2024 Lyceum Lecture Series

Thursdays, March 14, March 21, & March 28

6:00 - 7:30 PM

Winthrop High School Auditorium

Join Kennebec Land Trust for our annual winter lecture series to learn more about Maine mammals and their habitats from the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife. KLT’s winter lectures are modeled on the early New England lyceums that began in 1826 in Massachusetts.

Email Marie at mring@tklt.org or call 207-377-2848 for more information.

Directions: From Route 41 in Winthrop, turn onto Rambler Way to the Winthrop High School. Once inside, follow the signs for the Performing Arts Center.

**New this year** The lectures will also be available on Zoom. For the best experience, we recommend attending in person, but please contact Marie at mring@tklt.org if you'd like the Zoom link.

Monitoring Maine’s Fisher and Marten Populations
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Shevenell Webb
Wildlife Biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

• What do we know about fisher and marten?

• How is MDIFW gathering information to strengthen the management of these species?

• What are some of the early results from the camera study?

  Deer in Maine, Past to Present
  Thursday, March 21, 2024

  
  Nathan Beiber
  Wildlife Biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

  •  History of deer in Maine from pre-colonial time to the present

  •  Current status of white-tailed deer in Maine

  • Data supporting the management of white-tailed deer

Bats of Maine
Thursday, March 28, 2024

Cory Stearns
Small Mammal Biologist, Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife

• Basic bat biology

•  MDIFW’s bat monitoring project and the status of Maine’s eight bat species

•  What landowners can do to benefit bats

All talks are free and open to the public. Sponsored by The Helen and George Ladd Family.

For more information contact Marie at mring@tklt.org or 207-377-2848

Photo: Fisher, Bree Furfey Vermont Fish and Wildlife