Lindsay Presentations

Conservation Icons

Lindsay Wildlife Experience is proud to announce its third season of Conservation Icons, which brings notable thinkers, researchers, and conservation leaders to Walnut Creek. The third season kicks off Sept. 7 with Dr. Jamie Peyton, who pioneered using fish skin to treat wounds on wildlife.

From cheetahs to hummingbirds to condors, you’ll be inspired by eight exceptional leaders in the field of wildlife conservation. Click here to review the 2019-2020 Conservation Icons speaker schedule on the Lindsay site.

2019-2020 Conservation Icons Speaker schedule

ALL PRESENTATIONS HELD AT LINDSAY WILDLIFE UNLESS NOTED DIFFERENTLY.

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• September 7 2019, 6 pm: Dr. Jamie Peyton, UC Davis, Tilapia Skin "Band-Aid" to Speed Healing of Injured Wildlife

• October 13 2019, 6 pm: Dr. Laurie Marker, Cheetah Conservation Fund

• November 22 2019, 6 pm: Dr. Jonathan Foley, Project Drawdown, The Immediate Threat of Climate Change*

• January 11 2020, 6 pm: Carlos de la Rosa, “20/20 Vision and the Nature of the Conservation Conversation” (Wildlife Conservation Efforts in California and Abroad)

• February 8 2020, 6 pm: Dr. Lisa Tell, UC Davis, Hummingbird Health and Conservation

• Cancelled-March 28 2020, 6 pm: Obi Kaufmann, naturalist, artist, and author of “The California Field Atlas” and “The State of Water: Understanding California’s Most Precious Resource”

• Cancelled-April 17 2020, 6 pm: Harry Fuller, journalist, guide and bird expert, Great Gray Owls

• May 9 2020, 6 pm: Richard Neidhardt, Pinnacles National Park, California Condors

*Note: This presentation will NOT be held at Lindsay Wildlife but instead at The Lesher Center for the Arts in downtown Walnut Creek.

***** Each of the presentations in this series can count toward Wildlife Rehabilitation Continuing Education Credit. Please notify the Hospital Volunteer Manager if you attend any of these presentations and would like CE credit. *****