JAMESTOWN, N.Y. — Three and a half years ago, naturalist and Jamestown native Mark Baldwin moved to the shores of Malaren, Sweden’s third largest freshwater lake, near Stockholm, Sweden.
He has been exploring the forests and fields of the area ever since.
From 11 a.m. to noon Jan. 8, people can listen to Baldwin from the comfort of their own home as he shares stories and lessons in natural history from his Swedish journey. This virtual tour of “The Nature of Sweden” is a First Friday presentation of Audubon Community Nature Center (ACNC).
With a Bachelor of Science in biology and secondary education from SUNY Fredonia and Master of Science in Teaching from Antioch University, he taught middle school and high school science in Alaska, Vermont and New York.
For more than 25 years, Baldwin was an educator and naturalist at Jamestown’s Roger Tory Peterson Institute, where he worked with teachers throughout the country to create place-based methods of teaching and learning with a focus on the outdoors and the natural world. In 2014, he received the ACNC Chairman’s Award for exemplary service in nature education.
The fee for this virtual program is $8 or $6 for Nature Center members. It will be hosted online on Zoom.
Register up to an hour before the program by going to AudubonCNC.org and clicking on “Register for a Program.” Participants will be sent a Zoom meeting code when they register
For more information on Zoom, go to theverge.com/2020/3/31/21197215/how-to-zoom-free-account-get-started-register-sign-up-log-in-invite to learn how to sign up.
To learn more about Audubon and its many programs, call (716) 569-2345, visit AudubonCNC.org, or find Audubon Community Nature Center on Facebook.
