These Swan Days Festival educational programs will be in the multipurpose room of Mattamuskeet School on December 7, 2019.
10:00 Dr. Lewis Forrest: New Holland, Higginsport, and Mt. Vernon Railroad
11:00 Morgan Harris: History of Hyde County
12:00 Chip Gentry: History and Physiology of Falconry
1:00 Bob Glennon: Habitat: Where They Live, Where They Eat, Where They Hide
2:00 Dr. Randall Ethridge and Michael Flynn (jointly): Research at Lake Mattamuskeet to reverse the declining water quality
Dr. Lewis Forrest, executive director, The Mattamuskeet Foundation, Inc.
Morgan Harris, former teacher and superintendent of Hyde County
Chip Gentry, Hawk Manor Falconry, Raleigh
Bob Glennon, biologist, Virginia Tech
Dr. Randall Ethridge, East Carolina University
Michael Flynn, NC Coastal Federation
2019 ALIGATOR PRESENTATION AT 11:45AM
ON MATTAMUSKEET NWR ADJACENT TO THE HEADQUARTERS BLDG.
Alicia Davis is an alligator biologist with the NC Wildlife Resources Commission. She is currently responsible for the management and coordination of a wide range of alligator-related projects. Alicia received her bachelor’s degree in Fisheries, Wildlife, and Conservation Biology from NC State University in 2015 with a minor in Zoology.
Ms. Davis is a member of the Wildlife Society (national and state chapters), the North Carolina Herpetological Society, NC Partners in Amphibian and Reptile Conservation, and the Southeastern Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies’ Alligator Working Group.
