BRIDGTON – The Lakes Environmental Association will lead a lunchtime book discussion series every other Monday this winter. The schedule is as follows:

Jan. 14 and 28: Richard Louv’s “Last Child in the Woods.”

Feb. 11 and 25: Tom Wessels’s “Myth of Progress.”

March 10 and 24: David Carroll’s “Swampwalker’s Journal.”

The books are available at local libraries or Bridgton Books. Limited copies may be available to borrow at LEA.

The group will meet from noon to 1 p.m. at the LEA Lakes Center, 230 Main St. Participants should have some familiarity with the book to be discussed and are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch.

The association has another series of programming to offer. Educator and conservation biologist Bridie McGreavy will conduct a three-part Citizen Science Series at the Holt Pond Preserve.

The goals are to establish long-term monitoring of animal populations at Holt Pond by conducting routine animal tracking transects and introduce participants to animal track identification and data collection techniques.

The first of the animal tracking programs will take place at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 17, and will last approximately 2.5 hours. Participants should wear warm winter gear and snowshoes are available. Meet at the Lakes Center to carpool to the preserve.

For more information and register, call 647-8580 or e-mail [email protected]. The programs are part of the Caplan Family Environmental Education Series at LEA, sponsored by Hu and Ray Caplan and their family.

Dr. and Mrs. Caplan, founding members of LEA in 1970, believe that environmental education is vital to a healthy environment for present and future generations. For more information on other programs in the series, visit the LEA Web site at www.mainelakes.org.