LECTURE SPEAKERS
Our Saturday Lecture Series features guest speakers who are experts on subjects ranging from shells to dolphins, eagles to tortoises, and to early Florida Indian culture. For years, these popular lectures have played to overflow crowds. Program sponsored by Friends of Barefoot Beach Preserve. Park in the first parking area on the right and meet at the Learning Center at 10:00am.
(Approximately a 1-hour lecture)
Program cost: FREE. Reservations are NOT required. There is an $8.00 entrance fee into the park for those who do not have a current Collier County beach parking permit.
Programs listed below are from the January through April 2020 season.
2020 SCHEDULE
JANUARY 4
Shorebird -- Migrating - Anne Mauro, (Rookery Bay Avian Ecologist)
JANUARY 11
Women in the Everglades - Marya Repko
JANUARY 18
Marine Megafauna of Captiva - Dolphins, Sea Turtles & Manatees- Stephanie Plein, (Marine Biologist)
JANUARY 25
Naples Bay Oyster Reef Restoration Project - Stephanie Molloy PhD, (City of Naples Natural Resources Manager)
FEBRUARY 1
Blooms & Butterflies - Ranger Sajel Dodia (Big Cypress Preserve)
FEBRUARY 8
Domestic Cats & Wildlife - Colleen Durham, (Conservancy SWFL)
FEBRUARY 15
Introduction to Bee Keeping from Flower to Honey - Dennis & Virginia Riggs
FEBRUARY 22
Mosquitoes - Collier Mosquito Control: Patrick Linn (Exec. Dir.) & Robin King (Communications)
FEBRUARY 29
Grassroots Movement Shaping Florida Water Policy - Captains for Clean Water: Daniel Andrews & Alycia Downs
MARCH 7
Battle Against Invasive Species - Ranger from Big Cypress Preserve
MARCH 14
Africa Untamed: Cradle of Human Kind - Jack Berninger
MARCH 21
Why Native Plants? - Tony Mauriello
MARCH 28
Wetland Ecology -- Mangroves - Dr. Brian Bovard, (FGCU)
APRIL 4
Virtual Tour of Corkscrew Swamp - Mike and Sandy Hollenhorst & Lorraine Tyre, (FMN)
APRIL 11
Panther Outreach - Ashlee O'Connor, (FWC)
APRIL 18
Living with Florida's Wildlife - Jayne Johnston