RANGELEY – The Wilhelm Reich Museum Sunday Nature Program for July 20 will be on “Ferns” presented by Warren Balgooyen.

Balgooyen is a graduate of Colby College with a degree in biology. He was employed at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1963 to 1983.

In 1983 Balgooyen became a freelance naturalist and landscaper in Maine. He is a member of several conservation and wildlife group boards. He runs a small nursery at his home in Norridgewock and writes a nature column for the Town Line, a weekly publication in South China. He also contributes to the Birdwatcher’s Digest.

Attendees will meet at 2 p.m. at the outdoor classroom at the top of the hill to the left of the observatory parking lot. All the Sunday Nature programs are free.

The observatory details the life and work of physician/scientist Wilhelm Reich. It is open Wednesday through Sunday 1 to 5 p.m. in July and August. In September it is open on Sundays only from 1 to 5 p.m. Adult admission fee is $6; children under 12, free.

The nature program is funded by individual donors and a grant from the Wing-Benjamin Trust.