At the next Wildlife Wednesday talk on Nov. 1, restoration biologist John Hudson will answer the question, “What’s so Special About the Riparian Zone?”
The riparian zone — the area around a river — is neither upland or wetland. It blends aquatic and terrestrial habitats to form a unique ecosystem that’s important to wildlife.
Wildlife Wednesdays take place on the first Wednesday of every month from now until March at 7-8 p.m.
Nov. 1 and Dec. 6, presentations will take place at the Mendenhall Valley Public Library. After that, presentations on Jan. 3, Feb. 7 and March 7 will take place at the Egan Lecture Hall at the University of Alaska Southeast.
The talks, put on by the Southeast Chapter of the Alaska Wildlife Alliance, are free and open to the public. Refreshments are served.
On Dec. 6, local photographer and scuba diver Art Sutch will discuss “Photography of Sea Creatures.”
On Jan. 3, Jim Adams, the Alaska Regional Director of National Parks Conservation Association, will give a talk called “U.S. Park Service.”
On Feb. 7, naturalist, researcher and author Richard Carstensen will present “Wildlife and Wild Lands: New Views.”
On March 7, in the last Wildlife Wednesday presentation for the year, Link Olson, a curator of mammals and professor of biology at the University of Alaska museum, will present a talk titled “Alaska’s Mysterious Marmots in a Time of Change.”
