Walk & Talk at CEIE | Sliders and Snappers 

Join Erik Kiviat Sat, 6/11 at 1pm* at Denning's Point in Beacon as he explains the suspicious appearance of the slider turtle, and describes the habits of its indigenous cohort, the snapping turtle. *Please note our 1pm start, as we take advantage of high tide.

Erik Kivat, Ph.D., Executive Director of Hudsonia,  a not-for-profit envrionmental research institute, will share his extensive  experience with the plants and animals of our region by focusing his Walk & Talk on two particularly slippery characters who inhabit the Hudson River.

A lifelong resident of the Hudson Valley and a Hudsonia co-founder, Erik has studied the plants and animals of the region for 40 years and has authored or co-authored 80 publications and 200 technical assistance reports on wetland ecology, rare species conservation, habitat ecology, introduced species, the Hudson River, and other subjects.

Erik is the author of The Northern Shawangunks: An Ecological Survey; Hudson River East Bank Natural Areas; and Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey, Biodiversity: A Review and Synthesis. He is a Certified Wetland Scientist and Certified Wildlife Biologist.