Student Life Center, Twin Lights Room
Parking lot #7 to Student Life Center
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Speaker: Dr. Lawrence Niles, Biologst/Owner, Wildlife Restoration Partnerships

Dr. Lawrence Niles will describe his company’s work on shorebird conservation, with a focus on endangered Red Knots.  He will also explain how innovative beach and marsh restoration projects can provide protection against the negative impacts of climate change.

Dr. Niles worked for the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, first as a biologist and then as chief of the Endangered and Nongame Species Program where he led the Bald Eagle Recovery Project and the Delaware Bay Shorebird Project. In 2006, Dr. Niles started Wildlife Restoration Partnerships to focus on shorebird ecology and habitat conservation. Nearly all of Wildlife Restoration Partnerships projects are funded by federal and state wildlife agencies and foundations and are carried out in partnership with many groups, including the American Littoral Society, Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ, NJ Audubon Society and Defenders of Wildlife. Dr. Niles is a member of the National Shorebird Council, the Executive Board of the Western Hemisphere Shorebird Reserve Network. and the Adaptive Resource Management Committee of the Atlantic States Marine Fish Commission.

*Doors open at 6:30 p.m.; Lecture begins at 6:45 p.m.

Science Mondays is a collaborative effort between the Jersey Shore Sierra Club and Brookdale Community College Science Clubs

Meetings are free and open to the public. Light refreshments at 6:30p.m.