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SUMMARY:Pollinator Pathway and Controlling Invasive Plants on Fishers Island
DESCRIPTION:Illustrated talk by Pollinator Pathway organizer and Nix the Knotweed founder Suzanne Thompson and natural & organic landscaper Petie Reed offering timely gardening advice on how to attract pollinators and combat Knotweed and other invasive plants crowding out our natural ecosystems.\nTime: Thursday\, July 6\, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPlace: In person only at the Museum\, 2nd Floor\nSuzanne Thompson grew up gardening on a Kansas farm where amber waves of grain were the closest she got to the sea. She has been on the East Coast since 1981 and settled in Old Lyme\, CT\, in 2002. After hosting an outdoorsy radio talk show and writing gardening columns for 14 years\, in 2020\, she launched Nix the Knotweed\, a social media campaign to promote chemical-free controls of Knotweed and other invasive plants. She is co-leader of Old Lyme’s Pollinator Pathway initiative. Suzanne has BS degrees in Urban Horticulture and Journalism and after working for a decade in the pesticide industry she now works in environmental and conservation fields. \nFounder of Perennial Harmony in 2002\, Petie Reed has been honing the organic carbohydrate deprivation method to control invasive Knotweed for over a decade. She is a CT NOFA Accredited Organic Land Care Professional. \nThe original Pollinator Pathway initiative was started by Sarah Bergmann over a decade ago in Seattle\, Washington as participatory art\, design and ecology social sculpture. In 2017\, four women organized Pollinator Pathway in Wilton\, CT to establish pollinator-friend habitat and food sources for bees\, butterflies\, hummingbirds and other pollinators along a series of continuous corridors. Conservation groups and communities were encouraged to join in and today over 300 Pathways have been established in 11 states. In 2021\, Pollinator Pathway became a 501c3 nonprofit organization\, see pollinator-pathway.org for tips\, tools and How to “Bee” Part of the Pollinator Pathway. \n \nNix the Knotweed is a grassroots campaign using social media to share advice and compare results in following organic carbohydrate deprivation practices to combat invasive Knotweed. Organizers are seeking collaborators and grant funding to expand this citizen-scientist effort. For more information\, please visit facebook.com/NixtheKnotweed and youtube.com/@nixtheknotweed9869 \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Japanese Knotweed. Photo courtesy of USFWS\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Japanese Knotweed. Photo courtesy of USFWS
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/pollinator-pathway-and-controlling-invasive-plants-on-fishers-island/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:The Wreck of the Steamer Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:An Illustrated talk—both in-person and virtual by Museum Director Pierce Rafferty that chronicles the dramatic story of Fishers Island’s most deadly and consequential shipwreck\, the wreck of the Steamer Atlantic in November 1846. This tragic wreck caught the attention of the nation\, and was commemorated  by mournful ballads\, popular poems\, and two Currier lithographs. The fate of the ship’s legendary bell\, and the erection of a lighthouse on nearby North Dumpling\, are just two of the side stories also covered in this fascinating tale of woe.\nTime: Sunday\, July 9\, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPlace: In person at the Museum\, 2nd Floor\, and virtual via zoom\nJoin WebinarOr One tap mobile :\n+16469313860\,\,81003132219# US\n+16465588656\,\,81003132219# US (New York)\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\nWebinar ID: 810 0313 2219\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kcMSemMetm \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Awful Wreck of the Magnificent Steamer ATLANTIC on Fishers Island Lithograph by N. Currier 1846 Courtesy of George F. Bass\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Drawing copied from daguerreotype showing wreck of the Steamer Atlantic\, North Hill\, Fishers Island\, N.Y. Museum Collection. Donated by Harry & Susie Ferguson
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/the-wreck-of-the-steamer-atlantic/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:Ceremonial Stonework: The Enduring Native American Presence on the Land
DESCRIPTION:Documentary photographer Markham Starr will present an illustrated talk on the ceremonial stonework left behind by the indigenous population that occupied New England for 12\,000 years.\nNative Americans built nearly two dozen distinct types of structures in our area\, ranging from cairns to stone serpent effigies\, and these spiritual offerings remain standing in now long abandoned woods. While Native American stonework is widely recognized out west and to the south\, New England’s stonework remains obscure\, having blended back into the woods. This presentation\, drawn from the book by the same name\, comes from photographs of over 50\,000 objects and ceremonial sites in Connecticut and Rhode Island. \nTime: Sunday\, July 16\, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPlace: In-person at the Museum\, 2nd Floor and virtual via zoom\nReception to follow. \nSome in-person talks end up being over subscribed\, sign up in advance recommended for people attending in person. Call 631-788-7239 or email fimuseum@fishersisland.net to reserve a seat. \n\nJoin Zoom Webinar\n \nMarkham Starr is a documentary photographer living in Connecticut. His goal has been to preserve something of the working cultures of New England\, now rapidly disappearing. He has largely focused on commercial fishermen\, but has also documented such things as the last family dairy farms in his home town\, the closing of the last sardine cannery in America\, traditional agricultural fairs throughout New England\, and historic barns. The photographs he takes and interviews are turned into books for distribution. His work has been featured in magazines such as LensWork\, The Sun\, Vermont Magazine\, Rhode Island Monthly\, Edible Rhody\, and Yankee Magazine\, and the photographs from his major projects have been selected for inclusion in the permanent collections of the Library of Congress. \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Serpent Effigy by Markham Starr\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Cairn by Markham Starr\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Enclosure by Markham Starr
