Friends of Taunton Bay and Frenchman Bay Conservancy will again partner to host the Joint 2017 Lecture Series on Fridays at Gordon’s Wharf in Sullivan. The weekly lecture series runs July 7 to August 18 at 7:00 p.m. The lecture series will cover a wide range of topics including the ecological integrity of the region, current conservation efforts, as well as historical and cultural landscape perspectives.

2017 Schedule
July 7: FTB Members Meeting and Of Birds and Beetles: Conserving Biodiversity in a Dynamic World; Mac Hunter - Libra Professor of Conservation Biology in the Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology at the University of Maine

July 14: What’s Happening at Schoodic Institute; Mark Berry, President & CEO, Schoodic Institute

July 21: NO LECTURE. Lobster Dinner at Tidal Falls

July 28: Kim Ridley, award-winning author of The Secret Bay and The Secret Pool

August 4: Tide Pooling; Hannah Webber, Education & Project Research Manager, Schoodic Institute

August 11: Erosion in Taunotn Bay and on Mount Desert Island; Steve Perrin, Friends of Taunton Bay

August 18: Protected Lands in Hancock and Washington Counties; Aaron Dority, Frenchman Bay Conservancy and Bob DeForrest, Maine Coast Heritage Trust