Winter Lecture Series

The Winter Lecture Series is our opportunity to delve deeper into subjects of interest in and around Letchworth State Park. Our roster of speakers in 2024 includes environmental educators, park historians, a local professor from Houghton University, Wildway director from the Western NY Land Conservancy and a forest therapy guide.
Jan 6 – The WNY Wildway, connecting extensive tracts of protected lands, Marcus Rosten
Jan 13 – Learn about the benefits of forest therapy and participate in a brief forest therapy experience with Certified Guide, Chip Matthews
Jan 20 – Advance Token to
Boardwalk: A Birder Searches for Place - Facing a global pandemic, a challenging book, and the uncertainty of midlife, Eli J. Knapp looked to the skies—and local dumpsters—to find an unlikely new way to connect with
his own backyard and the greater landscape of his life. Drawing from his forthcoming book—
Avian Rhapsody—Knapp let one local western New York species
share secrets from its seldom witnessed life, Eli Knapp
Jan 27 – Naming the nameless– the members of the mid-19th
century literary club, Mike Landowski
Feb 3 – Phenology: The Past, Present, and Future. Exploring shifts in seasonality and ways you can contribute to our collective understanding of
climate change, Lara Hargrave
Feb 10 – Genesee Valley Canal: A Historic Soap Opera, Jules
Hoepting
Feb 17 – I BIRD NY, celebrating exceptional birding opportunities in WNY, Matt Nusstein
Feb 24 – Caroline Bishop Through the Years, Karen Russell