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2008 Iowa Academy of Science
Speakers Series at Saylorville Lake

May 10: 7:00 p.m.,
"Archeology of Dragoon Forts Around Iowa"
William Whittaker, Project Archaeologist, Office of State Archaeologist,
University of Iowa

May 17: 7:00 p.m.,
"Water Quality History of the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers"
Chris Jones, Laboratory Supervisor, Des Moines Water Works

June 7: 7:00 p.m.
"Science of the Lewis and Clark Expedition: A Retrospective View"
Richard Wacha, Professor of Biology, Drake University

July 19: 7:00 p.m.,
"Spacious Skies"
Craig Johnson, Executive Director, Iowa Academy of Science

July 26: 7:00 p.m.
“Ground Water: Underfoot and Under Appreciated”
Teri Wiese, Biology Teacher, Davenport Community School District

August 2: 7:00 p.m.
“For Measuring Sticks and Blazing Stars…and for Us: Iowa’s Conservation Heroes at Work”
Deborah Lewis, Curator, Ada Hayden Herbarium, Iowa State University

September 13: 7:00 p.m.
"Some of Iowa's Awesome Plants and Their Nifty Adaptations"
Tom Rosburg, Associate Professor of Biology, Drake University

October 18: 7:00 p.m.,
“Sea Turtles of Georgia; Perspective from the Prairies of Iowa”
Gale Bishop, Emeritus Professor of Geology, Georgia Southern University


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Last Updated:
Friday, December 21st, 2007