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All Chesapeake Forum Library Courses are available FREE OF CHARGE.  After clicking the “Course Details” button to open a course, you will find the YouTube links for the course session(s), and in newer courses, links to any handouts that might have been provided, at the bottom of the course description. Simply click the link(s) to get to the YouTube Video recording.

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Monarch Magic

Monarch Migration Magic! 

  • with Mary Helen Gillen
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2024
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Plants.1

Native Plants for Landscaped Spaces

  • with Mikaela Boley
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2024
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Oceans Matter 2

Oceans Matter!

  • with Pamela Conrad
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Winter 2024
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Warblers 3

Oh Wow! Warblers! 

  • with Dr. Wayne Bell
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2025
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Oh Wow Waterbirds

Oh Wow! Waterbirds!

  • with Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Winter 2025
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An aerial view of a large body of water.

Poplar Island: An International Model of Innovative Re-Use

  • with Kristina Motley
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Winter 2023
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Poplar Island.1

Poplar Island: An International Model of Innovative Reuse

  • with Kristina Motley
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2024
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A bird is being fed by someone holding it.

Restoration Earns its Wings: Birds of Poplar Island

  • with Kristina Motley
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2023
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River friendly yards

River Friendly Yards

  • with Jen Vaccaro
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2025
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A turtle laying on the beach with its wings spread.

Sea Turtles and Chesapeake Fishing: Lessons in Sustainability

  • with Sharika Crawford, Ph.D.
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER. RECORDING IS AVAILABLE. Learn what ended the worldwide Caribbean turtle fishery of a century ago and why this is a cautionary note for the sustainability of fishing the Chesapeake.
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A map of the area where waste water treatment plant is located.

Talbot County Planning and Growth Issues

  • with County Council Member Pete Lesher
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2023
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Blue Crabs

The Blue Crabs of the Chesapeake Bay 

  • with Kristen Lycett, Ph.D.
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2024
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A garden with yellow flowers and purple flowers.

The Importance of Native Plants in your Yard    

  • with Lynn Randle
  • & Wayne Bell, Ph.D.
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2022
We will examine the benefits of using plants that are native to our area in order to enhance biodiversity and adaptability to our soils while creating a habitat for birds and pollinators through all seasons.
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Horn Point

Tour of Horn Point Laboratory

  • with Stephanie Alexander
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2024
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Erosion

Understanding Coastal Erosion & Island Loss

  • with Darrin Lowery, Ph.D.
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2025
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A group of fish swimming in the water.

Weird World under the Waves

  • with Harrison Jackson
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Fall 2021
COURSE IS NOW OVER, BUT THE RECORDING IS STILL AVAILABLE! Join Pickering Creek Audubon Center naturalist, Harrison Jackson, for a dive into the strange aquatic animals that live in the Chesapeake and coastal bays of Maryland.
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A group of people standing around in the yard.

You Too Can Practice Conservation Landscaping!

  • with Lynn Randle
  • & Susan Hauser
  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Spring 2023
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Ymos Web Page Illustration

Youth Report on the World Series of Birding

  • Course Type: Library
  • Semester: Winter 2025
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