2025 Winter Lecture Series
Listed below are some of the topics that have been scheduled for 2025 Check back for updates.
All of our Winter Lectures are held in the Interpretive Center
January 4, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Dr. Andy Waskie
TOPIC: THE LIFE OF GENERAL GEORGE GORDON MEADE
January 18, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Linda Cook/FOSOCAS
TOPIC: Trap, Neuter Return (TNR)
February 8, 2025 POSTPONED
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Todd Plover, Conservative Wildlife Foundation of NJ
Barnegat Light Habitat Restoration: Build It and Plovers will Come
February 15, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Amy Plantarich, JC NERR/ Rutgers Univ.
Life on the Edge: Engaging All Ages in the Wonders of the Estuary!
March 1, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Joseph Makoviecki, James Black and Cranston Dean/Jackson Pines Folk Rock Band
PRESENTERT
TOPIC: History of Traditional Folk Music from Burlington & Ocean Counties
March 15, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Liz Oliner
TOPIC: Women Lighthouse Keepers and the Attire of the Day
April 12, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Kaitlin Gannon, JC NERR/Rutgers Univ.
TOPIC: NJState Eel Monitoring Program
April 26, 2025
Time: 1:00 p.m.
PRESENTER: Jon Fiorella
TOPIC: Tuskegee Airmen
Speaker Bio: Jon Fiorella lives in Carmel, NY, which is in the Hudson Valley. He also has had a vacation house in Barnegat for almost 25 years. Jon taught science for 43 years at both high school and college levels and along the way has garnered five national awards related to his teaching. He has made more than 60 presentations over the past 10 years on science topics ranging from Bioethics to Aeroallergen Research and history topics that cover the Civil War and World War II. In retirement he continues to research topics in both science and history and enjoys presenting them to interested audiences. Recently, Jon presented at the New Jersey Maritime Museum, the West Point Museum, the Lincoln Depot Museum and Barnegat Lighthouse State Park.
As an aside, it should be noted that Jon does professional artwork for various charitable organizations. He goes out on his kayak and collects driftwood and then paints nautical scenes on them. These, along with his wood burnings, are sold with all the proceeds going to nonprofit organizations.
