Conservation biologist, Aldo Leopold scholar to lecture at UMaine

Curt Meine, a senior fellow at The Aldo Leopold Foundation, will visit the University of Maine on April 9 and 10 to deliver a lecture on environmental resilience, and screen and discuss his role in the Emmy award-winning film “Greenfire.”

His lecture, “Aldo Leopold and resilience in a time of rapid change,” will launch two days of events focused on environmental resilience in a changing world. The presentation will be held at noon April 9 in Norman Smith Hall, Room 107.

Other events include an April 9 screening of “Greenfire” with an introduction by Meine, the film’s narrator. A discussion with UMaine representatives Amber Roth, an assistant professor of forest wildlife management; Lloyd Irland, a faculty associate in the School of Forest Resources; and graduate student Anna Buckardt will follow the 5 p.m. showing in Nutting Hall, Room 100.

Meine also will present “‘Greenfire’ in the Making” at 5 p.m. April 10 in Nutting Hall, Room 204.

Meine has earned an international reputation as conservation biologist, writer and historian through his work at The Aldo Leopold Foundation; as an adjunct faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Madison; a senior fellow with the Center for Humans and Nature; and a research associate with the International Crane Foundation.

Admission to the lectures and film screening is free, and no advanced registration is required.
Meine’s lecture and related events are supported by UMaine’s Department of Wildlife, Fisheries, and Conservation Biology’s Seminar Series; the School of Forest Resources; and the Center for Research on Sustainable Forests.

More about Meine and The Aldo Leopold Foundation is online.