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Bringing Back the Legend: Cougar Recovery in Eastern North America 9/13/2010

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The search for the eastern cougar is one of the great riddles in North American natural history. Despite thousands of cougar sightings from Maine to Mississippi, only a dozen confirmations have emerged east of Chicago during the past generation.

Our guest speaker, Christopher Spatz, has run remote camera surveys at High Point State Park, NJ and in the Shawangunks at Minnewaska State Park Preserve. Reviewing survey findings and field investigations with cougar biology, behavior and their current range dispersal, Chris will explain why sightings don’t produce evidence, and how restorations of this magnificent predator are imperative for the recovery of critically declining eastern forests.

Chris was elected to the Eastern Cougar Foundation's Board of Directors (ECF) in 2007 and became the ECF's third president in 2008. His natural history essays have appeared in Half Moon Review, Shawangunk Watch and on WAMC, the NPR affiliate in Albany, NY.

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No Charge

Guest Ticket Price:

$20

Student Ticket Price:

$5 w/ ID

Reservation Notes:

Payment must accompany reservation. Tickets are secured only when a credit card is provided at the time the reservation is made. Reservations made without a credit card are not secured and tickets will be forfeited by 6:50pm the evening of the lecture.

Reservations are suggested on a first-come, first-served basis. Please call 212-628-8383, Fax 212-288-4449, or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)