In Their Footsteps speaker event set for February 19

Lewis and Clark National Historical Park, Fort Clatsop has announced the next In Their Footsteps free speaker series event. This illustrated program is Wildlife Center of the North Coast presented by Josh Saranpaa on Sunday, February 19, at 1:00 p.m. This is part of the February 17-20 worldwide Great Backyard Bird Count activities led by the National Audubon Society and the Cornell Lab of Ornithology.

For 20 years, the Wildlife Center of the North Coast has been a helpful resource when people find sick or injured wildlife. The non-profit center aids all indigenous wildlife, has a wildlife hospital, and provides off-site education programs. Josh Saranpaa is the director of the wildlife center and has worked there for nine years. He enjoys learning about, caring for, and teaching about local wildlife.

Some of the center’s education birds will be at the program such as an American kestrel, a northern saw-whet owl, and possibly common murres and a cormorant. This program will cover some of the dangers that wildlife face in this region, the work of the Wildlife Center of the North Coast and how people can help local wildlife.

This monthly Sunday forum is sponsored by the Lewis & Clark National Park Association and the park. These programs are held in the Netul River Room of Fort Clatsop’s visitor center and are free of charge.

For more information, call the park at (503) 861-2471.