Loving Where You Live: A Watershed Walk with Naturalist Tom Southard
ONSITE | Friday, July 1, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Instructor: Tom Southard
$35 Non-member Adult**
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Certificate Credit: BRN Elective
Course Capacity: 15
How does a healthy stream works and why is it important to the health of an entire ecosystem? A volunteer stream monitor for sites in the French Broad River Basin and at the Arboretum, Naturalist Tom Southard brings his extensive background in stream assessment, aquatic ecology education and stream habitat restoration to inform this walk along Bent Creek. You'll gain an awareness of our little creek's belonging in a larger watershed flowing all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and you'll come away with a better understanding of the importance of observing and conserving the health of our region's creeks, streams and rivers.
Tom Southard has a degree in plant science and forestry from Rugers University. Prior to moving to the mountains in 2010, he worked extensively in stream assessment, aquatic ecology education and stream habitat restoration with the South Branch Watershed Association based in Flemington, N.J. He is also a volunteer stream monitor for sites in the French Broad River Basin and at the Arboretum.
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