Is your community group in need of a speaker for your next meeting? Are your members interested in plants, animals, and natural history in Rhode Island? If so, then the Rhode Island Natural History Speakers Bureau has just what you’re looking for. Take a look at the wide variety of presentation topics below, and then contact Todd McLeish at (401)874-7892 or tmcleish@uri.edu to schedule a speaker.
Plants:
- Autumn Leaves: The Hunt for Red October
- Wild Flowers of Rhode Island
- Invasive Plants: What’s the Big Deal?
- Rhode Island’s Rare and Endangered Plants
- Guests, Pests, and Stowaways: Introduced Plants of New England
- New England Native American Herb Lore
- Creating a Backyard Habitat for Wildlife
- Plants in Winter: Adaptations for a New England Winter
- Coastal Plants of the Atlantic Seaboard
- Orchids of Rhode Island
- Bogs and Bog Gardening
Animals:
- Owls in Rhode Island
- Backyard Birds
- Rhode Island Wildfowl
- Nesting Birds
- Dragons and Damsels: Odonates of Rhode Island
- Butterflies of Rhode Island
- Tiger Beetles
- Bats and their Bum Rap: The True Story of these Amazing Mammals
- Endangered Species in Rhode Island
- The Most Disgusting Fish in the Sea
- Seals in Rhode Island
- Right Whales
- New England Sea Turtles
- Whales and Dolphins
Other topics:
- Coastal Geology
- Glaciers and Ice Ages
- Managing Rare Species
- Conservation Biology
