The Fearsome Foursome

The Fearsome Foursome

 Saturday, October 11th at 11:00 a.m.

Join the Sherman Library for “The Fearsome Foursome”, an illustrated talk on October 11th at 11:00am with Ginny Apple.

Ginny Apple, a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the DEEP, will enlighten attendees on the life and habits of four common CT nocturnal creatures: the opossum, skunk, raccoon and porcupine and how unique characteristics help them navigate their environs, evade predators and survive.

A move to the middle of the woods in Barkhamsted over 20 years ago brought Ginny Apple into an environment filled with bears and other wildlife. Living in a house surrounded by Peoples State Forest, she observes a large population of Black Bears and supplies field notes and photographs on them to DEEP bear biologists. Her affinity for this magnificent creature led her out west to participate in a Grizzly research mission in Montana and to become a Master Wildlife Conservationist with the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, for which she gives almost 100 talks yearly and volunteers monitoring the local bear population. As an MWC she also, along with many other activities, serves as a Bald Eagle interpreter for the Shepaug Dam Eagle Viewing area and the Essex Steam Train’s Eagle Flyer and created and runs the Barkhamsted Earth Day Nature Festival, a yearly event on the last Sunday in April that draws an average of 800 people to Peoples State Forest.

Ginny is the Chairman of the Barkhamsted Conservation Commission and serves on the Boards of the Farmington River Watershed Association (FRWA), the Friends of American Legion, Peoples State Forests (FALPS), the Northwoods Land Conservancy, the Litchfield Hills Audubon Society, and the Friends of Connecticut State Parks.

This program is free and is offered by the Sherman Library. Register online at shermanlibrary.org/registration-dropdown or contact slprograms@biblio.org.