Montly Speaker Series
Past topics: Sea Star Wasting Disease, Citizen Science Projects, Lichens and Bryophytes, Humboldt Flying Squirrel, The Art of Wildlife Tracking, the Golden Age of Dinosaurs, Marine Mammals, the Real Mars, and more!
Spring 2025
Monday, March 24th, 2025, from 5:30–7:00 p.m.
Dr. Lori Dengler presents What Happened December 5th? Investigating the Tsunami Threat from the M7.0 Mendocino Fault Earthquake
Fall 2024
Friday, November 8 at 6:30pm in the Natural History Museum Classroom (just behind the museum)
Maria Morrow presents: Early Season Mushrooms of Coastal Humboldt
Friday, December 13th , 2024 6:30-8pm
Dr. Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler presents From Frogs & Bacteria to DNA: A musical Science Journey
Spring 2024
Thursday, March 28 at 6:30pm in the Natural History Museum Classroom (just behind the museum)
Steven Krause presents: Discover What's Happening at Redwood National and State Parks!
Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 in the Natural History Museum Classroom (just behind the museum)
Robert Fernau presents: Klamath's Mountain Butterfly Diversity
Fall 2022
Thursday, October 20
Mark Bailey presents "The Klamath Mountains: A Geologic Journey Through Time"
Spring 2022
Thurs. March 3
Drs. Barbara Clucas and Micaela Gunther "Flying squirrels and coastal martens: learning about our less common forest neighbors"
Fall 2021 Lecture Series Online
Fri. Oct. 15
Elliott Dabill "Questions to Ask Dinosaurs" click to watch a recording of the presentation.
Spring 2020 Lecture Series
Fri. Jan. 31
Phil Johnston "Wildlife Tracking: Learning the Original Science and Why it Matters".
Thurs. Feb. 13
Joe Tyburczy "Early Results from the Humboldt Ocean Carbon Observatory - ocean acidification, eel grass, and how they interact in Humboldt Bay"
Thurs. Mar. 5
Marie Antoine: "Lichens and Bryophytes- adventures into the microcosm"
Thurs. Apr. 9
[Cancelled] Barbara Clucas "Human-Wildlife Interactions and How we Value Wildlife
Spring 2019 Lecture Series
Feb 7
Gretchen Ziegler Sequoia Park Zoo: "How a Little Zoo Can Make a Big Difference"
Mar 7
Sean Craig "Marine Protected Areas Along the Northern California Coast"
Apr 18
Jeffrey White, NHM Director Emeritus "NHM 30th Anniversary: Nature, Learning, and Museums"
May 3
Dawn Goley "Marine Mammals Ashore and At Sea"
June 7
Phil Johnston "Wildlife Tracking: Becoming Literate in the Language of the Wild & Preserving An Ancient Skill"
Fall 2019 Lectures
Oct. 17
John DeMartini "Delving into the Lives of Clams"
Dec. 5
Michael Kauffmann "Conifers Country: 2019 Updates from the Field"
