An Evening to Connect, Learn & Celebrate
5:00 PM – Silent Auction (Bring an item to donate & support JVAS!)
6:00 PM – Delicious Buffet Dinner featuring baked chicken & gravy, baked potatoes, broccoli, tossed salad, and homemade cake! (Plus ice tea, coffee, and water.) Gluten-free (except gravy & cake). Vegan: salad & potatoes
7:00 PM – JVAS Business Meeting (Stay informed & get involved!)
7:30 PM – Presentation: “Ornithology Over Fifty Years: A Retrospection and Lessons for the Future”
Presented by Dr. Andrew Mack, Conservation Biologist & Ornithologist
Our Speaker: Dr. Andrew Mack is a conservation biologist and ornithologist with a Ph.D. from the University of Miami. Since 1979, he has worked for the Academy of Natural Sciences, Conservation International, the Wildlife Conservation Society, the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, and Penn State Altoona, where he retired in 2024. His research has spanned numerous topics, especially cassowaries and tropical rainforest ecology in Papua New Guinea (PNG). He has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and a book while also developing a major conservation program training PNG national biologists and mentoring conservation leaders. Now residing in Pennsylvania, he manages an 85-acre conservation property and serves on the boards of the Westmoreland Land Trust and the Society of Conservation Biologists Oceania.
Reserve Your Spot by April 8!
🎟 $22 per JVAS Member $24 for non-members – Mail or sign up online!
TO REGISTER:
✅ Download, print out and fill out the form below, and mail with payment to:
Catie Farr, 1201 Meadow Lane, Duncansville, PA 16635
✅ Or sign up at the March 25 JVAS meeting
✅ Questions? Email [email protected] or call 570-651-3839
RESERVATION FORM (DOCx) or RESERVATION FORM (PDF)
