Barbara St. John Vickery Submitted photo

Friends of Merrymeeting Bay’s fourth presentation of its 28th annual Winter Speaker Series, “Getting to Know Rachel Carson: Best-Selling Author, Conservationist & Advocate,” features Barbara Vickery, retired director of conservation with The Nature Conservancy of Maine.

Presentations are held via Zoom and accessible at the top of fomb.org. This event is set for 7 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 8.

After serving as rare plant botanist with the Maine Critical Areas Program, St. John Vickery joined The Nature Conservancy Maine in 1983 as director of science and stewardship and later served as director of conservation programs until retirement in 2017. She serves on the Maine Board of Environmental Protection and Forest Society of Maine board, is a member of the Citizen’s Climate Lobby Midcoast Maine chapter, and is a member of six local organizations (including Friends of Merrymeeting Bay), who have helped conserve trails she uses regularly.

Speaker Series presentations are free and open to the public. Visit fomb.org to see speaker biographies, full event schedules, video recordings of past presentations, become a member, and learn more about how to protect Merrymeeting Bay and the Gulf of Maine.

For more information, contact FOMB’s Ed Friedman at 207-666-3372 or edfomb@comcast.net.

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