BBC Meeting Archive

• Mystic River Herring - An Urban Ecological Restoration Story - Andrew Hrycyna (Mystic River Watershed Association) | 🎞️ Recording

• The Discovery of the Chestnut Bee (Andrena rehni) in Massachusetts (and Beyond) - Michael Veit (Native bee aficionado and independent researcher)  | 🎞️ Recording

• Beyond the Bait - Uniting Communities, Science, Advocacy, and Policy in Combating Rat Poisons to Save the Wildlife They Impact – James Joyce (Friends of Horn Pond and Woburn Conservation Commission) and Claire O'Neill (Earthwise Aware) | 🎞️ Recording

• Question and Answer Segment (A discussion of all three presentations) | 🎞️ Recording

• One Health in the Manombo Special Reserve, Madagascar - Dr. Rachel Johnston (Zoo New England) | 🎞️ Recording

• The Southeastern Massachusetts Pine Barrens and Horseshoe Crabs - Sharl Heller and Frank Mand (S.E. MA Pine Barrens Alliance)  | 🎞️ Recording

• One Woman's Journey to Save the Spadefoot Toad – Carol Entin (Citizen Scientist Extraordinaire) | 🎞️ Recording

• History of the Charles River and Restoration Work Done on a 7.5 acre "Urban Wilds" Property - Sasha Vallieres (Charles River Conservancy) | 🎞️ Recording  

• A Novel Monitoring Framework to Assess Intertidal Biodiversity in Mixed Coarse Substrate Habitats Across the Boston Harbor - Aly Putnam (UMass Amherst)  | 🎞️ Recording

• Wood Turtle Biodiversity Research – Gabe Muniz (UMass Lowell) | 🎞️ Recording

•  International Darksky Association  - Jean Orlando (Zoo New England) | 🎞️ Recording

• Introduction to the New BBC Website and Google Group – Claire O'Neill (Earthwise Aware) | 🎞️ Recording 

• Community Efforts to Restore Wildlife Populations and Habitats – Matthew Kamm (Zoo New England) | 🎞️ Recording

• The Northeastern University Marine & Environmental Science Co-op Program – Emily Condon & Cheryl Arruda (Northeastern University) | 🎞️ Recording 

• Trail Camera Surveys along an Urban-Rural Gradient in Southeastern MA – Dr. Thilina Surasinghe (Bridgewater State University)

• Boston Urban Wilds and their Potential as Research Sites – Nick Long  (City of Boston)

• The Franklin Park Biodiversity Project – Jef Taylor (Zoo New England)

• A General Discussion on Creating a BBC Online Forum for exchange of ideas and news among members outside regular meetings

🎞️ Recording » here

• Sphingidae in Urban Areas – Teá Montagna, PhD Candidate at UMass Boston

• Creating the first Miyawaki Forest in the Northeast – Paula Phipps and Maya Dutta, Biodiversity for a Livable Climate

• 2022 City Nature Challenge – Claire O’Neill, Earthwise Aware (CNC steering committee member)

🎞️ Recording » here      here [PWD: 5xnM?J@&]

• Urban Pollinators and Citizen Science – Dr. Amy Mertl, Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Lesley University

• Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown on biodiversity conservation in Boston and beyond – Dr. Richard Primack, Biology Department, Boston University

• Update/Introduction to the Boston-area City Nature Challenge, April 30-May 3 – Presented by members of Boston’s CNC steering committee.

🎞️ Recording » here

• Urban Biodiversity & Phenology Citizen Science – Claire O’Neill, Biodiversity & Climate Participatory Science Program, Earthwise Aware (Recording)

• Nest Box Monitoring at the Arboretum – Brendan Keegan, Arnold Arboretum

🎞️ Recording » here