Refuge, DDWS to kick off annual lecture series for free
By REFUGE / DDWS - | Jan 20, 2021
TODD WARSHAW
Ocean Doctor David E. Guggenheim will present “Lessons from the Deep: What the Oceans Are Telling Us and Why it Matters” on Jan. 29.
The 17th annual “Ding” Darling Friday Lecture Series is evolving with the times and persisting distance protocols by moving to a larger venue, The Community House on Sanibel. The free lectures will occur on five select days with one 10 a.m. lecture per day.
“The uncertainties of COVID-19 challenged us to experiment with a new lecture series format so we could accommodate high-quality lecturers but still abide by new distancing guidelines,” Ann-Marie Wildman, lecture series organizer and manager of the J.N. “Ding” Darling National Wildlife Refuge’s Nature Store, said. “We would be very limited on how many we could seat at our usual venue in the “Ding” Darling Visitor & Education Center auditorium, but The Community House gi
Refuge’s free lecture series set to kick off
By REFUGE / DDWS - | Jan 6, 2021
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Photographer-artists Clyde and Niki Butcher will present images from the Everglades on Feb. 4.
The 17th annual “Ding” Darling Friday Lecture Series is evolving with the times and persisting distance protocols by moving to a larger venue, The Community House on Sanibel. The free lectures will occur on five select days with one 10 a.m. lecture per day.
Running Jan. 29 to March 19, the series will feature photographers Clyde and Niki Butcher, “Feather Thief” author Kirk W. Johnson, and eminent authorities on water conservation, eagles and owls.