BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:19@newtonconservators.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20040520T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20040520T210000 DTSTAMP:20190202T144858Z URL:https://newtonconservators.org/events/newton-and-the-northeast-kingdom -natural-connections/ SUMMARY:Newton and the Northeast Kingdom - Natural Connections DESCRIPTION:Brendan Whittaker\nForester\, Pastor\, &\; Former Vermont Se cretary of Natural Resources\n\nDan Perlman\nBrandeis University (and Cold Spring Photographer)\n\nFormer Vermont Secretary of Natural Resources Bre ndan Whittaker will be the speaker at the Spring 2004 Newton Conservators Lecture. The event will take place at the Druker Auditorium of the Newton Free Library on Thursday\, May 20 th at 7 pm . At first glance\, it may ap pear that the City of Newton\, an urban ring Boston suburb with a populati on density of 4643 persons per square mile (in Y2K) and the Northern Fores t areas of Vermont\, with only 20 persons per square mile\, may have littl e in common. Yet Newton native Brendan Whittaker will elucidate the linkag e between these seemingly disparate natural environments. He has lived in farthest northeastern Vermont for almost forty-five years. As a graduate p rofessional forester in a one-industry paper mill town\, he has found hims elf deeply involved in the vast land ownership changes taking place in nor thern New York and New England\, particularly over the last 15 years. He f eels a debt to his Garden City Newton upbringing for putting him on the ro ad to a life in conservation and has been a long time but far-away member of the Newton Conservators.\n\nDan Perlman\, Professor of Biology at Brand eis University and coauthor with E.O. Wilson of Conserving Earth’s Biodi versity\, will join Mr. Whittaker is exploring the many emerging linkages\ , physical\, biological\, environmental\, and even spiritual between the N ewton and the Northeast Kingdom\, a 20 million acre region some 30 times b igger than Rhode Island.\n\nBrendan Whittaker is a proud graduate of Newto n High Class of 1952 and went on to a degree in Forestry from the Universi ty of Massachusetts . He also holds a Master of Divinity from the Episcopa l Theological School in Cambridge \, Massachusetts . He began his career i n Vermont state government in 1959 as Essex County Forester. In 1967\, he served as First Chairman of the Act 250\, District I Environmental Commiss ion in Vermont . In 1977\, he was appointed as Director of the State Energ y Office\, and in 1978 he became Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natura l Resources. He was chosen to chair the international negotiations by envi ronmental representatives of the six New England Governors and five Easter n Canadian Premiers which resulted in the Unanimous Joint Agreement on Aci d Rain. In 1991\, he was appointed to the Northern Forest Lands Council\, and in 1992 he joined the Vermont Natural Resources Council as a Northern Forest Project Manager. In 1997 he became one of the founding members of t he nation-wide “Forest Stewards Guild.” He was just re-appointed in 20 04 as a Vermont member of the Connecticut River Joint Commission. He is a selectman in the town of Brunswick \, Vermont \, and a partner with his wi fe\, Dorothy\, in the market garden they operate from their farm.\n\nDan P erlman is an equally proud graduate of Newton South\, Class of 1973. He re ceived a Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology from Harvard Univers ity. He has taught conservation biology for twelve years and has written t wo books on the subject.\n\nThis lecture is co-sponsored by the Newton Fre e Library (617-796-1360) and the Newton Conservators\, Newton 's own organ ization that promotes the protection and preservation of open space. Bren Whittaker's lecture is the seventh in the twice yearly\, Newton Conservato rs Lecture Series\, which features renowned experts in areas related to th e open space mission of the Conservators. As part of their educational out reach\, the programs are free and open to the public. Membership informati on about the Newton Conservators and the Friends of the Library will be av ailable at the lecture. Copies of the new Walking Trails in Newton's Park and Conservation Lands will be available for purchase\, as well as Conserv ing Earth's Biodiversity. For further information on this event\, please c ontact the Conservators coordinator for this event\, Ted Kuklinski. 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