valley, Marvin Gunderman (The Bug Man), Biology Dept., McMaster University SERIES FOUR (2008) Sept. 28 Hamilton Conservation Authority Celebrating 50 Years of Conservation, Chris Hamilton Oct. 19 Carolinian Forest Depicted Through Tapestry, Lorraine Roy Nov. 23 The Portage Options of the First Nations People through the Dundas Valley, Bob Henderson Dec. 7 Updated Information on “ The City of Waterfalls”, Joe Hollick SERIES THREE (2008) May 4 Amphibians of Hamilton and the Importance of Vernal Pools, Bruce McKenzie April 13 The Last Stand - Ancient Cliff-face Forests of the Niagara Escarpment, Peter Kelly March 2 The Eramosa Karst - An Urban Park In Hamilton, Marcus Buck January 20 In Praise of Winter - Images of the Dundas Valley, Eleanore Kosydar SERIES TWO (2007) September 9 Celebrating 40 Years of Development - The Story of the Bruce Trail, Beth Kummling September 30 Birding in the Dundas Valley, Robert Curry October 21 The Cultural Development of the Escarpment Edge from Mt. Albion to Ancaster, Robert Williamson The Rocks Beneath My Feet, Sue Vajoczki SERIES ONE (2007) May 6 Viewing the Niagara Escarpment through the Eyes of a Nature Photographer, John MacRae April 22 Efforts of Niagara Escarpment Commission to Protect & Preserve the Niagara Escarpment, Brian McHattie March 18 Waterfalls of Hamilton Located Along the Niagara Escarpment, Joseph Hollick February 25 The Warpath: The Ancaster Escarpment Edge as the Road to War in the 18th Century, John Bryden |
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