Oxbow, Inc.
Protecting and Preserving Wetlands
Programs
To reach the Oxbow, Inc. office take Highway US 50 west from the #16 exit off I-275. Pass the Hollywood Casino exit and turn left at the second stop light onto Walnut St. 301 Walnut is on the right side at the second stoplight at the corner of Walnut and Center Streets. Free parking is available on Walnut St., Center St., and in the parking lot behind the building. All meetings are at The Oxbow, Inc. Office, 301 Walnut St., Lawrenceburg unless otherwise noted.
Tuesday, October 8, 2024, 7:30—9:00 PM
Al Parker—Professor of Wildlife Conservation
IN PERSON at 301 Walnut Street, Lawrenceburg, IN 47025 - NO REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Al Parker trained in Wildlife at Purdue and received his MS from Green Mountain College in Environmental Studies with Barn Owl research. He worked for the Indiana Division of Fish and Wildlife for 20 years as a raptor technician where he worked on re-introduction projects for Bald Eagles and Peregrine Falcons and did other work with Barn Owls and Woodland Raptors. After moving to Ohio where he worked at The Wilds, he had the opportunity to re-introduce Osprey as well. He has been a practicing falconer since age 15. As a Professor of Wildlife Conservation at Zane State College, he continues to get groups of students out banding barn owls. During summers, Al and his wife run a summer river camp program called Canoe Creation.
He authored the book, 'A Hope for Wings: Musings of a Raptor Hacker and Tales of Bird of Prey Recovery' to tell some of the story of his life with raptors. Books will be available for $15 at the presentation.
Tuesday, November 12, 2024, 7:30—9:00 PM
Water quality and dynamics at mouth of the Great Miami River and Lawrenceburg, IN.
Michael C. Miller, President of Rivers Unlimited Inc.
ZOOM ONLY—register at https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/jR6Qyzr0IsKpEA8qCvV7xA
For the past 15 years, the Citizens Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring program monitored E. coli, nutrients, and conductivity to show the linkage between the Ohio River, the Great Miami River and the Whitewater River in modifying the chemistry of the lakes of Oxbow Inc. These ecosystems are dependent upon timing and magnitude of large discharge events on the GMR, the Whitewater River, and the Ohio River. Fish and macroinvertebrate composition depends on these flood events and the low water events in early autumn. Most of the big fish are present only during the winter-spring floods, leaving the small fish as the food for the fish-eating birds: the white pelicans, white egrets, great blue herons, green herons and kingfishers.