An Event Announcement from
The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland

Important Note: The days of our programs have changed to Wednesdays this year. Please mark your calendars!

Where: Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland Education Center

As is becoming our practice, ASGC is holding the first program of our 2008-2009 series at our Education Center (382 Townline Road), located at our Novak Sanctuary in Aurora (click here for directions). Click here for detour directions just in case Townline Road is closed. Volunteers will be on hand to assist with parking. Parking for those with disabilities is available.

When:  Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 6:45 p.m.
             
Title: “UNDERSTANDING CHANGE BY EMBRACING DIVERSITY:

Speaker: Denny Taylor, PhD - Hiram College

Professor Taylor’s talk will cover his experience this spring when he led seventeen students for 12 weeks to nearly every major biome type on the earth, gaining a new understanding of our consumptive lifestyles and triggering an appreciation of our global responsibilities. They observed firsthand the growing crisis in freshwater resources and established partnerships that take advantage of Ohio's world leadership in cleaning freshwater supplies, and potential leadership in promoting water conservation and education programs.

Denny Taylor is a local product, graduating from Cuyahoga Falls in 1969 and continuing to Hiram, where he earned his B.A. in Biology in 1973. Dr. Taylor received his PhD from Cornell in 1979 and did post-doctoral work at the University of Sterling on Fish Ecology.

A Local Field Outing Opportunity
Hosted by the Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland

What:    Annual Fringed Gentian Pilgrimage!

Where:Aurora Sanctuary

(Meet at parking lot, south side of Pioneer Trial: click here for directions)

When: Saturday September 20th - 2:30 p.m. free and open to the public

Details: If you have not seen the spectacular blue of the Gentians then you
have got to join us! With their fringed blossoms they easily steal the show of the late fall wild flowers. Ladies’ Tresses will likely be on display too! Pray for sun and they will be open to dazzle you! This is a packed mud, 1.8 mile trail. If we’ve had rain it could be slippery, so please wear boots.

The Audubon Society of Greater Cleveland (ASGC) promotes the conservation and appreciation of birds and other wildlife through habitat preservation and educational activities. It is a chapter of the National Audubon Society and is one of northeast Ohio’s oldest continuously operating environmental organizations; founded in 1928. ASGC now has over 1,200 members throughout NE Ohio and owns over 500 acres of land protected as both Audubon Sanctuaries and Ohio State Nature Preserves. It restored and renovated a building located in the Audubon Blanche Katherine Novak Sanctuary as a regional Audubon Educational Center.