2/20, Thursday, 7:30pm.
Burke Museum hosted today's book event for
Pacific Flyway, organized its publisher
Sasquatch Books, co-sponsored by the
Center for Ecosystem Sentinels. Authors of the book (
Audrey DeLella Benedict - biologist and founder of Cloud Ridge Naturist, Dr. Geoffrey Hammerson - research zoologist for The Nature Conservancy and
NatureServe,
Dr. Robert Butler - ornithologist at Simon Fraser University, chair and co-founder of
Pacific Wildlife Foundation), along with wildlife and conservation photographer
Gerrit Vyn (a senior fellow at
Conservation Photographers) spoke and showed stunning photos of the book, videos and sounds of migrating birds from Arctic to Tierra del Fuego. This book and a few others were on sale in the lobby. Ecosystem Sentinels also had a table. One of the prime locations for birds is
Izembek NWR (thanks to eelgrass), which is now threatened by the possibility of excavation and road development. Another such place showcased in Vyn's video is
Yukon Delta NWR.
Doors opened at 6 p.m. A buffet dinner catered by Off the Rez Café. Beer and wine for purchase. Not enough seating area in the lobby. Quite a turn out.
I checked out the new museum before joining the crowd for food. Airy. Seems too much space, long hallways. Many locked rooms for research or education purpose. Large skeletons, one giant ground sloth, a mastodon, dinosaurs, and many fossils.
Doors opened at 6 p.m. A buffet dinner catered by Off the Rez Café. Beer and wine for purchase. Not enough seating area in the lobby. Quite a turn out.
I checked out the new museum before joining the crowd for food. Airy. Seems too much space, long hallways. Many locked rooms for research or education purpose. Large skeletons, one giant ground sloth, a mastodon, dinosaurs, and many fossils.
