Date & Time:
February 25, 2020 - 7:00pm
Location:
Lutheran Church of the Foothills
Topic:
Dragonflies and Damselflies of the lower Santa Cruz River
Speaker:
Michael Bogan
Join Michael Bogan, an aquatic ecologist and assistant professor in the School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the U of A, to learn about the wonderful world of Odonata in our local effluent-dependent river! Despite its rough history of stream drying and poor water quality, the Santa Cruz River is now thriving again thanks to treatment plant upgrades and environmental flow releases. These effluent-dependent reaches support a diverse and beautiful assemblage of dragonflies and damselflies in our city, and new species continue to be documented from the river.
Photo: Roseate Skimmer (Orthemis ferruginea) © Michael Bogan