Speaker Series and Nature Book Club

Both of these programs require advance registration which can be done online at: www.OregonRidgeNaureCenter.WildApricot.org

The Speakers Series programs are held at 7:00 p.m. on the third Monday of January, March, April, May, September, October and November. Our speakers give presentations on a wide range of nature related subjects. These talks are Free and either take place online via zoom or in-person at the Nature Center (check the program descriptions for details).

The Nature Book Club meets on Mondays 8 times a year at 7:00 p.m. The schedule for the year and choice of books to be read and discussed are set by club members in the Fall. This is a Free program and will either take place online via zoom or in-person. Weather permitting, we will use a pavilion for a safe in-person gathering.

If you would like to speak or have a suggestion for an interesting speaker please contact the Nature Center via email at info@oregonridgenaturecenter.org.

ORNC Council Speaker Series

• 1/16/23 Taming the anxious brain with nature in mind: The power of nature informed mental health; Heidi Schreiber-Pan, Ph.D., LCPC (Nature Center)
  
• 3/20/23 Free Seed Libraries: The Whys and Hows of a Growing Movement; Missy Corley, Talbot County Master Gardener (Zoom)
  
• 4/17/23 Sustainability: Regional approaches to a Global Problem; Professor Brian Fath, Ph.D. (Nature Center)

• 5/15/23 Getting Salty about Stormwater: Waterway pollution, climate change and environmental advocacy; Alice Volpitta, Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper

Nature Book Club

• 1/9/23 An Immense World: How Animal Senses Reveal the Hidden Realms Around Us; Ed Yong
• 2/27/23 Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness; Sy Montgomery
• 4/10/23 The Last Days of the Dinosaurs: An Asteroid, Extinction, and the Beginning of Our World; Riley Black
• 5/22/23 The Elephant Whisperer: My Life with the Herd in the African Wild; Lawrence Anthony
• 7/10/23 Lakes: Their Birth, Life, and Death; John Richard Saylor
• 8/21/23 What the Robin Knows: How Birds Reveal the Secrets of the Natural World; Jon Young
• 10/2/23 Underland: A Deep Time Journey; Robert Macfarlane

If you would like to speak or have a suggestion for an interesting speaker please call the Nature Center at 410-887-1815.