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CONSERVANCY CALENDAR 2021
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JUNE
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JUNE
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021
Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Megalodon
12 – 1 pm, Zoom
Diver Doug Duch of Savannah discusses the
giant sharks that terrorized the ancient oceans
and the fossils of megalodons that he has
discovered in the rivers around us.
Click on the following link (or copy and paste
into your browser) to watch through zoom
webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/
register/WN_P2yThuuIQ7GoT7_6Lhd9ew
THURSDAY, JUNE 3, 2021
Explore PBC: Marsh Ecology FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 2021
9 – 11 am, Meet at Conservancy Classroom Volunteer Day: Pollinator Garden
What lives in the salt marsh? Come find out 9 – 10:30 am, Meet at Conservancy Classroom
as we stroll along the marsh edge to Moreland Do you need volunteer hours or just want to get
Landing and discuss the ecology of the marsh. your hands dirty? Aaron Palmieri, Conservancy
Once at the landing, we will check crab traps, Educator, will be spending the morning tending
throw cast nets, and search for critters under to the pollinator garden in Moreland Village. We
the Moreland Dock! Face masks, closed-toe will be weeding the garden beds and checking
shoes, and long pants required. Max Capacity: 8 if any plants need some TLC. Face masks,
people.Complimentary; Reservations required. gardening gloves, closed-toe shoes, and long
pants required. Complimentary; Reservations
required.
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 9, 2021
Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Horseshoe Crabs
12 – 1 pm, Zoom
Dawn Brut is the Curator of Education at
the Coastal Discovery Museum where she
coordinates and leads educational experiences
focused on the Lowcountry. Dive in with us
as we explore the life cycle and adaptations
of horseshoe crabs, an intriguing and
misunderstood living fossil.
Click on the following link (or copy and paste
into your browser) to watch through zoom
webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/
register/WN_R629GveqTTOGcYeNvB3gDQ
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THURSDAY, JUNE 17, 2021 FRIDAY, JUNE 18, 2021
Nightjar Surveys: Headwaters to Moreland Nightjar Surveys: Headwaters to Moreland
8:30 – 10:30 pm, Meet at Conservancy 8:30 – 10:30 pm, Meet at Conservancy
Classroom Classroom
Nightjar populations are believed to be Nightjar populations are believed to be
declining, but until recently there had not been declining, but until recently there had not been
an extensive effort to monitor their populations. an extensive effort to monitor their populations.
The Center for Conservation Biology resolved The Center for Conservation Biology resolved
this by initiating the Nightjar Survey Network, this by initiating the Nightjar Survey Network,
a citizen science program that documents and a citizen science program that documents and
monitors the nightjar populations in North monitors the nightjar populations in North
America. Join the Conservancy as we survey America. Join the Conservancy as we survey
these elusive birds at Palmetto Bluff to aid in these elusive birds at Palmetto Bluff to aid in
the Network’s efforts. Face masks, head lamps, the Network’s efforts. Face masks, head lamps,
closed-toe shoes, and long pants required. closed-toe shoes, and long pants required.
Max Capacity: 6 people. Complimentary; Max Capacity: 6 people. Complimentary;
Reservations required. Reservations required.
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 2021 THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 2021
Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Elucidating Oyster Junior Naturalists: Squirrels, Bats, and Deer.
Reef Biodiversity with Environmental DNA Oh My!
12 – 1 pm, Zoom 8 am – 12 pm, Meet at Conservancy Classroom
Oyster reefs are crucial to the health of Hey junior naturalists! Are you ready to run, hop
Lowcountry salt marshes and create complex, and fly into the world of mammals? Join our
three-dimensional shelter for large and small educational program as we search rodent traps,
organisms. It is often difficult to document all look at the chompers on mammal skulls, play
the creatures that use this habitat, but through some squirrely games, and more! Face masks,
environmental DNA (eDNA) we can reveal the closed-toe shoes, and rubber boots required.
true diversity of organisms living on an oyster (Ages 6 -12.) Max Capacity: 10 junior naturalists.
reef. Dr. Mercer Brugler, Associate Professor $100/person; Reservations required
at USCB, will explain how eDNA can show
changes in species composition on reefs based FRIDAY, JUNE 25, 2021
on whether they are harvested, where they are Junior Naturalists: Wings & Blooms
located within a river, and as reefs age. 8 am – 12 pm, Meet at Conservancy Classroom
Hey junior naturalists! Who’s ready to soar into
Click on the following link (or copy and paste the world of birds and plants? We will check out
into your browser) to watch through zoom the wide array of bird beaks, buzz around like
webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/ hummingbirds, and grow like a weed during this
register/WN_OH5MfrmhRoyluniFJNLB9w fruitful and educational day. (Ages 6 -12.) Max
Capacity: 10 junior naturalists.
$100/person; Reservations required
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30,2021
Virtual Brown Bag Lunch: Sharks of SC
12 – 1 pm, Zoom
Bryan Frazier is a Marine Biologist for the South
Carolina Department of Natural Resources and
studies shark populations along the Carolina
coast. Join us in taking a dive into the life
history of sharks, learn what species are here,
and how researchers study these elegant and
powerful creatures.
Click on the following link (or copy and paste
into your browser) to watch through zoom
webinar: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/
register/WN_rkbGFzr-RyWabJRVw5SoyA
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