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Feb 15, 2017
February 15
Saving Houston’s Forest with Brandt Mannchen of the Forestry and Big Thicket Subcommittee of the Sierra Club Lonestar Chapter.
Saving Houston’s Birds with Sarah Flournoy, Bird-friendly Communities Program Manager and Richard Gibbons, Director of Conservation at the Houston Audubon Society.
$15 member / $30 nonmember per class
$55 member / $110 nonmember for whole series
Saving Planet Houston is a first of its kind course which explores local conservation efforts in a globalized context. The series will consist of three weekday evening classes and a Saturday field trip – sign up for a few classes or the whole series. Class participants will learn from local experts about the historic, current, and projected status of ecosystems and wildlife in the Greater Houston Region, discover the connections between local ecosystems and Houston's economic and cultural development, and explore how local groups are working to safeguard wildlife diversity.
www.houstonarboretum.org.