Noah Strycker presents The Chinstrap Penguins of Elephant Island: From Endurance to Esperanza, Tuesday, September 28 at 7pm
Posted on Wednesday, September 22nd, 2021
Zoom and/or In-Person
Please join us via Zoom:
https://uoregon.zoom.us/j/98221702197?pwd=QzFpTU9lVEhuRERPa3ZUZlhhTHZqUT09
Meeting ID: 982 2170 2197
Passcode: 844830
In Person: Room 100 Willamette Hall, UO Campus
There will be limited capacity seating for those who wish to attend in person. Participants must be masked at all times when indoors as well as outdoors on the UO campus when distancing cannot be maintained. Proof of vaccination or current UO ID is required for admission into the classroom.
Doors will open at 6:30. Noah will have books available for purchase.
Date:
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 - 7:00pm
Location:
Zoom and 100 Willamette Hall, UO campus, Eugene
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At the start of this year, a team of penguin scientists, including our own Noah Strycker, surveyed colonies in the Antartic. Noah will present our September program. This video produced by Greenpeace "
Along with many other critical environmental problems, water is becoming one of the most crucial and scarce resources we need for life on earth. September is typically the driest time of the year in Oregon, and water supplies had already been very low throughout the state. Having a supply of water in the dry season is critical for people, the garden, and wildlife. It is important to conserve water to stretch the supplies into this hot-dry time of the year. Our property is at 1,000-foot elevation in the SW hills of Eugene, and we are on a well for water. Our growing season starts a little later than in the Willamette Valley, but stretches into October or until the first frost.
We are pleased to share the news that the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife voted to uplist the Marbled Murrelet from threatened to endangered status under the state Endangered Species Act. It is our hope that this results in state plans and actions that will make a difference for this iconic bird.
September walks will continue with COVID safety precautions for the time being. Masks and distancing may still be required throughout walks, depending on evolving COVID-safety guidelines and the decisions of walk leaders. For the most current information on any of the Bird Walks listed below, visit the LCAS website the LCAS Facebook page, or email 
Antarctica’s windswept Elephant Island may be best known as the bleak refuge of British explorer Ernest Shackleton and his crew after they lost their ship Endurance in 1916. Today, the island is a stronghold for thousands of nesting Chinstrap Penguins.
When the COVID-19 virus completely shut down our in-person meetings in the spring of 2020, we turned to Zoom to get the programs out to you. What should we do moving forward? At the May LCAS Zoom meeting, a survey was taken and the results indicated that roughly half wanted to return to in-person meetings and the other half were hesitant about gathering in-person. The LCAS Board of Directors hopes to do both.