South Mountain Speakers Series: Changing Climate in the South Mountain Region: How a Changing Global Climate is Affecting the Local Landscape

In collaboration with our partners at Dickinson College and the Greater Carlisle Project, the South Mountain Partnership will be hosting the evening lecture, "Changing Climate in the South Mountain Region: How a Changing Global Climate is Affecting the Local Landscape." The event is scheduled for Thursday, November 13th in the Stern Great Room on Dickinson College's campus.

Dr. Tim Hawkins, professor of earth science at Shippensburg University will draw upon his own research to describe historic weather and climate patterns and extremes for the South Mountain region, including trends found along the Appalachian Trail. Projections of future shifts in climate, as well as the important local, state, federal and international decisions that surround these changes will also be included. Dr. Hawkins will be joined by a panel of experts who will address additional factors, including alterations in Pennsylvania habitats, agriculture and flood management. Panelists will include Ben Wenk, Three Springs Fruit Farm; Dr. Marc McDill, Assistant Professor of Forest Resource Management at Penn State; and Dr. Jeff Niemitz, Professor, Department of Earth Science, Dickinson College.

This November events marks the last event in the 2014 Season of the South Mountain Speakers Series. Stayed tuned in the coming months for the announcement of an exciting range of talks and topics for the 2015 Season!

In the Spirit of the Michaux Lectures

Pennsylvania has a long and compelling history of conservation. Inspired by the state and the nation’s early conservation leaders and their struggles, the South Mountain Partnership seeks to put today’s environmental issues into a broader context and inspire action within our communities.

The South Mountain Speakers Series are organized in the spirit of the Michaux Lectures, a series of talks given by Joseph Rothrock in his work to preserve and restore Pennsylvania’s forests and natural landscape. During the late nineteenth century, the Michaux Lectures as presented by Rothrock were an educational mission that became a catalyst for real change in our state’s environmental history.

It is our hope that as we face the challenges of the twenty first century, the South Mountain Speakers Series can encourage a new generation to find in the past a positive vision for the future of the South Mountain landscape and beyond.

Building on our past to create a legacy for our future

Changing Climate in the South Mountain Region: How a Changing Global Climate is Affecting the Local Landscape - Thursday, Nov. 13th