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ONSITE | Thursday, February 23, 4:30 - 6 p.m.

Instructor: Tom Tribble

$18 Non-member Adult**

(**Arboretum Members receive a 10% discount on all classes.)

Course Capacity: 40

1 hour credit | BRN Elective - Wildlife | BREG Elective - Wildlife

In 2019, National Audubon released “Survival By Degrees,” a study on the impact of climate change on birds in North America. Audubon scientists took advantage of 140 million observations, recorded by birders and scientists, to describe where 604 North American bird species live today — an area known as their “range.” They then used the latest climate models, mostly generated by climate change scientists located in western North Carolina, to project how each species’ range will shift as climate change and other human impacts advance across the continent. The report concluded that two-thirds of North American birds are at increasing risk of extinction from global temperature rise. Tom Tribble couples a lifelong love of birds with an analyst’s ability to make the data vivid in this talk that summarizes the results of the study and describes how we can help.  

Tom Tribble served six years as President and is now an At-Large Director of Blue Ridge Audubon Chapter, which covers Buncombe, Henderson, Madison and several adjacent counties in western North Carolina. Tom has been an Audubon member and avid birder for more than 45 years. Tom worked for 30 years at the NC Center for Geographic Information & Analysis, the State's Geographic Information System, retiring in 2013. He holds a Bachelor's degree from Vanderbilt University and a Master's degree from Duke University.

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