Conservation Spotlight: Dawn Tabata, Executive Director, Grange Insurance Audubon Center Meet the new director of the Grange Insurance Audubon Center and learn what’s in store for the upcoming year!
Featured Speaker: Erin Cashion Did you know that the Ohio History Connection is a really an entire network of historic sites, nature preserves, and ancient earthworks? Some of these fascinating places offer rich nature appreciation opportunities in addition to their historic or archaeological significance. OHC Natural History Curator Erin Cashion will give a brief overview of OHC’s site network and focus on OHC’s 8 Nature Preserves that include significant natural areas and birding opportunities. Erin grew up in southern New Mexico and earned a B.S. in Biology from New Mexico State. After 5 years of working as an avian field technician both domestically and abroad, she came to Ohio to study songbird migratory stopover in northwest Ohio and earned an M.S. in Fisheries and Wildlife Science from Ohio State. She also played a large role in the writing and publishing of the Second Ohio Breeding Bird Atlas.