Category: University Of Akron

Speaker Series - Unveiling the Lives of Seabirds Using Stable Isotopes

10/3/2017

Dr. Anne Wiley, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, University of Akron

You are what you eat. Dr. Wiley’s research looks at the role seabirds play in food webs, how these food webs are shifting, and the challenges of competition and reproduction with changing food webs.

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Speaker Series February 7, 2017- Bumblebees of Ohio and the Great Lakes with Dr. Randall J. Mitchell, Professor of Biology, University of Akron

2/7/2017

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Dr. Randall Mitchell, from the University of Akron, will share with us bumble bee identification and how habitat management can help bumble bees in the program, "Bumblebees of Ohio and the Great Lakes".

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86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks 2019

Join us as we watch migratory birds return or travel through our area towards their summer breeding grounds during the 86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks. Celebrate one of the oldest citizen science partnerships with a total of 6,160 Spring Bird Walk checklists entered into eBird, dating back to 1955! Locations PDF

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NEO Sierra Club members Kathy Schaefer, Urban Issues Committee, and Fran Mentch, Activist, Co-Chair, Water Committee, participate in the Jan 2019 WCAS Conservation Project Lab, Bethany Presbyterian Church, Cleveland, OH, Gordon Square Arts District.

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Speaker Series - Unveiling the Lives of Seabirds Using Stable Isotopes

Speaker Series February 7, 2017- Bumblebees of Ohio and the Great Lakes with Dr. Randall J. Mitchell, Professor of Biology, University of Akron

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​86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks 2019

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WCAS Project Lab

Quarterly Newsletter

Volunteer Positions 2019

Membership Form

WCAS Speaker Series 2018-2019 Trifold

Business Sponsors & Contributors

WCAS Volunteers

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86th Annual Series of Spring Bird Walks 2019