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/ceremonial-stonework-the-enduring-native-american-presence-on-the-land/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:Modern Houses of Fishers Island and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:This illustrated talk by Jacob Albert of Albert\, Righter & Tittmann Architects\, Inc.\, Boston\, Mass.\, traces modern movements in architecture from the International Style to Post-Modernism\, as reflected on Fishers Island.\nTime: Sunday\, July 23\, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPlace: In-person at the Museum\, 2nd Floor and virtual via zoom\nReception to follow. \nPLEASE NOTE: IN-PERSON IS FULLY BOOKED AT THIS TIME. NO RESERVATION IS REQUIRED FOR THE VIRTUAL TALK. \n\nJoin zoom webinar\n  \nJacob D. Albert\, AIA is an ART founding partner\, Jacob has devoted his professional life to celebrating and reinterpreting the rich traditions of New England architecture. Jacob studied at Yale\, where he received both his BA and March. He is a past board member of the national Society of Architectural Historians and served for ten years as secretary of the SAH New England Chapter. A resident of Cambridge\, he spent eight years on the Cambridge Historical Commission. He is currently a trustee of Historic New England. \n\n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Postcard published by New London News Co.\, circa 1950. Museum Collection.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Exterior view of Hooverness\, May 1\, 2010. Courtesy of John S.W. Spofford.\n				\n		\n\n 
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/modern-houses-of-fishers-island-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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SUMMARY:Rare Species and Natural Communities of Fishers Island
DESCRIPTION:In this richly illustrated talk\, three scientists of the New York Natural Heritage Program (NYNHP) will present the results of a two-year inventory of the H.L. Ferguson Museum’s Land Trust properties. The scheduled NYNHP speakers are Matt Schlesinger\, Chief Zoologist\, Greg Edinger\, Chief Ecologist\, and Rich Ring\, Chief Botanist.\nOver the past two years\, the NYNHP has worked closely with the Henry L. Ferguson Museum while conducting a two-year biodiversity survey of the Museum’s Land Trust properties. Building on the island’s legacy of natural history observations\, NYNHP scientists have conducted focused surveys for rare plants\, insects\, amphibians\, reptiles\, bats\, and other species. They have also mapped the Land Trust’s ecosystems. This presentation will detail survey techniques\, species discoveries\, and natural community conclusions derived from the 2021 and 2022 field seasons. All who wish to learn more about the variety of diverse flora and fauna that surround us on Fishers Island will be fully engaged by this scientific survey summary. \nTime: Sunday\, July 30\, 2023 @ 4:00 – 5:00 P.M.\nPlace: In-person at the Museum\, 2nd Floor and virtual via zoom\nNOTE: Some in-person talks end up being over subscribed\, sign up in advance recommended for people attending in person. Please call 631-788-7239 or email fimuseum@fishersisland.net to reserve a seat. Registration not required for virtual attendance. \n\nJoin zoom webinar\n\nOr One tap mobile :\n+16469313860\,\,88522228461# US\n+16465588656\,\,88522228461# US (New York)\nOr Telephone:\nDial(for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location):\n+1 646 931 3860 US\n+1 646 558 8656 US (New York)\n+1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)\n+1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)\n+1 305 224 1968 US\n+1 309 205 3325 US\n+1 386 347 5053 US\n+1 507 473 4847 US\n+1 564 217 2000 US\n+1 669 444 9171 US\n+1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)\n+1 689 278 1000 US\n+1 719 359 4580 US\n+1 253 205 0468 US\n+1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)\n+1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)\n+1 360 209 5623 US\nWebinar ID: 885 2222 8461\nInternational numbers available: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kbCZBXrL9 \n\nFishers Island ecology sampling points: Green 352 points (2021); Blue 75 points (2022) \n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Matt Schlesinger\, NYNHP Chief Zoologist\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Rich Ring\, NYNHP Chief Botanist\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Greg Edinger\, NYNHP Chief Ecologist\n				\n		\n\n\n		\n		\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Beach Wolf Spider (Arctosa littoralis) found wonderfully camouflaged at Chocomount Cove in September of 2022 – possibly hunting tiger beetles found the same day.\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				A small population of Mitchell’s Sedge (Carex mitchelliana) was relocated west of Hungry Point\n				\n			\n				\n			\n				\n				Stand of tall Black Gum (Nyssa sylvatica) trees along Equestrian Avenue in the summer of 2022.\n				\n		\n\nTo learn more about the first of this two year program\, please read Nature Notes: A New Rare Plant Survey for Fishers Island. \n 
URL:https://fergusonmuseum.org/event/rare-species-and-natural-communities-of-fishers-island-2/
LOCATION:Henry L. Ferguson Museum\, 1109 Equestrian Ave\, Fishers Island\, NY\, 06390\, United States
CATEGORIES:Illustrated Lecture
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