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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.
Click here to View ALL of our 2024 First Saturday Seminars!
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
July 2024 – No Seminar
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
November 2024 – No Seminar
December 2024 – The Benefits of a Plant Based Alkaline Diet in an Age of Raised Toxicity by Lucas McLawhorn and “A Well Fed Education” film directed and produced by Jesse Bradley, Kind of Cool Productions (not publicly available)
Click here to View ALL of our 2023 First Saturday Seminars!
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
October 2023 – Cracking Open the History and Science of Oyster Shells by Dr. Beth Darrow
December 2023 – The CFPUA Experience by Kenneth Waldroup
Click here to View ALL of our 2022 First Saturday Seminars!
February 2022 – Cape Fear River Lock & Dam #1 Update Presented by Dawn York
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
Click here to View ALL of our 2021 First Saturday Seminars!
April 2021- Climate Change Impacts in the Cape Fear Region, Presented by Warren Darrell
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
November 2021 – Gullah Geechee Heritage Trail, Presented by Brayton Willis of Brunswick County NAACP
Click Here to View ALL of our 2020 First Saturday Seminars!
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Cape Fear River Watch | 617 Surry Street | Wilmington, NC 28401 | Phone: 910.762.5606
