About the Presenter

Amanda Goldsmith is the Spotted Lanternfly Technician at the Lancaster County Conservation District. She is a recent graduate from Millersville University with a B.S. in Environmental Biology and a history of tutoring and environmental education at her university, a zoo, and other organizations. The Lancaster County Conservation District’s main goal in their spotted lanternfly program is to assist Penn State Extension, PDA, and USDA in control and education. Her position focuses on spotted lanternfly outreach and control with Lancaster’s municipalities, treating the insect’s main host Tree of Heaven at focused landowners, and serving as an additional resource to the county.

About Nature Hour

Nature Hour is a new virtual lecture series by Lancaster Conservancy that will be taking place every other Wednesday during the months of June and July 2020. To find out about other events in the series please follow this link: www.lancasterconservancy.org/events/

With consideration for the restrictions around COVID-19 and the safety of everyone, the Conservancy is excited to expand our educational outreach using technology to feature presentations and lectures from some of our favorite local and regional experts.

How to Participate

Registration is required. Attendees will receive an e-mail with a link to access the presentation via Zoom the day of the event. Conservancy staff will be on hand starting at 5:30pm prior to each lecture to answer your questions and help you familiarize yourself with how Zoom works.

We’re grateful for the support of generous sponsors who make educational programming like Nature Hour possible!

Cover photo by Kerry Givens