Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library and The Pincher Creek Adult Learning Council will be hosting a series of wildlife talks Wednesday evenings from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm at the Pincher Creek & District Municipal Library.  Please join us Wednesday, February 8, 15, 22, and 29.  You can attend in person or via videoconference at your local RISE Library.

Check out the Pincher Creek Voice for their colourful article!

Wednesday, February 8, 2012 - Nutcrackers, Bears & Wolverines

• The "Wild Life" Of Whitebark Pines and their important connections with key wildlife species. 
• Presented by Justin McKeown, Public Outreach Education Officer with Waterton Lakes National Park for this talk.

Wednesday, February 15, 2012 - Life of a Silken Thread

• A virtual walk through Beauvais Lake Provincial Parks forests to discover the little known world of its spiders!
• Presented by spider researcher John Hancock

Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - Hair Snares for Grizzly Bears; Monitoring Bears in Southwestern Alberta

• A discussion of the non-invasive measures to collect DNA from grizzly bears and how that information helps understand their populations, densities, and distributions. 
• Presented by Andrea Morehouse, Grizzly Bear Monitoring Project Coordinator

Wednesday, February 29, 2012 - It`s Not Easy Being Green

• The story of the Northern Leopard Frog’s reintroduction at Beauvais Lake Provincial Park continues.
• Presented by Heidi Eijgel, Visitor Services Specialist with Alberta Parks