Oregon Birding Association (OBA) and Washington Ornithological Society (WOS)
are thrilled to announce the keynote speaker for our joint VIRTUAL 2020 annual
meeting. We are fortunate to have engaged master teacher, birder and writer
Dr. J. Drew Lanham, Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology at Clemson
University. A former American Birding Association (ABA) Board member, Lanham
has written for many publications including Orion and Audubon magazines and The
New York Times, and is a published poet. His book The Home Place: Memoirs of a
Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature won the 2017 Southern Book Prize. His
research focuses on songbird ecology, as well as the African-American role in
natural resources conservation. J. Drew Lanham was interviewed by OBA member
Noah Stryker for the April 2020 issue of Birding magazine.
https://www.aba.org/lanham-interview/ ;
Dr. Lanham’s presentation, entitled “Coloring the Conservation Conversation,”
will begin at 5 pm PST on Saturday, September 12, 2020. This virtual talk will
be recorded and available for a limited time to members who are unable to join
us on September 12. Following a short dinner break, the OBA annual business
meeting will start at 7 pm the same night. There will be no charge for the
meeting this year.
Approximately a week prior to the meeting, “zoom link“ information for joinIng
the meeting will be sent to current OBA and WOS members. (It will not be posted
on OBOL). Now is the time to join or to renew your membership, and to be sure
that your contact information is up to date. You don’t want to miss the chance
to hear J. Drew Lanham speak!
OBA president-elect Sarah Swanson will moderate a question and answer session
following the keynote address. Questions may be submitted now via the OBA
website, using the “Contact us” button. See
https://oregonbirding.org/contact-oba/ ;
During the talk, questions may be submitted via the chat function.
For more information on joining OBA or renewing membership, contact OBA at
https://oregonbirding.org/ ;
or WOS at
https://wos.org/
Kathy Krall on behalf of OBA
