12/13/2018
Members’ Night | BBAS Christmas Party
Meeting will be held 6—9 PM at McFarland Park conservation center
(56461 180th St., Ames, IA). Please bring a food item to share
(cookies, candy, chips, crackers, meat, cheese, etc.) and either a
bag of bird food to donate to Story County Conservation or a cash
donation. Rent to use the center is waived for us, so we try to repay
their generosity with bird food donations for their many feeders.
Anyone wanting to share their photos of birds or nature in
general (natural scenes only, please), load your pictures on a USB
thumb drive, and bring it with you. But please, no more than 20
photos to avoid too long an evening when we must clean up and
leave the center by 9 PM.
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1/17/2019
Ty Smedes ǀ Climate for Change
As we experience exploding expansion in human population and
rapidly increasing pressure on maintaining habitat, the planet, and
animal communities that make up our planet's ecosystems are
under siege. Along with covering Iowa's natural history, outdoor
writer/photographer Ty Smedes will share his adventures to the
jungles of South America, the savannas of Africa and the high
mountain stronghold of New Guinea's fabled Birds of Paradise. Ty's
slide presentation and lecture will help us discover many spectacular
species of wildlife and explore some of our planet's most wild
places. He will discuss challenges faced by many of these creatures,
highlight several local and global success stories, and consider the
need for environmental sustainability during the 21st century.
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