Bay Area Sierra Club Meeting: Insect Conservation with Matthew Strausser

Wednesday, September 20, 7:00 pm

The September meeting will be conducted via Zoom.

(no in-person meeting)
Starts 6:30 pm for social time; 7:00 pm for program.
Here is the link for the meeting on Zoom:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/4168201898?pwd=MzBpZ2hvUVFMckw4anlldTh6Tkh3dz09

September 20 Program:

Insect Conservation

Matthew Strausser, a wildlife biologist at NASA's Johnson Space Center, will discuss insect conservation. Insects are an essential component for food webs, pollination and overall biodiversity. Insects in the modern world face many challenges: from habitat loss, pesticides and pollutants, light pollution, climate change, and associated biodiversity loss. Learn what steps can be taken to address future insect conservation. 

Related websites on Insect Conservation:

Insect Conservation | The Nature Conservancy OH

A Look at the Science of Insect Conservation (entomologytoday.org)

Bay Area meetings are on 3rd Wednesday of the month and start at 6:30pm for social hour; speaker and discussion from 7-8:30 pm.