Mar 11, 2013 | root_ks8kzico

Escape to Ecuador at the Lehigh Gap Nature Center

Looking to learn more about the Cloud Forest and the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador? Then you won’t want to miss Bud Cole’s presentation on Sunday, March 17, at 3 p.m. in the Lehigh Gap Nature Center (LGNC). While seated in the LGNC Visitors Center, which is heated and cooled by geothermal energy, you will be taken on a journey through the cloud forest and volcanic islands of Ecuador. As a local naturalist, outdoor writer/photographer, and Galápagos trip leader, Bud Cole will teach you all about the endemic species on the archipelago that cannot be found anywhere else in the world. This program is free and open to the public in support of the Bertsch-Hokendauqua-Catasauqua Watershed Association and the Lehigh Gap Nature Center. Donations to the two non-profit organizations are encouraged. For more information about this presentation, please call 610-767-4043. If you would like to learn more about Bud Cole’s upcoming trip to the Galápagos Islands, please visit http://holbrooktravel.com/dated-departure/budcole.

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