July Augusta-Aiken Audubon Meeting – In Person & Zoom – Topic: PHINIZY!!

The July meeting of the Augusta-Aiken Audubon Society will be July 8 at 7pm. We will be meeting in person at the North Augusta Community Center – 495 Brookside Ave, North Augusta. In addition, we will present by Zoom for those unable to attend in person.

The presentation will be by Callie Oldfield, Ph.D., the Research Director at the Phinizy Center for Water Sciences. She will cover the Center’s current freshwater research and plans for expanding ecological research in the park.

Callie grew up in rural Tennessee, spending her days catching crayfish and climbing pine trees. After graduating from The University of the South (Sewanee) with a Bachelor’s degree in Biology, she worked as a Post-baccalaureate Fellow with the Sewanee Herbarium and a Sustainability Coordinator. During this time, she pursued research in wetland land use change, plant population genetics, and floristics. Callie recently graduated from the University of Georgia with a PhD in Plant Biology, focusing on the effects of wind disturbance and salvage logging on forest communities and carbon pools.

The mission of the Phinizy Center for Water Sciences is to provide leadership for sustainable watersheds and economic vitality through research, education and by connecting people with nature.

See you there!