Presented by Wetlands Park Friends & Clark County Parks & Recreation
Wetlands in the Summer: An Evening Lecture Series is a free program. No advance registration is required. All ages are welcome; content is geared towards adults. Light refreshments.
Lecture: The Amazing Geology of Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens (and why this area needs a higher level of protection)
Speaker: Dr. Stephen Rowland is a professor emeritus, UNLV Dept. of Geology
Wednesday, June 12
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Just beyond the Park’s northeast boundary lie Frenchman Mountain and Rainbow Gardens. This area holds many of the answers to Southern Nevada’s unique history from a geological standpoint. As our region’s urban sprawl continues, Dr. Roland will provide a compelling discussion as to why we need to protect these treasures.
Speaker Dr. Stephen Rowland
Dr. Stephen Rowland is a professor emeritus in the Department of Geology. He received his Ph.D. at the University of California, Santa Cruz, in 1978. Professor Rowland's primary studies are in the areas of paleontology, paleoecology, stratigraphy, and the history of geology.
Lecture: Outstanding Hikes in Southern Nevada
Speaker: Jim Boone, naturalist and educator, and creator of BirdandHike.com
Wednesday, July 17
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Southern Nevada is a mecca for incredible hikes throughout the seasons, offering rich geologic, biological, and cultural experiences for those who choose to “follow the trail or no trail at all.”
Speaker Jim Boone
An outdoorsman since before birth, Jim camped and backpacked throughout the western US with family and friends. Jim worked 12 seasons in western National Parks and attended Humboldt State University (B.S. in Wildlife Management, 1987) and the University of Georgia (M.S. in Forest Resources; Ph.D. in Ecology, 1995). Arriving in Las Vegas in 1995, Jim did ecological research on the Nevada Test Site, spending 11 years with the Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Project. In 2002, he began building BirdAndHike.com, a website that helps people to find peace and
solitude in wild places and there by gains public support for protecting these places for future generations. In 2006 Jim started an environmental consulting company primarily engaged in desert tortoise surveys and enforcing environmental laws on construction sites. Now retired, Jim and Liz hike, camp, watch birds, work on the website, knock down abandoned birdkilling mining claim markers, and agitate for land conservation issues.
Lecture: The Diversity and Function of Butterfly and Moth Color Patterns
Speaker: Dr. Richard Gawne, Curator of Natural History, the Nevada State Museum, LV
Wednesday, August 7
6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Dr. Gawne will provide answers to these and other questions: How have butterflies and moths evolved throughout the ages? How have color and patterns on the wings of these insects impacted the world around them? He will tie his presentation into our local environment.
Speaker Dr. Richard Gawne
Dr. Richard “Rick” Gawne is Curator of Natural History for the Nevada State Museum. He is an entomologist who works in the field of evolutionary developmental biology. Richard completed his Ph.D. at Duke University, and subsequently held postdoctoral positions at the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research (Vienna, Austria), and Tufts University (Boston, USA). In addition, he has been a visitor at several national and international institutions. This includes a Fulbright fellowship awarded to study at the University of Copenhagen’s Center for Social Evolution, and a stay at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.
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