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 gives us more latitude. So, we’ve decided on fewer lectures with top-notch speakers.”