You are invited to attend
Wildlife Wednesdays

These are informal presentations primarily by faculty members of the URI Graduate School of Oceanography.

All presentations will be held at the US Fish and Wildlife Service Kettle Pond Visitors Center in Charlestown of Route One a few miles east of Burlingame Park.

Directions: The Visitor Center is located on the North side of Route 1 in Charlestown. When traveling on Route 1 Northbound, travel just past the sign for Burlingame. Look on the left side of Rt. 1 for Bend Road. Make u-turn onto Rt. 1 South, travel 0.5 miles. Take right on Bend Road. When traveling on Route 1 Southbound, continue past Ninigret NWR entrance. Travel 0.5 miles south on Rt. 1 and take the right turn onto Bend Road. (Note: you will have just passed the Willows Resort on the left). Phone: (401) 364-9124

The talks are offered at no charge by the Friends of the National Wildlife Refuges, RI. Donations to the Friends will be gratefully accepted.

All presentations begin at 7:00 PM

Bring a Friend.

Give me a call if you would like to car pool, contact Jack Schempp.

June 16, Bats with Peter August, URI Dept of Natural Resources Peter August is a top notch Speaker.

June 23, Volcanoes, Geoff Cook, Lecturer URI department of Geosciences.

June 30, Wet, Salty, Slippery with Jill Johnen, marine biologist will introduce notable coastal plants and animals.

July 7, Sonar and marine Mammal: the most recent science, Davis Moretti, research scientist, Naval Undersea Warfare Center.

July 14, A Place of Quiet Waters: History and Natural History of Point Judith Pond and the Harbor Refuge, by Prentice Stout, naturalist, photographer and educator.

July 21, Discovery of Sounds in the Sea with Kathy Vigness-Raposa, senior research scientist with Marine Acoustics.

July 28, The Wild Side of Moosehorn with Gerry Krause, professor emeritus, URI department of marine affairs, who will present a video on the Moosehorn National Wildlife Refuge, Northern Maine.

Aug. 4, The Narragansett Bay Coyote Study, by Numi Mitchell, scientist with The Conservation Agency, Jamestown.