Since 2011, the Ipswich Conservation Commission has hosted a Speaker Series on a wide variety of environmental topics. Archived videos of presentations recorded by ICAM
Link to Recorded Speaker Series Presentations:
https://link.cumulusglobal.com/u/2a2da7b3/9vvsny5I6hGwhLEwh3soMg?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2oZNivBPl4M%26list%3DPLjFj9s3mC3fsgcGDdqaTP99h5oKQuoeiK
Presentations include:
- 6/8/2011: Stormwater and Its Impact on Ipswich’s Famous Shellfishery by: Wayne Castonguay
- 9/14/2011: The Trails and Open Spaces of Ipswich by: Alex Van Alen, Executive Director of ECTA
- 1/11/2012: Ipswich Wetlands Video Primers: Inland Wetlands by: Mike DeRosa; The River Zone by: Kerry Mackin; The Coastal Zone by: Kathryn Glenn
- 5/23/2012: Restoring The Ipswich River To Health by: Kerry Mackin
- 6/28/2012: Vernal Pools by: Catherine Carney-Feldman, Mike DeRosa and Lisa Manzi
- 10/10/2012: Living With Beavers Presentation by: Skip Lisle
- 3/27/2013: Breeding Birds by Habitat by: Jim Berry
- 6/26/2013: Invasive Plants: Identification and Eradication by: Catherine Carney-Feldman, Mike DeRosa
- 3/26/2014: The Role Of The Honey Bee As Pollinator by: Gretel Clark
- 6/11/2014: Dealing with Phragmites by: Rick Hydren and Peter Phippen
- 10/8/2014: Edible Wild Plants and Mushrooms of the North Shore by: Russ Cohen
- 4/8/2015: Bats and White Nose Syndrome in Massachusetts by: Alicia Geilen
- 3/22/2017: Sustainable Landscape Maintenance by: Jamie Banks and Jeanne Kempthorne
- 2/28/2018: Restoring Sea-run Fish to Our Rivers by: Ben Gahagan
- 5/23/2018: Identifying and Eliminating Common Invasive Plant Species from Your Landscape by: Mike DeRosa and Tyler Ferrick
- 6/26/2019: The Secret Lives of the Gulls of Appledore by: Sarah Courchesne
To learn more about upcoming Speaker Series presentations, check out the Conservation Commission’s Speakers Series News Flash.