Smith Mountain Lake State Park
Twentieth Annual
2025 Winter Lecture Series
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.
| February 2, 2025 |
VA Department of Wildlife Resources- “Nuisance Wildlife” in your
Backyard and Managing Wildlife Conflicts
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Speaker: Ali Davis, Wildlife Biologist |
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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!
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| March 2, 2025 |
Women of Poplar Forest |
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Speaker: Mary Kesler, Coordinator of Historic Resources, Poplar Forest |
| March 23, 2025 |
Smith Mountain Lake Dam-History, Mechanics and the local Watershed |
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Speaker: Neil Holthouser, Process Supervisor AEP
(This program rescheduled from January 5)
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| April 13, 2025 |
“BATS- Be Afraid” |
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Speaker: Bonnie Miles, Master Naturalist |
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