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October 2021
A World on the Wing: The Global Odyssey of Migratory Birds
Even as scientists make astounding discoveries about the navigational and physiological feats that enable migratory birds to cross immense oceans or fly above the highest mountains, go weeks without sleep or remain in unbroken flight for months at a stretch, humans have brought many migrants to the brink of extinction. Based on his newest book "A World on the Wing," author and researcher Scott Weidensaul takes you around the globe-- with researchers in the lab probing the limits of what…
Find out more »November 2021
The Lenape and the Land
While so many of our place names-- Wissahickon, Manayunk-- are of Lenape origin, most of us know far too little about the region’s original people. During Native American Heritage Month, members of the Lenape Nation of Pennsylvania share their historic relationship to the land they called Lenapehoking. Living in large settlements, the Lenape practiced agriculture, growing the Three Sisters, hunted and harvested the bounty of the land, and significantly altered the composition of forests by the clever use of fire.…
Find out more »The Urban Forest: A Meigs Award Evening
Philadelphia has ambitious plans to plant thousands of trees across the city, mitigating climate change while addressing environmental justice. Learn about this plan while discussing trees with a panel of experts. In addition, Mindy Maslin, leader of the Tree Tenders program for almost 30 years, will be honored with the 16th annual Henry Meigs Environmental Leadership Award; Mindy has trained thousands of volunteers in tree planting while helping plant tens of thousands of trees across the city and beyond.
Find out more »March 2022
11th Annual Richard L. James Lecture: The American Chestnut: Restoring the “Perfect Tree”
We’re kicking off our Year of Restoration with our annual lecture named in honor of our founding director. The American chestnut was once a foundational tree in Pennsylvania forests, valued for its timber, and nuts, craved by wildlife of all kinds. But it was wiped out in the blink of an ecological eye when a devastating fungal disease killed the tree in only a few decades. Happily, researchers with The American Chestnut Foundation and affiliate groups have been working hard…
Find out more »Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »Thursday Night L!VE: Restoring Redknots, Horseshoe Crabs, and the Delaware Bay
In an extraordinary confluence of ecological timing, each May thousands of red knots, a small migratory sandpiper, land on Delaware Bay beaches, a key stopover on their 10,000-mile trip from South America to nesting sites in the Arctic circle. Famished and exhausted, knots arrive just when horseshoe crabs have hauled themselves onto those same beaches to lay their eggs, billions of fat-rich BB-sized eggs giving knots the energy they need to finish the trip. But in recent decades, knot populations…
Find out more »April 2022
Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »May 2022
Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »Wildlife Clinic Volunteer Info Session
Do you want to be a part of the ever-growing group of great people who will help rehabilitate thousands of animals? We're looking for Clinic Support, Animal Care, Facilities Maintenance, Transportation, and Wildlife Hotline Volunteers. Applicants must attend an online information session, read and sign our volunteer agreement, and complete online ethics and safety courses before beginning any work at the Wildlife Clinic. After attending an online info session, you will receive an email with a link to apply. If…
Find out more »February 2023
12th Annual Richard L. James Lecture: Creating Biodiverse Pollinator Gardens (online)
The plight of insect pollinators like bees, butterflies, and beetles-- not to mention the songbirds that feed upon them-- is finally receiving the attention it deserves. As public awareness of these keystone creatures grows, pollinator gardens are becoming more and more popular. But how do you build a biologically diverse pollinator garden in your own yard that fully embraces both science and design? Landscape designer Claudia West has the answers. Coauthor of the critically acclaimed Planting in a Post-Wild World…
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Monarch Butterflies and the Miracle of Migration (online)
Every year, monarch butterflies-- those showy, Halloween-colored beauties-- engage in one of nature’s most extraordinary feats, flying to a very few secluded mountain valleys in Mexico. After wintering there, they begin a perilous journey north, taking three, even four generations to return to Pennsylvania. And in the fall, they start over again. How do they accomplish this remarkable feat? Why did this even evolve? Among the most popular butterflies, the monarch is also among the most endangered, their numbers in…
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Urban Wildlife: Sharing Spaces (online)
Though many may not realize it, the city of Philadelphia offers a very unique ecosystem that is ripe with opportunity for wildlife to flourish. Despite the large human population and cityscape, our urban area is home to a wide variety of critters that have adapted to Philly's hustle and bustle. Join Interim Director of our Wildlife Clinic, Stephanie Stundon, and Clinic Assistant, Sydney Glisan, in a discussion about cohabitating with wildlife and how to avoid conflict before it arises. Learn…
Find out more »March 2023
From Food Deserts to Food Forests (online)
High inflation rates nationwide have made it more difficult for many people to put food on the table. This impact is even greater in areas of our city where stores selling fresh fruits and vegetables are few and far between. Many community organizations throughout Philly are stepping up to transform city green spaces into urban farms and food forests, growing fresh produce, teaching gardening skills, providing nutrition education, and making neighborhoods more sustainable and resilient in the face of economic…
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Walking the Edge Community Exhibition Discussion (online)
The Center’s newest exhibition, Walking the Edge, is an exciting investigation into artistic expressions of the city of Philadelphia’s perimeters and boundaries, as well as other urban landscapes and natural spaces. For this community show, we invited the public to share their creative expressions on borders and edges in nature. Selected submissions are curated into a display, presented both in the Schuylkill Center’s art gallery and online on its website. Hear from curator JJ Tiziou, Director of Environmental Art Kristina…
Find out more »May 2023
Writing to the River I (BIPOC only)
In this interactive workshop, participants will read written works by authors including Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Alice Oswald, and Toni Morrison which reflect on the theme of rivers. We will discuss the symbolic and ecological role that rivers play in our lives and our environments, and create personal maps and “love letters” to the rivers and waterways that are important to us. This event is specifically for people who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). If you do…
Find out more »February 2024
Flying Free: Birds at the Schuylkill Wildlife Clinic
Have you ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes at a wildlife rehabilitation clinic? Do you have a passion for birds and want to learn more about helping preserve our native species? An upcoming virtual gathering sponsored by the Valley Forge Audubon Society, Flying Free: Birds at the Schuylkill Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, will discuss the rehabilitation process for avian patients. Our Assistant Director of Wildlife Rehabilitation, Sydney Glisan, will be sharing about what brings these birds in for care,…
Find out more »March 2024
Slow-Burning Rapture Virtual Performance by Jordan Deal & Artist Roundtable
Join us for a virtual performance by Jordan Deal of their sound installation piece titled "Letters to a Post-Post-Post World Broadcast," currently featured in Slow-Burning Rapture. The performance will be followed by an roundtable discussion with artists featured in the exhibition, moderated by curator and Director of Environmental Art Kristina Murray. Jordan Deal’s site-specific sound piece, "Letters to a Post-Post-Post World Broadcast," situates the listener in the near-distant future. Reminiscent of a radio show, the chopped broadcast radiates debris and…
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