The NCWRC and NC State University is offering a public seminar on the American Oystercatcher a shore bird that is listed as a “Special Concerns Specie” in North Carolina.
RALEIGH, N.C. (Jan. 28, 2010) – The 2010 Fisheries and Wildlife Seminar series at the Centennial Campus Center for Wildlife Education begins Feb. 24 with a program on the American Oystercatcher, a shorebird that nests in coastal North Carolina.
The open-to-the-public seminars are a partnership between faculty and students in the Fisheries and Wildlife Sciences Program at N.C. State University and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission biologists, managers and educators.
Dr. Ted Simons, a biology and forestry professor at NCSU, will present “Fifteen Years of American Oystercatcher Research on the Outer Banks of North Carolina – Focal Species Management in a Dynamic Environment.” He will discuss recent evidence of declines in American Oystercatcher populations in several states, which is raising concern over its status. In North Carolina, the bird is listed as a Special Concern Species.
The free program starts at 4 p.m. A networking session with free refreshments precedes the event at 3:30 p.m.
I’ve been to a number of these public seminars and they are pretty informative. They are usually pretty well attended so be on time to get a seat.
