Throughout the year, LLNF hosts virtual presentations through our Science Pub series, Community Science Workshops, and talks given in collaboration with other organizations and partners.


To view a program, click on the photo above each title.

Presentations listed here are our most recently held programs.

A full archive of videos is available on our YouTube Channel.

 

COASTAL ECOLOGY OF NANTUCKET

A presentation from Drs. Sarah Bois and Jen Karberg for the Winter Climate Change Summit exploring coastal habitats on Nantucket

Wild Stories from Bird Migration Research

A Science Pub presentation with author Rebecca Heisman discussing the challenges and innovative research methods in bird migration

 

Stewardship of xeric habitats for Rare pollinators

A Science Pub presentation with Elizabeth Crisfield highlighting a regional project studying management of xeric (dry) habitats

State of Climate Change on Nantucket

A presentation from Drs. Sarah Bois and Jen Karberg as part of the Winter Climate Change Summit exploring impacts to Nantucket, current and planned adaptation projects

Invasive Pine Management to Restore GrasslandS

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Sarah Treanor Bois highlighting 5 years of active management on the LLNF property

TRIBAL NATIONS & INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES: CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION

A Science Pub presentation with Casey Thornbrugh, PhD on how climate change is impacting Indigenous communities and examples of adaptation projects

PROFILES: Kitty Pochman

Charley Walters interviews Executive Director Kitty Pochman

Southern Pine Beetles and Massachusetts’ Forests

A Science Pub presentation with Nicole Keleher of MA Dept. of Conservation and Rec. on this destructive invasive insect

They have tails: Striped Bass

A Science Pub presentation with Ben Gahagan of MA Dept. of Marine Fisheries on applying migration research to management

Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI)

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Wendy Puryear of Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine

Pollinator Conservation and Community Science

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Gretchen Le Buhn of the Great Sunflower Project

 

Mapping Invasive Species

A Community Science Workshop on using tools to identify and record observations of invasive species

The World’s Most Misunderstood Bird

A Science Pub presentation with author and cartoonist Rosemary Mosco on the fascinating biology of the unloved Rock Pigeon

Tracking Phenology

A Community Science Workshop on collecting and sharing phenological data. Phenology is the study of nature’s timing and how it relates to climate.

 

Decolonizing Botany

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Banu Subramaniam on the ways gender, race and class shape botany as a field

Exploring With iNaturalist

A virtual workshop on using iNaturalist to identify and record observations made in nature

Developing Treatments for Lyme Disease

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Kim Lewis of Northeastern University

 

Learn to eBird

A virtual workshop on the longest-running Community Science platform to record bird sightings and view data from across the world

History and Genetics of Nantucket’s White-tailed Deer

A Science Pub presentation with Dr. Richard Beckwitt of Framingham State University

Winter Warmth with the New England Botanical Club

Dr. Sarah Bois joins a panel of speakers for the NEBC to share updates on our research and work on the invasive plant Scotch Broom.