Straits Area Audubon Society

Serving
Cheboygan * Topinabee * Levering * Indian River * Mackinaw City * St. Ignace 
Michigan

SAAS Programs
2023-2024

Wednesday, March 13 - 6:00 p.m.
Cheboygan Public Library
100 South Bailey St.

Beavers: Bane or Boon?
By Sara Giles
Sara is a Naturalist and Visitor Manager at Seney National Wildlife Refuge.

This talk is on the life history of beavers and why they are an important part of the environment.

Beavers today play vital roles in restoring wetlands, landscapes, and flood control throughout the continent. They are ecosystem engineers because they create, modify and maintain habitat and ecosystems. They consequently have a large impact on the biodiversity of an area. they bring wood into the water, and that wood provides food and shelter for insects.

Seney naturalist, Sara Giles, takes on a remarkable journey of how beavers have helped fix our water cycle and restored wetlands.

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Raffle and Treats follow the Free Program

All our Straits Area Audubon programs are on the second Wednesday of the month and are in person at the Cheboygan Library, 100 S. Bailey St., starting at 6:00 pm.

We need members to bring in treats for the audience. Please help when you can.

April 10 - "Aquatic Insects, Concentrating on the Value of Midges to Migrating Birds"
By Bob Haaks


Bob Haaks is a U.S. Forest Service Insect Specialist.

The talk will cover many groups of aquatic insects and discuss interesting aspects of their life histories. Hatching aquatic midges serve as the primary food source for birds and fish.


May 8 - "Keeping A Vivarium"
By Eowyn Bates


Eowyn Bates is an SAAS Resident Naturalist

A vivarium is an enclosure meant to keep plants and animals in as close to natural an environment as can be provided. Aquariums and terrariums are all examples of this.

But how easy is it to keep a vivarium? And how much biodiversity can one support? In the search for an answer, we will go over the journey of one large tank and its inhabitants, and talk about the journey it has gone through in its over one year long lifespan.

This talk will cover living organisms present in soil including bacteria, fungi, algae, protozoa, and a wide variety of larger soil fauna including springtails, mites, nematodes, earthworms, ants, and insects that spend all or part of their life underground, even larger organisms such as burrowing rodents. 

MISSION STATEMENT OF THE
STRAITS AREA AUDUBON SOCIETY

The mission of the Straits Area Audubon Society is to educate the community, including its children, about conservation and enjoyment of the natural world with emphasis on the local natural communities of wildlife.