Picture subject - Merlin - Photo credit Josh Olive


​We welcome you to listen in to the talks that have already taken place.

December 9, 2020 talk provided by Debbie Blanco, retired land
​ manager for Sarasota County: drive.google.com/file/d/1peXff92KRCfYqwr7zMHD6ru2OuYPW7Fk/view?fbclid=IwAR2nh3zPhABXlo7Nccf5prskgBzwm0wQTbtWt3X3HuTBZtt1UQ_JGt9bRVg

January 20, 2021 talk provided by Matt Miller, Director of Environmental Services. Miller is a Professional Wetland Scientist: drive.google.com/file/d/12eM5MK1_sOfannB2wMiz-V7SwAat-jo7/view
February 24, 2021 talk provided by Joan Bearish, retired employee of Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's Wildlife Research Lab in Gainesville and Author of book titled Fire & Fauna: Tales of a Life Untamed: 
drive.google.com/file/d/1wwIob6WS-gNs85upY9Ge-EOHnSF_i0hF/view?

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April 21, 2021 talk provided by Jonathan Slaght,  wildlife biologist and author working full time for the Wildlife Conservation Society as their Russia & Northeast Asia Coordinator, a task that includes owls, tigers, and migratory waterbirds across Asia. He spoke about his experiences and his book Owls of the Eastern Ice. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyNjrsM6EQE                                                                
​May 19th, 2021 talk provided by Dan Quinn, titled “An Incipient Population of Invasive Lizards in Charlotte County: The Argentine Black and White Tegu” Dan, a Biologist for Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission's (FWC) Nonnative Fish and Wildlife Program, discussed invasive wildlife ecology and how the Nonnative Program functions to mitigate nonnative wildlife issues.
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drive.google.com/file/d/1IV3mYgD76k1BwcHZWNr6lxBUMHjHMr-s/view