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Join us for a Special Edition think + drink / science featuring guest speaker Dr. Raoul Boughton, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Rangeland Scientist-Wildlife. Presented by Mosaic Company. Burrowing animals provide all sorts of benefits to the ecosystems they live in. Gopher tortoises have several hundred commensals recorded using their self-dug tunnels, and our state laws protect this grand ecosystem engineer through relocation guidelines. But there are other more secretive burrowers in Florida grasslands. One of them, the Florida Burrowing Owl, is one of a few bird species to excavate its burrows, using them to protect their nests and young and to escape predators and the midday sun. Join Dr. Boughton as he discusses the biology and conservation of this State Threatened species and research that is being done to uncover their secret nocturnal lives. Dr. Raoul Boughton is a wildlife expert passionate about population regulation and conservation. He has over 100 publications and works with various organizations, including the USFWS Recovery Team for Florida Scrub-Jays. Dr. Boughton completed his Ph.D. at the University of Memphis in 2000 and has since studied the impact of habitat and fragmentation on disease prevalence in populations of wildlife. He currently directs wildlife mitigation and conservation research programs for various species and provides technical support for permitting and reclamation activities at The Mosaic Company. As Lead Ecologist, he is responsible for managing Gopher Tortoise permitting, recipient sites, mitigation, and relocation for Mosaic. Learn more and get your tickets here – https://bishopscience.org/events/burrowing-owls/
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Downtown Bradenton
Bradenton
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