Summer Bat and Dragonfly Events!

[Gannon, Mary (DEM)]

Hello RIEEA community! 

I just wanted to share two fun and free learning opportunities this summer! We still have some space available for both events. 🙂  

Summer Bat Night

Bring the family to a DFW bat colony count! Sit back, relax, and learn about the conservation work being done to help these commonly misunderstood mammals. Enjoy kid-friendly crafts before the bats take to the night sky! Bring your own lawn chair and get comfortable as you count bats flying by. This program is FREE, but registration is required.

• Date: Thursday, June 18
• Time: 7:30 – 9 PM
• Location: Carolina Trout Hatchery, Richmond
• Age group: Ages 8 and up
• Cost: Free
• Registration: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/jWaWbAUc3E

Summer Dragon Hunt

In the swampy wilds of Rhode Island, there be dragons! Join DFW staff and special guests Virginia “Ginger” Brown and Nina Briggs on a summer "dragon hunt" in the Great Swamp! Learn all about dragonflies and damselflies, and how they wrote and illustrated the recently published Dragonflies and Damselflies of Rhode Island. Fun, free and full of discovery. Space is limited, and registration is required.

• Date: Thursday, July 11
• Time: 10 – 11:30 AM
• Location: Great Swamp Wildlife Management Area, West Kingston
• Age group: Ages 8 and up
• Cost: Free
• Registration: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/g/qBJcYJRygm

Mary Gannon Principal Biologist, Wildlife Outreach Coordinator

Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Division of Fish and Wildlife 277 Great Neck Road, West Kingston, RI 02892 401.782.3700 (office); 401.408.9547 (cell) mary....@dem.ri.gov (E) dem.ri.gov

 

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