2nd Thursday Science Talk at VMNH

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2nd Thursday Science Talk at VMNH

December 11, 2014

6:00p.m.-7:00p.m.

Virginia Museum of Natural History
21 Starling Avenue, Martinsville, VA 24112 

This event is free and open to the public

 The state fish of Virginia is the brook trout, a native species that requires cold waters.  In this presentation titled "Stream Temperatures as a Guide to Restoring Habitat for Virginia's State Fish," Dr. Thomas Benzing of James Madison University will describe his current research on water temperatures in Shenandoah Valley streams including the South River.  For the past seven years, Dr. Benzing has monitored and analyzed stream temperatures for the purpose of guiding collaborative efforts to restore trout habitat and manage a recreational fishery on the South River in Waynesboro and Augusta County. 

Website for VMNH here

Other Science Talks coming up:

January 8, 2015

Dr. Noel Boaz, President, Integrative Centers for 

Science and Medicine

February 11, 2015 (WEDNESDAY)

Live broadcast in the Lecture Hall of the Thomas Jefferson Awards taking place in Richmond.

March 12, 2015

Dr. Kaloyan Ivanov, VMNH Assistant Curator of Recent Invertebrates

April 9, 2015

Dr. Elizabeth Moore, VMNH Curator of Archaeology

May 14, 2015*

Dr. Nancy Moncrief, VMNH Curator of Mammalogy

*VMNH Members are invited to attend a reception following the final presentation on May 14 from 7 to 8 p.m. celebrating the completion of the 2014-2015 “2nd Thursday Science Talks.”  The reception will be held in the museum’s Harvest Foundation Hall of Ancient Life, and will provide an opportunity for VMNH Members to meet and interact with all presenters.

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