VIRTUAL COMMUNITY PRESENTATION: Local Extinctions: What Can We Do?

Details of how to link to this PRESENTATION ARE AFTER THIS INTRODUCTION.Susan Julian, Executive Director, North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy, Clarkston, MI, will present information about the role citizens can have in dealing with the extinction of local species. Susan Julian is an ecologist and educator who graduated from Antioch College where her instructor was Aldous Murie s son. After 2 ½ years teaching in the Peace Corps in Malaysia, she obtained a B.S. in Biology from Grand Valley State University. Susan’s career has always been as a volunteer tackling, among other things, refugee resettlement, Appalachian education, lobbying for a better Michigan drain code, and lobbying for better local school board policies. Susan served in a variety of roles at North Oakland Headwaters Land Conservancy in Clarkston since 2002 and is now the volunteer executive director/stewardship director. In addition to addressing the Poweshiek butterfly extinction and what it means for Michigan, Susan will highlight the narration she wrote for NOHLC s current video and land acquisition campaign, Big Help for a Little Butterfly, www.nohlc.org Program: 7-7:15 Announcements 7:15 - 8:00 PRESENTATION 8:00-8:15 Q & A This VIRTUAL PRESENTATION CAN BE ACCESSED AS FOLLOWS: https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/92958190268pwd=RTlnU2F1Z2R5U2lvc2dWZk5MSW9jUT09 [https://sierraclub.zoom.us/j/92958190268?pwd=RTlnU2F1Z2R5U2lvc2dWZk5MSW9jUT09] Meeting ID:[masked] Password:[masked] You can also join over the phone by dialing[masked] and entering meeting ID when prompted