Science Pub

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On April 26^th, the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council welcomes Cary Kerst, naturalist and co-author of the beautiful "Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon: A Field Guide," to Cottage Grove for our April 2016 Science Pub presentation. His talk entitled Dragonflies and Damselflies of Oregon will inform on these unique insects in whose ancestors were here before the dinosaurs, can live for five years, fly 35 miles per hour, and truly eat “on the fly.” Learn from an expert about the life history, habitats, and behavior of these fascinating insects along with a photographic introduction to the Oregon species.

Dragonflies and Damselflies comprise the insect order Odonata, and are some of the most beautiful of insects, rivaling butterflies and moths for their amazing colors and behaviors. Dragonflies flying abilities rival anything in nature and continue to be studied by scientists and aeronautical engineers to learn how they accomplish their incredible feats of flight. Come and discover more about Dragonflies and Damselflies in Oregon!

The Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council hosts a free monthly public meeting series called the Coast Fork Science Pub on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 5-7pm at the Axe & Fiddle, 657 E. Main Street in Cottage Grove. The event begins with informal socializing, trivia, prizes and updates about the watershed and watershed council during the first hour. Then our formal science pub presentation begins at 6pm. Participants are encouraged to support the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council by ordering food & drinks from 5-7:30pm, as 10% of the sales from evening sales will benefit the Watershed Council. The event is free and the public of all ages are welcome.

"Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain."                             -  Henry David Thoreau