UPCOMING PRESENTATIONS:

Wildlife of the Galapagos Islands

Monday, June 2nd from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Join Dr. Walter Jahn as he presents a survey of the wildlife of the Galapagos Islands and its role in our understanding of the Origin of Species. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 110.

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Wildlife of Latin America

Monday, June 9th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Join Dr. Walter Jahn as he presents a celebration of biodiversity emphasizing Paraguay, Costa Rica, and mainland Ecuador. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 110.

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Everglades, Caribbean & Coral Reefs

Monday, June 16th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Join Dr. Walter Jahn as he discusses the biodiversity of Everglades, Biscayne, El Yunque, and Virgin Islands National Parks and the coral reefs of the Caribbean. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 110.

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The Geological History & Biological Diversity of the US Southwest

Monday, June 23rd from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Join Dr. Walter Jahn as he discusses the Geological history and Biological Diversity of the US Southwest, with notes from Grand Canyon, Dinosaur, White Sands, Guadalupe Mountains, and Carlsbad Caverns National Parks. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 110.

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Nature Rocks

Monday, June 30th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Join Dr. Walter Jahn for a musical evening featuring original and parody songs on environmental & wildlife themes played on 10+ instruments. You’ll laugh! You’ll learn! You might sing along! Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 110.

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RECENT PRESENTATIONS:

Bird Town Hall

Monday, May 12th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange, Middletown NY

Dr. Walter Jahn moderates as attendees share stories, pictures and questions about birds. Participants may join in person at the SUNY Orange Middletown campus, Rowley Center room 128, or via Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/99172119712

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Bird Photography

Wednesday, May 7th 2025 from 2-3pm

Thrall Library, Middletown NY

This program is for new nature photographers who want to learn to take better photos. We will look at many beautiful photos and discuss composition, lighting, background and preparation.

If you enjoy nature and like taking photographs this is the program for you.

Presented by OCAS board member Diane Tuttle.

Call to register directly with the library at 845-341-5454

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The Anthropocene & Walk up the “Stairway of Time”

Monday, May 5th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange Rowley Center, Middletown NY

A short presentation by Dr. Walter Jahn on how humans are impacting the environment including their involvement in one of the worst mass extinctions will be followed by a tour up a stairway where each step represents a progression through geologic time.

Lectures can be attended in person from 5:30-6:30pm at Orange County Community College in Rowley (RCSE) room 128, or on Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/9828221351

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Human Evolution

Monday, April 28th from 5:30-6:30pm

SUNY Orange Rowley Center, Middletown NY

A presentation by Dr. Walter Jahn on the origin of humans and the diversity of fossil human species.

Lectures can be attended in person from 5:30-6:30pm at Orange County Community College in Rowley (RCSE) room 128, or on Zoom at the following link:

https://sunyorange.zoom.us/j/9828221351

Click here for a map of the Rowley Center