Monthly Meeting

WILDLIFE & GARDEN KEEPERS

MEETING/PROGRAM; NOVEMBER 15, 2023

ANTLER ROOM, LAKE HOUSE

Larry Leamy will present a talk entitled "The SCCL Native Tree Identification Project" at our November meeting.  This project basically involved installing labels for about 50 native trees along the trails here in SCCL.  These labels show not only the names of the trees, but their importance to wildlife.  Larry will explain (1) how this idea originated as part of an effort by our Wildlife & Garden Keepers (originally Mums and Poppies) Club to achieve Community Wildlife Habitat Re-Certification for SCCL, (2) what preparation was necessary to locate trees and to secure funding as well as permission from various committees and the SCCL Board to pursue this project, and (3) how the actual installation of the labels was accomplished. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Larry is a retired Professor of Biology who has had a lifelong interest in all aspects of Nature, with a particular fondness for birds and trees.  He graduated with a Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Illinois and then joined the Biology Department at California State University at Long Beach. In 1988 he came to the University of North Carolina at Charlotte as Chairman of the Department of Biology.  He taught a number of courses such as Genetics, General Zoology, General Botany, and Biostatistics at both universities, and was also extensively involved in quantitative genetical research.  Larry and his wife Donna moved to Sun City Carolina Lakes in 2019 and have continued their interest in Nature. Larry is a Tree Ambassador for TreesCharlotte, serves on the Board of the Mecklenburg Audubon Society, and is the editor of the Wildlife & Garden Keeper's newsletter.