Nov. 8, Noon-4pm South Kingstown Elks, 60 Belmont Ave. 2026 Awards Luncheon. Celebrate Hope Leeson, botanist, artist, and distinguished naturalist! Also, Alonzo Quinn, posthumous DN and Golden Eye recipient Kirsten Calise. Attorney Christopher Little will receive the Founders' Award for Exceptional Service. Pay what you can, $25 suggested.
Nov. 15, 2pm, Avedesian Hall (Pharmacy Building), URI Kingston, Gould Native Plant Program: Saving plant and insect diversity in a time of climate change: lessons from the field. Presentations and a panel discussion with Casey Johnson, URI pollinator ecologist, George Christie, RINHS entomologist and plant propagator, and Nick Ernst, USFWS habitat restoration practitioner. Avedisian Hall, URI, Kingston, FREE.
Jan. 26, 2027, (Tues.), 5:30pm. Open House and Art Show at the Survey office, East Farm, Kingston.
Feb. 20, 2027, (Sat.). 11th RI Nature Video Festival, RI College, Providence, details COMING SOON.
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Last Wednesday Tea, 4 p.m. on the last Wednesday of every month. All are welcome, free, in-person at the office or online via zoom, your choice. Contact the office for zoom link.
The 2026 ANNUAL APPEAL is launching: To support Rhode Island biodiversity with science, data, and public engagement, we're asking for your help with a financial gift to the Natural History Survey. The goal before the end of the year is $60,000 to fund field investigations, BORIIS2 database, and events like RI BioBlitz, powerful tools to guide us through an uncertain future of climate change, invasives, and development pressure. Please give generously via website, Buy-Me-A-Coffee, or on your Venmo app.
2027 RI Nature Video Festival now accepting video submissions. DETAILS
The 2026 class of Biodiversity Programming Sponsors includes business and foundation supporters of the Survey. Learn how YOUR business can join them.
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