Past Watershed Moments Events
Water, Forests, and Wildlife in Western Maryland: Environmental Science at the Appalachian Laboratory (at Garrett College, September 2024)
Let’s Delve into the Waters of Garrett County (at Garrett College, September 2025)
An Evening of Hope with Tom Horton (at the Appalachian Laboratory, November 2025)
The Appalachian Laboratory at 60: Celebrating 6 Decades of Science in Western Maryland! (at the Appalachian Laboratory, September 2022)
September 2025
Let’s Delve into the Waters of Garrett County!
Thursday, September 18, 2025, 6:30pm, Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Garrett College.
The Watershed Moments series took to the road in fall 2025 with an event at Garrett College focused on the waters of Garrett County! The event featured lightning talks by Dr. Jeff Cornwell, Dr. Andrew Heyes, and Dr. Ryan Woodland, University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science (UMCES) scientists who are currently conducting research in lakes and streams throughout Western Maryland, including Deep Creek Lake, Broadford Lake and Savage River Reservoir.
September 18, 2025 Watershed Moments Presentation Slides
Recorded Watershed Moments Events
Dr. Tim Watkins, Science Access and Engagement Coordinator with the National Park Service, shares stories of the notable research that has taken place in the parks and provide details of the ongoing Parks in Science History project.
The Appalachian Laboratory celebrated its 60th anniversary in 2022. Join us for a look back at AL’s history and a look forward to plans for the future.
Vultures are often overlooked, underappreciated, and unloved, despite the vital role they play healthy ecosystems. Based on Katie Fallon’s recent book, this fun presentation discusses the life and times of the noble Turkey Vulture, including its feeding, nesting, and roosting habits, migratory behaviors, and common misconceptions.
Dr. Helen Bailey, UMCES-Chesapeake Biological Laboratory”, shares her DolphinWatch app and the dolphin sightings it has allowed citizen scientists across the state to share with her team in “Chesapeake DolphinWatch: Dolphins in the Chesapeake Bay.”
Wildfire is often experienced as a destructive force, but it can also be an important, natural process for ecosystems. Dr. Mark Cochrane of the UMCES-Appalachian Laboratory and Deborah Landau of the Nature Conservancy- MD/DC Chapter explore wildfire in the Appalachians in “Wildfire in Appalachia.”
Dr. Stephanie Siemek, an UMCES Appalachian Laboratory alum, describes her position as a hydrologist for the US. Fish and Wildlife Service in the Southwest Region, where water is scarce and the competition for it is high.
Dr. Nicolas Zegre, West Virginia University Mountain Hydrology Laboratory, presents “Appalachian Water Security: Impacts and Opportunities of a Changing Climate.”
In “Where the Ticks Are: Mapping the Location of Pathogen Carrying Ticks in Western Maryland,” Dr. Rebekah Taylor, Associate Professor of Biology at Frostburg State University, discusses the ongoing research she and her students have been conducting on ticks and Lyme disease in western Maryland.
Learn how flavor and the sense of taste may have driven our evolution in Dr. Rob Dunn’s Watershed Moments presentation on his book, “Delicious: the evolution of flavor and how it made us human.”
Mistaken beliefs about bats abound. In reality, bats provide us with much-needed services like pest control and pollination. Learn more about these often misunderstood mammals in “Bats- the ‘Myth-Understood’ Mammals” with Juliet Nagel, Appalachian Laboratory Ph.D. student, and Dan Feller, MD DNR, present.