Friends of Smith Mountain Lake State Park
Tuesday, December 10, 2024
 
Sponsored by:
The Friends of Smith Mountain Lake State Park
First Sunday of January, February, March and 2 nd Sunday of April from 3:00- 4:00 pm
Light refreshments will be served
 

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