BRCA Education & Outreach Event Schedule
2013
Tuesday, June 18th at 7:00 p.m.
“The Maine Warden Service”
Visiting ME Warden, Col. Joel Wilkinson
MLRC, 137 Main Street, Belgrade |
Join us with visiting warden, Col. Joel Wilkinson, and learn about the Maine Warden Service. |
Tuesday, June 25th at 7:00 p.m. “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods” Visiting Author, Drew Barton
MLRC, 137 Main Street, Belgrade |
Visiting Author, Drew Barton, a Biology Professor at the University of Maine at Farmington and Co-author “The Changing Nature of the Maine Woods” will join us at the MLRC on Tuesday, June 25th at 7 p.m.
(Part of the proceeds from the sale of his book at this event will go to BRCA) |
Tuesday, July 2nd at 7:00 p.m.
“GOLDIE, The Buoy” Presentation
MLRC, 137 Main Street, Belgrade |
Denise Bruesewitz and Whitney King, Colby College, will explain how the new “Goldie” buoy that Colby is deploying on Great Pond will assist Water Quality efforts in the Belgrade Lakes watershed, how the buoy will tie into GLEON, the global lakes research network (http://www.gleon.org/), and current trends. |
Saturday, July 6th at 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Maine Lakes Resource Center Galley
137 Main Street, Belgrade |
BRCA's 25th Anniversary OPEN HOUSE & MEMBERSHIP APPRECIATION CELEBRATION |
Tuesday, July 9th at 7:00 p.m.
“Ticks and Lyme Disease” Lecture
MLRC, 137 Main Street, Belgrade |
“Ticks and Lyme Disease” Lecture with the medical director for Maine Lyme, Dr. Beatrice M. Szantyr is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American College of Physicians, and is board certified in both internal medicine and pediatrics. She currently participates on the State of Maine Vector-borne Disease Work Group, and is a member of the Maine Medical Association and the International Lyme and Associated Diseases Society (ILADS). Dr. Szantyr has lectured on Lyme disease and related tick-borne disorders, to professional and community groups throughout New England, and has given testimony before the Maine Legislature concerning Lyme disease in the State of Maine.
She will focus on awareness, risk factors, prevention and symptomology of the disease.Dr. Szantyr is a board certified internist and pediatrician who has spent several years researching & educating about Lyme disease in New England.She is a graduate of UCONN School of Medicine and St. Louis University Hospitals. |
Saturday, July 13th, 9 a.m.
Paddle Long Pond with
Robyn LeGrand
Pre-register required, 495-6039. |
Paddle Long Pond with
Robyn LeGrand
Pre-register required, 495-6039. |
Tuesday, July 16th at 7:00 p.m.
Green Infrastructure Lecture
MLRC, 137 Main Street, Belgrade |
LaMarr Clannon, NEMO program coordinator, works with state agencies, municipal officials and other groups to reduce the environmental impacts of development (http://www.mainenemo.org/). |
Wednesday, August 14th at Noon
Bi-annual Golf Tournament
Belgrade Lakes Golf Course
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Bi-annual Golf Tournament and Reception with live auction to follow at 4:00 p.m. with Auction |
Saturday, August 31st at 8 a.m.
5K Race for the Lakes |
Join us at Camp Runoia at the end of Point Road in Belgrade for our 6th annual 5K Race for the Lakes.
Race fee $15.00 before 8/23/2013 includes a race shirt and $18.00 on race day with no guarantee of a race shirt. |