OCTOBER 28, 6:45 pm, University Place Library meeting room

Join ABC in welcoming wildlife biologist Lora Leschner of the Pacific Coast Habitat Joint Venture (PCHJV), who will present, “Times are Changing: Creating the ideal environment for bird habitat and conservation in Washington, Oregon, California, Alaska, B.C., and Hawaii.” She will be discussing the role their organization plays in connecting people and groups to resources and funding.

Leschner has been a wildlife biologist for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and then the Regional Wildlife Program Manager for North Puget Sound Region. In the past, Lora worked with Marbled Murrelets and is featured prominently in the best-selling book on that subject, “Rare Bird,” by Maria Mudd Ruth. She also published a study she did on Rhinoceros Auklets breeding on Destruction Island. She received the Special Achievement Award from Pacific Seabird Group for these and many other studies she has done.

We are excited to hear about her work and about the PCHJV. For more info: www.pacificbirds.org.