The WGNSS Nature Book Group normally meets on the second Tuesday of each month. We are now meeting at Powder Valley Nature Center (38.556155, -90.428700), in Meeting Rooms A and B. The address is 11715 Craigwold Road, Kirkwood, MO 63122.
Since the meetings are open to the public (as a result of the meetings being announced in Powder Valley’s onthly email newsletter), pre-registration is requested for purposes of MDC’s facility utilization tracking. This can be accomplished by going to MDC’s Events registration at: https://mdc.mo.gov/events?event=&location=All&county=All®ion=3913.
Contact John Christensen at [email protected] for updates and further information.
Starting in January 2025, we anticipate that we will be meeting at Powder Valley Nature Center, on the second Tuesday of each month at 1:30 PM. We are currently awaiting final confirmation of this arrangement from the site manager. ➢ December 10. Underland, A Deep Time Journey, by Robert MacFarlane. Chapters 1 through 6. ➢ January 14. Underland, A Deep Time Journey, by Robert MacFarlane. Chapters 7 to the end. ➢ February 11. Hurricane Lizards and Plastic Squid: The Fraught and Fascinating Biology of Climate Change, by Thor Hanson. ➢ March 11. Otter Country, An Unexpected Adventure in the Natural World, by Miriam Darlington. ➢ April 8. Slow Birding: The Art and Science of Enjoying the Birds in Your Own Backyards, by Joan E. Strassmann. ➢ May 13. Life’s Edge, The Search for What It Means to Be Alive, by Carl Zimmer. ➢ June 10. Letters to a Young Scientist, by E. O. Wilson. June, July and August’s books are aimed to attract high school students on summer vacation, in addition to adults. ➢ July 8. Nuts About Squirrels: The Rodent That Conquered Popular Culture, by Don H. Corrigan. ➢ August 12. The Modern Bestiary, A Curated Collection of Wondrous Wildlife, by Joanna Bagniewska. ➢ September 9. The Serviceberry: Abundance and Reciprocity in the Natural World, by Robin Wall Kimmerer. ➢ October 14. Bicycling with Butterflies: My 10,201-mile journey following the Monarch Migration, by Sara Dykman. ➢ November 11. CHANGE: Bicycling With Butterflies, My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration, by Sarah Dykman. The second half of the book, “A Summer Break to Bike” to the end. The chapters are not numbered. ➢ December 9. Of Time and Turtles, Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell, by Sy Montgomery. Email John Christensen at [email protected] several days in advance for any updates.