Dr. Daniel Carter, an environmental planner with the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC), will talk about “Mighty Oaks and their Ecosystems in the Southern Kettle Moraine” at 6:30 p.m. on Mon., Oct. 1 at the Irvin L. Young Memorial Library (Whitewater’s public library at 431 W. Center St., Whitewater).
If you’d like to learn more before or after you go, Andersen Library may be able to help you find resources such as the oak habitat description that is part of the Wisconsin All-Bird Conservation Plan, “Southeast Glacial Plains Ecological Landscape” (chapter 18 of The Ecological Landscapes of Wisconsin), “Wisconsin’s Forest Resources” (2017), and “A 200-year Fire History in a Remnant Oak Savanna in Southeastern Wisconsin” (American Midland Naturalist, 2004, vol.152:no.2, pp.201-213).
Please ask a librarian (choose chat or email, phone 262-472-1032, or visit the Reference Desk) if you’d like assistance with finding materials.
