Local Audubon Society examines birds and bugs

A Willapa Hills Audubon Society program, previously planned for December and cancelled due to bad weather, is now rescheduled for Saturday March 22.

Jon Schmidt, the Interpretive Specialist from Cape Disappointment State Park will present “The Birds of Cape Disappointment: 1900.” Through slides, old maps and historic photos, Schmidt shares discoveries of past explorers. The public is welcome to this free program held at the Cowlitz PUD Auditorium, 961 12th Avenue, Longview. Refreshments will be served at 6:15 p.m. with the program beginning at 6:30 p.m.

The Society and the Lower Columbia College Biological Society are co-sponsoring an event on May 2, at 6:30 p.m.

“What Good Are Bugs? The Case for Invertebrate Conservation” will be the talk given by Scott Hoffman Black, Executive Director of the Xerces Society, an international organization dedicated to protecting biological diversity through invertebrate conservation.

The program is free and open to all. It will be held at the Lower Columbia College Physical Science Center 102, north of the Student Center and west of 15th Ave parking lot. For a map go to http://lcc.ctc.edu/maps/.