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First Saturday Seminars

CFRW hosts a FREE Educational Seminar

by a guest lecturer the first Saturday of every month at Cape Fear River Watch’s office along the Cape Fear River, at 617 Surry Street.

Seminars cover a diverse variety of topics, including local history, local birds, geology, fisheries. We serve a FREE pancake breakfast at 8 am and the seminar starts at 9 am.

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January 2024 – Habitat & Environmental Monitoring in Lower Cape Fear Coastal Reserve Sites by Byron Toothman & Elizabeth Pinnix

February 2024 – Audubon North Carolina on the Cape Fear River by Lindsay Addison

March 2024 – Longleaf Pines, Venus Flytraps, and More in the Green Swamp by Roger Shew

April 2024 – CFRW Water Quality Program by Rob Clark

May 2024 – Greenfield Park Master Plan Overview by Amy Beatty

June 2024 – Ghost forests of Smith Creek: insights from tree rings and sediment cores by Dr. Monica Rother

August 2024 – Improving Recycling, Reducing Litter, and Beautifying NHC by Veda Lewin & David Ingram

September 2024 – Fear in the Water Film Screenings & PFAS Update by Dana Sargent

October 2024 – Catch the King Tide by Warren Darrell, Emily Mulvihill and Gabi Kinney

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January 2023 – Magnificent Rescue: Protecting Biodiversity at Ecosystem Scale Presented by Andy Wood

February 2023 – Bird Atlasing in NC Presented by John Carpenter

March 2023 – Oysters in New Hanover County by James Hargrove

April 2023 – Salinity, Sea Level Rise, & the Oceans by Dr. Fred Bingham

May 2023 – Building a Better Food System by Krissy Kasserman

August 2023 – Bald Head Island Coyotes: How Predator Exclusion Cages, Which Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtle Nests, Act as a Visual Stimuli by Seanna Jobe

September 2023 – Introducing the Cape Fear Observatory: Bringing Long Term Avian Research to the Cape Fear Region by Evangelyn Buckland

October 2023 – Cracking Open the History and Science of Oyster Shells by Dr. Beth Darrow

December 2023 – The CFPUA Experience by Kenneth Waldroup

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February 2022 – Cape Fear River Lock & Dam #1 Update Presented by Dawn York

March 2022 – Contaminants in Cape Fear River Fish Presented by Dr. Mozhgon Rajaee, Dr. Abbey Joyce, Veronica Carter, Chef Dean Neff, and Chiara Klein

April 2022 – Energy Trends & Issues in NC and the Role of Offshore Wind Presented by Roger Shew

May 2022 – The Plastic Pandemic by Rob Clark and Audrey Dunn

Sept 2022 – A Brief History of Greenfield Lake

Nov 2022 – Restoring Wilmington’s Waterways Through Stormwater Solutions

Dec 2022 – From Mountains to Sea: An Adventure in Plant Communities

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February 2021 – Eagles Island Update: A Few Issues, Island Treasures and Possibilities, Presented by Roger Shew

March 2021- Implications and Applications of Growing Organically, Presented by Kyle Stenersen of Humble Roots Farm

April 2021- Climate Change Impacts in the Cape Fear Region, Presented by Warren Darrell

May 2021- A Report on PFAS, Presented by Cape Fear River Watch and Special Guests: Toxicologist Dr. Jamie DeWitt, Clean Cape Fear’s Emily Donovan, Haw Riverkeeper Emily Sutton, NC Black Alliance’s La’Meshia Whittington, and filmmaker Elijah Yetter-Bowman

June 2021- Save Our Seas Save Ourselves , Presented by Bonnie Monteleone of Plastic Ocean Project

August 2021 – Angler’s Willingness to Pay for Recreational Catch Improvements in the Cape Fear River

October 2021 – Recent Trends in Solid Waste Management, Presented by Joe Suleyman of New Hanover County Waste Management

November 2021 – Gullah Geechee Heritage Trail, Presented by Brayton Willis of Brunswick County NAACP

December 2021 – Team Effort to Clean Up Greenfield Lake, Presented by Dr. Michael Mallin, Dr. Larry Cahoon, Amber Ellis, Allison Bryan, & Dana Sargent

Click Here to View ALL of our 2020 First Saturday Seminars!

January 2020 – Wilmington Climate and Weather, Presented by NOAA’s Richard Neuherz and Tim Armstrong

February 2020 – American Oystercatchers: Nature’s Shuckers – Presented by Audubon NC’s Lindsay Addison

March 2020 – By Air and By Sea: Defending the Environment in Coastal North Carolina, Presented by NC Sierra Club’s Erin Carey

April 2020 – Effects of PFAS on Aquatic Life in the Cape Fear Basin, Presented by Madi Polera, NC State University

May 2020 – Factory Farming, Presented by Cape Fear Riverkeeper Kemp Burdette

June 2020- What’s Happening with the GenX Exposure Study?, Presented by Dr. Jane Hoppin, NC State University

August 2020 – Stormwater Mitigation in the Cape Fear Basin, Presented by Dr. Bill Hunt, NC State University

September 2020- North Carolina: Ground Zero for the Environmental Justice Movement and Implications for Change, Presented by Sherri White-Williams, NC Conservation Network

October 2020- Sustainable Landscapes, Presented by Lloyd Singleton, N.C. Cooperative Extension New Hanover County

November 2020- Burnt Mill Creek-Story of an Urban Steam, Presented by Amy McLane

December 2020-Designing the Home Garden for Habitat Beauty and Climate Change, Presented by Kate Cardamone

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