A researcher and author on the passenger pigeon will
help mark the 100th anniversary of its extinction during a program
hosted by the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point’s Museum of Natural
History.
Joel Greenberg will present a free lecture, “The Echoes
of Their Wings: The Life and Legacy of the Passenger Pigeon,” at 10 a.m.
Monday, Oct. 20. It will be held in room 650 of the Albertson Learning
Resources Center, 900 Reserve St., Stevens Point. The UW-Stevens Point College
of Natural Resources is also a sponsor.
Greenberg’s book, “A Feathered River Across the Sky: The
Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction,” will be available for purchase, and
he will sign copies after the talk.
Attendees may also view the museum’s new passenger
pigeon exhibit, which is open to the public. Wildlife artist Mary Bratz, a
UW-Stevens Point alumna, recently completed a new habitat background for the
display.
The museum is participating in the national Project
Passenger Pigeon program. It supports local programs by loaning ornithological
mounts for artist-in-residence programs at Wausau’s Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art
Museum and participates in the “Fold the Flock” origami project. The museum
also has passenger pigeon informational posters free to schools and educational
organizations.
Greenberg has been researching natural resource issues
in the Midwest for more than 25 years. He is a research associate at the
Chicago Academy of Sciences Peggy Notebaert Nature Museum and the Field Museum.
He also helps lead Project Passenger Pigeon and co-produced the documentary
“From Billions to None: The Passenger Pigeon’s Flight to Extinction.” He holds
a juris doctorate and master’s degree from Washington University.
For more information or to obtain the educational passenger
pigeon posters, call 715-346-2858 or email museum@uwsp.edu.
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