Mark your calendars for the following upcoming events.
11/21/2024
Nolan Sagan, Topic: Ames Climate Change Action Plan: An Overview
<p>This presentation will focus on the progress made to date on the City's Climate Action Plan. It will start with a brief overview of the Plan including goals and vision for the future. It will then dive into the details of what is happening in sustainability and climate action in the City right now. The 10-year pollinator plan and its relation to climate action will also be discussed.</p>
<p>Nolan Sagan is Sustainability Coordinator, at the Ames City Manager’s Office. Since 2019, Sagan worked as a Sustainability & Asset Specialist with Spire Energy, a natural gas provider to 1.7 million customers in Missouri, Alabama, and Mississippi. Sagan earned a bachelor’s degree in environmental science from University of Northern Iowa and a master’s degree in environmental geology from University of Kansas. The Sustainability Coordinator now serves as a resource for all departments to ensure work aligns with sustainability goals and strategic direction.</p>
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11/23/2024
Hendrickson Marsh Field Trip
Hendrickson Marsh (Meet at boat ramp, travel east on Highway 30, go south on
740th Ave approx 5 miles), 8:00 am
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12/14/2024
Ames Christmas Bird Count
Ames Christmas Bird Count, Time & location TBA
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12/19/2024
Christmas Party
Going forward BBAS will have its December meetings at the same time (6:30
p.m. business meeting, 7:00 p.m. for the program) as we do for the other
meetings. .......... We are also switching our venue of the December meeting to the
Ames public library. We will no longer have our December meeting at McFarland
Park, beginning in December of 2024. .......... December meetings will now be
the 3rd Thursday of the month, the same as the other monthly meetings are
scheduled. The change allows for consistency and avoids any confusion that
may arise from having a December meeting that occurs at a different time,
date, and location from the other BBAS meetings.
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1/16/2025
Carl Kurtz. Topic: Prairie Birds
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2/20/2025
Tyler Kelly. Topic: Story County Conservation’s American Kestrel
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3/20/2025
Rich Leopold. Topic: Brenton Slough
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4/17/2025
LoraKim Joyner. Topic: Transformative Parrot Conservation: Parrot Conservation in the Americas
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5/15/2025
Karen Hinkle and Hank Zalatel. Topic: Birding in Belize
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