2001  Summer Lecture Series

Rensselaer’s Darrin Fresh Water Institute, located on Route 9N, and the Historical Society of Bolton

are pleased to co-host a series of distinguished presentations

    July 9            The Old Military Road: From Indian Trail to Super Highway

                        Thomas Lord, Professor, Indiana University of Pennsylvania & Silver Bay Associate,

                 Silver Bay, NY

    July 16            Black Flies and Zebra Mussels: Can We Really Control Them with Biological Agents?

                          Dan Molloy, Division of Research & Collections, NYS Museum, Albany, NY

    July 23            The Moose in the Adirondacks: New Beginnings

Mark Brown, Wildlife Specialist, NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, Warrensburg, NY

    July 30            History of the Sagamore Hotel on Green Island

William Gates, Regional Historian & Author, Bolton, NY

 August 6            French and Indian War Battlesites: A Controversy

                          Bob Bearor, Author, Historian & Adirondack Guide, Newcomb, NY

August 13      Now that the Zebra Mussel Has Been Found in Lake George: Just How Real is the Threat to the Lake

                         Marc Frischer, Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, and John Wimbush,

                        Skidaway Institute of Oceanography, Savannah, GA; & Darrin Fresh Water Institute, Bolton Landing, NY

August 20            ARTS ‘N FLOWERS: Women Painters and Sculptors on the Garden Path

                         Pat Santora, Naturalist and Museum Docent, Chestertown, NY

August 27            Wonders of Our Wetlands

                         Gerry Lemmo, Professional Wildlife Photographer, Glens Falls, NY

Programs are on Monday evenings beginning at 7:30 PM. The public is cordially invited free of charge.

Funding for this series is provided by generous gifts from The Knapp Fund and numerous individuals.

Seminars are video taped by the iEAR program at Rensselaer for broadcast on public access television.