Landscapes are dynamic ecosystems. Learn how Connecticut’s landscape changed through the centuries and how those changes impacted major wildlife species. Master Wildlife Conservationist Ginny Apple presents a brief natural history of Connecticut and addresses the current state of wildlife, their respective habitats, and the factors involved with wildlife management. There will be opportunity for questions, answers, and discussion. Several animal pelts and skulls will be on display. Registration is required.

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Sponsored by Granby Public Library and Granby Land Trust.

About the presenter:

A native Texan, Ginny Apple was one of the first full-time women sportswriters in the country, who left the field mid-career to pursue a path in communications/public relations.

Through the years she has hiked, climbed, kayaked, skied and poked her way through the outdoors and developed a passion for all things natural.

A move to the middle of the woods in Barkhamsted over a decade ago brought her into an environment filled with bears and other wildlife. Living in a house surrounded by Peoples State Forest, she observes a large population of Black Bears and supplies field notes and photographs on them to DEEP bear biologists. Her affinity for this magnificent creature led her out west to participate in a Grizzly research mission in Montana and to become a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection.

She is a member of the Barkhamsted Conservation and Economic Development Commissions, on the Board of Friends of American Legion and Peoples State Forests (FALPS), volunteers regularly with the Barkhamsted Historical Commission and maintains the Town’s Facebook page.