Are you afraid of bats? Did you know that bats are very helpful in controlling the insect population, reseeding cut forests, providing food for humans, and have even taught us about sonar? Not having the correct information regarding bats has resulted in harm to bats and myths about them that are incorrect.
The Chestertown Garden Club will increase your knowledge about bats with a program Tuesday, February 3. Elizabeth (Beth) Hill will be our speaker and will enlighten us about the World of Bats and the part they play in our world and gardens. Elizabeth is the Faculty Extension Assistant and since 1996, has taken over the program for 4-H Youth Development at the University of MarylandExtension for Kent County. Through the 4-H
Through the 4-H program she develops and teaches programs for youth and adults on the Eastern Shore in the area of youth development, entomology, environmental and agricultural sciences, animal science, team building and other programs. Beth grew up in Lancaster County, raising Black Swallowtail butterflies and Cecropia moths. A graduate of the University of Delaware with a BS in Entomology Applied Ecology, Beth interned at the Delaware Nature Society and then began working for the University of MD Extension.
Please join us at our next meeting on February 3rd, where Beth’s program will broaden our environmental knowledge, provide horticultural alternatives for our gardens and eliminate “old wives tales” about bats. Through learning more about bats, we hope you will like, respect and help protect these endangered species. The meeting will be held at Emmanuel Episcopal Church, 101 North Cross Street, Chestertown, MD at 11:00 am.
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