“Local Plants & Wildlife through the Lens of Steve Berkowitz”
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Horry County Museum 805 Main Street , Conway, South Carolina 29526
The Horry County Museum presents a free program on local plants and wildlife July 22 at 1 p.m. Join us as retired CCU professor Steve Berkowitz shares images and videos of local wildlife, including birds, mammals, reptiles, insects and flowers, that he has collected from natural areas throughout Horry and adjacent counties.
Berkowitz completed his graduate training and thesis work was at Texas A&M University in biological oceanography, specializing in zooplankton and Antarctic krill. He was hired as the Assistant Director of the Center of Marine and Wetland Studies at CCU in 1991. After some years, he transitioned to a full-time position as Lab Coordinator and Senior Instructor, from which he retired in 2011. He has participated in dozens of research expeditions in Antarctica, the Gulf of Mexico and the Western Atlantic Ocean. He also spent five years as an environmental consultant, based out of Virginia and Florida
The program will begin at 1p.m. in the McCown Auditorium located at 805 Main Street in Conway. This event is free and open to the public. For more information, call (843) 915-5320 or email hcgmuseum@horrycounty.org.