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NOVEMBER MONTHLY PROGRAM
Wild Philly: the Extraordinary Nature of Our Backyard
Mike Weilbacher
Friday, November 17, 2023, 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
America’s sixth largest city is home to an amazing abundance of surprising wildlife: the peregrine falcon, the fastest animal on earth; the coyote, a recent immigrant to Wild Philly; the beaver, once vanished and now making an astonishing comeback; and more. In an illustrated lecture presented by naturalist Mike Weilbacher, author of the new book Wild Philly, you’ll meet some of the region’s featured creatures plus the best places to walk to meet the full diversity of Philadelphia wildlife. Mike shares the natural, cultural, and even geological history of the region, presents a new vision for how the Lenape lived on the land, and even addresses climate change, our most pressing issue. In addition, he’ll answer your questions about nature in the region. It’s the perfect companion to Mike’s book, which will be sold after the lecture-- and makes a great holiday present for your family’s nature lovers.
Writer-naturalist Mike Weilbacher is an environmental educator with 40 years of experience teaching through lectures, walks, newspaper essays, theatrical performances, and radio. Timber Press has released his first book, Wild Philly. It features 29 nature walks you and your family can take in the region, plus tons of additional information about nature and the environment.
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