Sequoia Park Zoo

Conservation Lecture Series

The Zoo's Conservation Advisory Committee (CAC) is proud to present its second series of conservation lectures at Sequoia Park Zoo. Join us in the Zoo classroom on the following dates (all Wednesdays) and hear local experts discuss a variety of conservation and wildlife issues.

Upcoming Lecture:

Conservation Lecture Dec 2012

Click here to view a printable poster (PDF) for this lecture.

Schedule for 2012-2013 Series

Date

Speaker

Title

12 Dec 2012

Darren Ward
Fisheries biologist
Humboldt State University

Life cycles of Northern California salmon and trout

9 Jan 2013

Gary Falxa
Biologist
US Fish and Wildlife Service

Conservation of the marbled murrelet  -- a bird of two worlds

13 Feb 2013

Dawn Goley
Professor of Zoology, Humboldt State Univ
Director, Marine Mammal Education & Research Program

Marine Mammals in Northern California - studied dead or alive!

13 Mar 2013

William J. Zielinski
Research Ecologist
USDA Forest Service
Pacific SW Research Station

Conservation of one of the least known, but the most endangered, mammals in northern California

Each talk will take place in the Zoo’s classroom in the Secrets of the Forest building at 7 p.m., and a reception will be held half an hour before each lecture. There is no charge to attend, and both Zoo members and non-members are invited. Enter through the main Zoo gates.

For information on the CAC's Conservation Grants Program, visit our Conservation Fund page.

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