Wednesday, June 25
6:30 pm – Membership Meeting
7:00 pm – Guest Speaker
Location – Heritage Hall, Thurston County Fairgrounds
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Gina Smith has worked for many years to help restore the prairies of the south Puget Sound, one of Washington’s rarest ecosystems. These prairies support a remarkable diversity of plants and animals and are home to many threatened and endangered species. In this talk she will discuss the cultural and ecological history of glacial outwash prairies in the south Sound and how land managers from a variety of agencies are working together to restore this exceptional landscape.
Bio: Gina Smith enjoys working to help preserve rare habitats in western Washington, and has worked in ecosystem restoration for the past eight years. She coordinates prairie restoration on Joint Base Lewis-McChord with Colorado State University’s Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands. She is a Master of Environmental Studies Graduate from The Evergreen State College, where she studied small mammal seed predation on south Sound prairies.