Thursday, July 2, 2015

Upcoming Educational Opportunities

JOIN US AT UPCOMING EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. THIS SUMMER

We hope you can join us at an event near you this summer! Xerces holds events in all 50 states and below is a list of upcoming events that we will be participating in. Many events require registration and some require a fee, so please check out the event details and reserve a spot soon if you are interested in participating. Please note that some events are not directly organized by Xerces, so registration and event questions may be handled by the hosting organization.    

NORTHEAST


Learn How to Attract Native Pollinators to Fields, Farms, and Orchards
Corning, NY

Thursday, August 27, 2015, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service Big Flats Plant Material Center
Click here for event details


MID-ATLANTIC

Save Our Monarchs
Hockessin, DE

Sunday, July 12, 2015, 12:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Mt. Cuba Center
Click here for event details

Migratory Dragonfly Short Course
Alexandria, VA

Saturday, August 22, 2015, 9:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Huntley Meadows Park
Click here for event detailsCurrently full, but you can add yourself to the waitlist.


SOUTHEAST

Native Meadow Tour: Buck Creek Serpentine Barrens
Cullowhee, NC

Wednesday, July 15, 2015, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Cullowhee Native Plant Conference, Western Carolina University
Click here for event details

Common Native Bees Slideshow and Garden Foray
Chapel Hill, NC

Sunday, July 26, 2015, 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
North Carolina Botanical Garden
Register by email to ncbgregistrar@unc.edu or phone919-843-8524. Fee: $15 ($10 for NCBG members).
Click here for event details

Enhancing Diversity to Support Pollinators: Focus on Bees
Jamestown, NC

Tuesday, September 15, 2015, 7:00 PM
Sedgefield Garden Club, Griffin Recreation Center
Register by email to sedgefieldgardenclub@gmail.comor phone 336-420-5926.
Click here for event details

GREAT LAKES

Bumble Bee Survey at Pilot Knob Hill
Mendota Heights, MN

Friday, July 24, 2015
Pilot Knob Hill
Registration coming soon through Great River Greeening

Conservation Biological Control Short Course
Farmington, MN

Tuesday, July 28th, 2015, 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
NRCS Farmington Field Office
Click here for event details

Pollinator Party: A Celebration of Bees
Minneapolis, MN

Thursday, July 30, 2015, 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Lyndale Park Gardens
Click here for event details

Bumble Bees of Minnesota
Brainerd, MN

Sunday, August 9, 2015, 11:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Northland Arboretum
Click here for event details


SOUTH CENTRAL

Official Summer Butterfly Count
Fort Worth, TX

Saturday, July 11, 2015, 7:30 AM - 2:00 PM CST
Fort Worth Nature Center
Please call 817-392-7410 with event questions
Click here for Nature Center info


PACIFIC NORTHWEST

Mussel Re-colonization Monitoring
Portland, OR

Friday, July 10, 2015, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Westmoreland Park
Click here for event details

Mussel Survivorship Monitoring
Portland, OR

Monday, July 13, 2015, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Westmoreland's Union Manor
Click here for event details

Pollinator Passion Weekend
Everett, WA

Friday, July 24, 2015, 7:00 PM - 9:30 PM
WSU Snohomish County Extension
Click here for event details

Macroinvertebrate Training and Monitoring
Milwaukie/Portland, OR
Part 1: Thursday, August 20, 2015, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Johnson Creek Watershed Council
Milwaukie, OR
Part 2: Sunday, August 23, 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Westmoreland Park
Portland, OR
Click here for event details. Currently full, but you can add yourself to the waitlist.  

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