The speaker will be Steven Green from the Institute for Regional Conservation. He will be discussing Pine Rocklands, one of south Florida’s, often ignored, endangered ecosystems. He will also be discussing the endangered species that call this forest home, and IRC’s efforts to restore urban pine rockland forests.


Dr. Maya Rodriguez or Leah Brinson, from Miami Seaquarium’s Veterinarian Department. They will be discussing Miami Seaquarium’s role in the rescue and rehabilitation on manatees and sea turtles.


The speaker will be Pamela Sweeney from the Marine Animal Rescue Society. She will be talking about her role in the rescue of marine mammals in South Florida.


Food and Thoughts

 

Dr. Sian Evans was born and educated in the United Kingdom. She received a Masters degree in Biological Anthropology from the University of Durham and a Ph.D from Te University of Wales where she studied marmosets and their apparently monogamous lifestyle. She has lived and studied primates in Africa and helped raise orphaned gorillas. She has published on the abilities of apes to recognize themselves in mirrors and their memories for unique events. In her current position as the Managing Director of the DuMond Conservancy for Primates and Tropical Forests in Miami she studies nocturnal owl monkeys and teaches in the Biology Department at Florida International University.

 

With her encouragement and collaboration, scientists and students have discovered that owl monkeys anoint with millipedes, that they have a unique pattern of food sharing and that family members share a characteristic smelly signature.

 

The DuMond Conservancy has become an active community based organization and encourages the participation of youth of all abilities in caring for and understanding our closest relatives.

 

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Angelique Bestard from Miami-Dade County Water and Sewer Department. She will be speaking about water conservation issues facing South Florida.


Connie Bersteeg from National Save the Sea Turtle Foundation.  Connie will be discussing issues that nesting sea turtles face on South Florida beaches like lighting, population, and predators.


Jennifer Posely from Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden will be the guest speaker tonight.  Jennifer will be discussing endangered plant species of South Florida

The program will start at 7:30pm and will last about an hour.

Free and open to the Public. Donations are encouraged to the charity of choice or to the Manatee Rehabilitation Partnership.

 

Reservations are needed for these events 24 hours prior to the program date.

For more information or to register please call 305.361.5705 ext. 298 or 207.