Retired Wildlife Biologist to Deliver Geddes W. Simpson Lecture
A retired wildlife biologist, author and outdoor enthusiast will deliver the 13th Annual Geddes W. Simpson Lecture at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 8, in the McIntire Room in Buchanan Alumni House at the University of Maine.
William Krohn’s free, public talk is titled “Using Historical Information in Wildlife Science: A Personal Journey.”
Krohn, who earned his master’s degree at UMaine, uses historical documents to understand changes in wildlife populations and distributions.
For nearly 40 years, Krohn held various research and administrative posts in bureaus of the U.S. Department of the Interior, which is charged with protecting America’s natural resources and heritage. Those jobs were with the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and, for 27 years, the U.S Geological Survey’s Maine Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at UMaine.
Krohn also has written books about two Maine naturalists and is senior author of Early Maine Wildlife, a reference book about deer, moose, Canada lynx, wolves and other animals. In addition to lecturing about Maine’s outdoor heritage and wildlife, Krohn, an avid angler, is researching early fishing lures and the Mainers who made them.
In 2001, Simpson’s family established the Geddes W. Simpson Lecture Fund. Simpson was a well-respected faculty member whose 55-year career in the College of Life Sciences and the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station began in 1931. He chaired the entomology department from 1954 until his retirement in 1974. The lecture was established to support a series that highlights speakers who have provided significant insight into the area where science and history intersect.
A reception will follow Krohn’s lecture.