The Antique Boat Museum

 

 

 

 

The four part Homer Dodge Lecture Series, entitled The Importance of Place in Shaping Our Lives: The River and 1000 Islands will take place at the Antique Boat Museum in the Haxall Building’s Cox Theater Friday afternoons, beginning at 4:00 PM. The presentations will focus on both historical topics and environmental concerns. The Homer Dodge Lecture Series is free to the public, and is presented at the Museum in collaboration with the 1000 Islands Biological Station, SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. On Friday, July 23, 2010, Ms. Susan W. Smith will begin the series with her presentation, The Importance of Place in Shaping Our Lives: The River and 1000 Islands. Ms. Smith will provide an introduction to the special region in which we live, the Thousand Islands. She will share stories about the people behind the discovery, the battles, and the settlement of the region. She will answer the questions: What was life like in the early days? Who were the islanders that made a difference? And why is the importance of place – important? Her presentation will set the stage for the following lectures that will dive specifically into important local environmental issues. Smith studies and writes history about the Thousand Islands in the upper St. Lawrence River. Stoddard published her book, The First Summer People: Thousand Islands 1650-1910, in 1993. In September 2008 she took on the role of Editor of ThousandIslandsLife.com an online regional magazine with more than 3,000 subscribers. Smith is a member of several volunteer organizations in the islands including the Thousand Islands Land Trust, where she serves as President. Mark your calendar for the next lecture in the series: Friday, August 6, 2010, when Dr. Kimberly L. Schulz presents Diversity of Tiny Creatures in the St. Lawrence Region and Why It Matters to Us. Dr. Schulz is a biological limnologist by training and an Associate Professor at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. For more information about the Homer Dodge Lecture Series, please contact Lora Nadolski at the Antique Boat Museum, 315.686.4104 or Lnadolski@abm.org.

 

Schedule:

Friday, July 23, 2010, 4PM

The Importance of Place - History of the 1000 Islands

Susan W. Smith

 

Friday, August 6, 2010, 4PM

The Secret Lives of Lakes and Rivers: the Diversity of Tiny Creatures and Why it Matters

Dr. Kimberly L. Schulz

 

Friday, August 20, 2010, 4PM

Habitat Factors Structuring Nearshore Fish Assemblages: a Tale of Two Rivers

Kevin Kapuscinski

 

Friday, September 3, 2010, 4PM

To be Determined