Date/Time
Wednesday, Mar 05, 2025
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Colonial Waterbird Conservation In the Hampton Roads: Reflections on birds, bridges, politics, journalism and environmental activism. Speaker: Dr. Sarah Karpanty
Dr. Karpanty is a Professor of Fish and Wildlife Conservation at Virginia Tech. She will speak to us about the history of colonial waterbirds nesting on the South Island of the Hampton Roads Bridge tunnel, their temporary re-homing to Fort Wool/Rip-Rap Island and barges, and what the future may hold. She will also emphasize the important role that bird conservation groups played in the successful interim resolution and hopefully will play in the successful long-term resolution. She has also been studying shorebirds on the Eastern Shore barrier islands since 2005 so would be happy to talk about that as well and field any questions that arise!
Image credit: Author: Nicholas Atamas Source: Photograph taken with EF 70-200mm F/4 L on a Canon EOS300D at 200mm, F/6.3 exposed for 1/1600sec
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