2025 Winter Lecture Series

Winter Lecture scheduled for January 5, 2025 cancelled due to weather.

Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Twentieth Annual

Presented by The Friends of Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Location: Discovery Center, Smith Mountain Lake State Park

Time: All lectures are Sundays from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Ticket Prices: Single ticket - $10.00 Single season ticket - $30.00

Friends of SMLSP members: Single ticket - $ 8.00 Single season ticket - $24.00

Price includes parking. All tickets paid at the door.

For more information call: Smith Mountain Lake State Park 540-297-6066

In case of inclement weather, please call the State Park at number above.

All proceeds go to assist with the environmental and educational programs presented at Smith Mountain Lake State Park.

January 5, 2025	Smith Mountain Lake Dam-History, Mechanics and the local Watershed
	Speaker: Neil Holthouser, Process Supervisor AEP

February 2, 2025	VA Department of Wildlife Resources- “Nuisance Wildlife” in your Backyard and Managing Wildlife Conflicts
	Speaker: Ali Davis, Wildlife Biologist
	Ali is a District Wildlife Biologist with the Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources (DWR) covering Botetourt, Bedford, Roanoke, Franklin, Patrick, Henry, and Pittsylvania counties. She started out with DWR in 2018 as the region’s Nuisance Bear Coordinator and became a District Wildlife Biologist in the Spring of 2021. Some of the main duties of a district biologist are to assist the public with human-wildlife conflict resolution, manage wildlife habitat, conduct research & surveys, and connect people to Virginia’s outdoors. Ali has a lot of experience helping constituents manage human-wildlife conflicts and is looking forward to sharing some tips & tricks on how to avoid conflict on your property and help Keep VA’s Wildlife Wild!

March 2, 2025	Women of Poplar Forest
	Speaker: Mary Kesler, Coordinator of Historic Resources, Poplar Forest

April 13, 2025	“BATS- Be Afraid”
	Speaker: Bonnie Miles, Master Naturalist