Each year Monhegan Associates present several lectures on the ecology or natural history of the island and its surrounding waters.
The 2008 Monhegan Associates Ecology Lecture series
7:30 PM, at the school house
Thursday, July 10: "The Monhegan Forest, Past, Present, Future"
William Livingston, Associate Professor of Forest Health, Univiersity of Maine, Orono
Thursday, July 17: "Mysteries of Life in Forest Soils: A Tour of the Hidden World Belowground"
Erik Lilliskov, Research Ecologist with the U.S. Forest Service, studying the diversity and role of soil organisms in forest ecosystems and how forests respond to global change.
Thursday, July 24: "Monhegan Poetry"
An evening of poetry, ecology-inspired, written & read by some of our our current resident poets.
Wednesday, August 13: "Outstanding Native Plants for Maine Gardens"
Maureen Heffernan, Executive
Director, Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens.
Admission, adults $5; children, $2 members and residents free.