[BSW] Tuesday 9/29 - Flora and Fauna of Patuxent Refuge and Beltsville Agricultural Center: The Looming Threat From a MAGLEV/Federal Plan

[KATHY BILTON]

Sam Droege will be speaking to MNPS via Zoom about the threat to the flora 
and fauna of Patuxent Refuge and Beltsville.

Here is the page where you can register:
https://mdflora.org/event-3998111

It is this Tuesday, the 29th (though it says the 27th on the page.)


Speaker: Sam Droege

Patuxent Wildlife Research Center (PWRC) and Beltsville Agriculture 
Research Center (BARC) lands constitute some of the most ecologically 
important in the mid-Atlantic and one of the most studied landscapes in 
the world. Siting of the high-speed superconducting magnetic levitation 
(SCMAGLEV) train threatens the destruction of 200 acres of those public 
properties for the creation of an industrial repair facility and storage 
yard. Sam Droege will focus on the rare plant communities and associated 
insects which are threatened by this industrial use of public lands.

Our speaker, wildlife biologist Sam Droege, has spent the last 40 years at 
Patuxent Wildlife Research Center, monitoring amphibian, insect, bird and 
other populations. His group maintains high resolution macro photographs 
at https://www.flickr.com/photos/usgsbiml/

The program will be presented online through Zoom, in webinar format. You 
will not be able to share your own audio or video with other participants, 
but you will be able to submit questions in writing during the program.

Registration is required. After you register, you will receive a 
registration confirmation email with a link to the Zoom program.

The program is free and open to the public.