Dinner and speaker series offered at Treehaven in April
For the City Times
STEVENS POINT — Treehaven, a field station of the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, is offering its 13th year of the Dinner and a Speaker series.
Located at W2540 Pickerel Creek Road, Tomahawk, Treehaven is a 1,400-acre natural resources education, conference and research center operated by UW-Stevens Point’s College of Natural Resources. The Dinner and a Speaker programs are offered throughout the spring semester, with dinner at 6 p.m. and a speaker at 7 p.m. in the main building. The cost is $15 per person, per program.
The programs offered in April include:
- Tuesday, April 2, Exploring Old Growth Forests in the Northwoods – Author and naturalist John Bates of Manitowish Waters will share memories and information from his book, “Our Living Ancestors: The History and Ecology of Old-Growth Forests in Wisconsin (and Where to Find Them).” Dinner will include a choice of tequila lime grilled shrimp skewers, beef burgundy or mushroom burgundy.
- Tuesday, April 9, Wisconsin Fish and Aquaponics – UW-Stevens Point graduate student Taylor Remington will present her research on raising sauger fish using the aquaponics system at Nelson and Pade in Montello. Dinner will include a choice of lemon pepper tilapia, orange maple glazed grilled chicken breast or herb and tomato gnocchi.
- Tuesday, April 23, Citizen-Science Based Monitoring – Eva Lewandowski of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources will talk about volunteer opportunities in monitoring the states natural resources, from searching for bees to recording frog calls. Dinner will include a choice of cabernet braised beef ribs, chicken Kiev or breaded eggplant.
Register for these programs at least one week prior by going online to www.uwsp.edu/treehaven and clicking on Public Programs. For more information, call Treehaven at 715-453-4106 or email[email protected].