Winter Evenings

The Tunbridge Conservation Commission is excited to welcome three local experts to share their wisdom about various aspects of our local landscapes during the Winter Evenings series on three Fridays over the coming months. Each presentation begins at 7pm at the Tunbridge Public Library. All are welcome, refreshments are provided, and the events are free – donations graciously accepted!

“Understanding bats through their ecology”

Adam Kozlowski is a Data Manager and Biologist for the Inventory and Monitoring Program at the National Park Service. Adam will introduce us to the bat inhabitants of Vermont and New Hampshire, and share information about the fascinating ecology of bats with an emphasis on how they deal with winter. He will also share the important role they play in our natural and urbanized landscapes. During his presentation, Adam will walk through the basics of bat biology, physiology, evolution, and behavior to help us better understand the threats bats are facing, how bat populations are changing in response to these threats, and what can be done to protect these valuable residents co-inhabiting the land with us.

Adam Kozlowski grew up in the Finger Lakes region of central New York and earned a B.S. in Ecology and Systematics at Cornell University and an M.S. in Wildlife Sciences from Utah State University. Adam’s professional career has spanned a variety of topics and geographies: brown tree snake research in Guam, biological control of weeds research in Switzerland, wolf and deer interactions in northern Minnesota, bat monitoring in Nicaragua, and coastal bird inventories in western Mexico. Adam’s first 9 career years were spent working as a threatened and endangered species biologist for Utah’s Division of Wildlife Resources and now the last 17 years as a biologist with the Nation Park Service’s Inventory and Monitoring Program. In his free time Adam enjoys alternatively dismantling and then rebuilding his old house and caretaking the even older cemeteries in the small Vermont town he lives in.

For more information, contact Tunbridge Public Library at 802-889-9404 or email [email protected]