Presented by David J. Shetlar, PhD (the BugDoc) With all the current talk about environmental adverse impacts of modern pesticides, people often adopt a pastoral view that our forefathers had less problems dealing with toxins. In the 1880s, We will find out that a common pesticide was mercury chloride, though benzene (a known carcinogen) and […]
Wander our nature trail with a volunteer from the Scioto Valley Bird and Nature Club in hopes of finding our feathered friends along the way. This event is part of the National Audubon Society's Great Backyard Bird Count in which thousands of people across the US and Canada count and learn about the birds wintering […]
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Join us as we welcome Susan Coterel Goldsberry, an author of children’s books and a member of the Cherokee Nation. Susan has always felt a strong connection to the values of the Native Americans, especially with their kindred spirit of respect for nature. The […]
Celebrate Native American Heritage Month with Hopewell Culture National Historical Park. Explore the world created by America's First Peoples. Join us on three Thursday evenings in November to view the series, Native America. The Native America series was produced by PBS and premiered in 2018. The four part series reaches back 15,000 years to showcase […]
