Friends of the Foundation Dinner
Friends of the Foundation Dinner
September 20 @ 5:30 pm – 8:30 pm
Gather around the table with FSF friends for an evening of community, food, and fun! Presentations include a keynote by Tim Palmer, author of Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches, and pre-dinner remarks by artist Rosalie Haizlett. There will also be a cash bar and Chance Auction.
Keynote Presentation: Tim Palmer
Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches – At once an artistic celebration, scientific inquiry, and heartfelt eulogy, Tim’s presentation will explore the problems our most cherished eastern forests face from exotic insects and pathogens.
Tim Palmer is the award-winning author and photographer of thirty books about forests, rivers, conservation, and the environment, including Trees and Forests of America and America’s Great Forest Trails. He has been involved in conservation since 1970 and has received the Lifetime Achievement Award from American Rivers, the Conservation Achievement Award for Communications from the National Wildlife Federation, and the Distinguished Alumni Award from Penn State University. Tim’s book, Twilight of the Hemlocks and Beeches, won the Ansel Adams Photography Award from the Sierra Club. See www.timpalmer.org for more information.
Remarks: Rosalie Haizlett
Rosalie Haizlett is an illustrator, author and educator whose mission is to celebrate the hidden wonders of the natural world through art. Haizlett has been an artist-in-residence at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with the National Audubon Society at Hog Island, and at the Roger Tory Peterson Institute of Natural History. In 2022, she was awarded the Eckelberry Fellowship for distinguished wildlife illustrators. Haizlett has taught nature-focused art workshops in schools, national parks, and REI stores and has also instructed tens of thousands of students through her online courses. The author of Watercolor in Nature and the forthcoming book Tiny Worlds of the Appalachian Mountains, she lives on the edge of Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. See rosaliehaizlett.com for more information.