Gertrude Hubbard Chapel, Hubbard Hall, Clarke School for the Deaf
47 Round Hill Road, Northampton
(From Elm Street, take Round Hill Road to the top of the hill and look for the flagpole at Hubbard Hall on your right. Go in the front entrance and walk to the Chapel at the back of the building.)
6:30 PM: Conversation and Refreshments
7:00 PM: Business Meeting
7:30 PM: Speaker (Steve Sauter)
Open to the public -- all are welcome
Steve Sauter is this Year’s Annual Meeting Speaker
Steve Sauter, Education Coordinator at the Amherst College Museum of Natural History and Director of the college's Bassett Planetarium, will be our featured speaker at the BBC Annual Meeting on Sunday, November 1.
While many of us are familiar with Steve's monthly columns on the natural history of our region in the Daily Hampshire Gazette, he will offer us a broader perspective of his development as a naturalist from his childhood in Hartford, Connecticut to the Hilltowns of western Massachusetts in his talk entitled, "From the Projects to the Wilderness: One Human's Journey Back to Nature."
An accomplished birder, Steve has traveled extensively throughout the country, compiling a life list of over 500 species. He also has a keen interest in weather and serves as a cooperative observer for the National Weather Service at his home in Ashfield where he writes the monthly "Weather Observer" column for the Ashfield News. Steve's interest in the operations of Natural History Museums dates from his years as an undergraduate at Case Western Reserve University where he specialized in the natural sciences and literature. After graduating, he served as curator of museums in Connecticut and New York. Subsequently, he obtained an M.Ed. from Lesley University in Cambridge. Since 2002, he has been at the Amherst College Natural History Museum, where he combines his enthusiasm for the natural world with his interest in science education. Please join us and share in Steve's excitement about our unique corner of Massachusetts.