Community Public Discussion Series on Florida's Big Bend Maritime Heritage to be Held
Written by Bill Lowrie Tuesday, 08 January 2008 07:01
Public Discussion Series on Florida's Big Bend Maritime Heritage to be Held
What: “The Maritime Trail,” a new look at Florida’s Big Bend Maritime Heritage.
A 5-part public discussion series covering human activity along the coast from prehistoric days to the present. It is free and open to the public.
When: 7:00 – 9:00 p.m., the fourth Thursday of the month, from January 24 through May 22.
The first half-hour is a social mixer with light refreshments.
Where: Tallahassee Community College Wakulla Service Center, 5 Crescent Way, Crawfordville FL 32327
(Located on US 319 of Crawfordville; about a mile south of the Courthouse.)
Sponsor: The Big Bend Maritime Center with financial assistance from the Florida Humanities Council.
Programs:
Thursday, January 24 “In Their Own Words”
A look at Big Bend Fishing Families and the impact of the Net Ban Regulation
Michael Jepson, Program Director, Gulf and South Atlantic Fisheries Foundation
Thursday, February 28 “Folklife and Maritime Heritage”
Dr. Tina Bucuvalas, Bureau of Historic Preservation, Florida Department of State
Thursday, March 27 “Shipwrecks of the Big Bend”
Debra Shefi, Bureau of Archaeological Research, Florida Department of State
Thursday, April 24 “Prehistoric Human Evidence in Apalachee Bay”
Dr. Michael Faught, Pan American Consultants
Thursday, May 22 “Lighthouses of the Big Bend”
Andrew Edel, St. Marks National Wildlife Refuge
Contact: No advance reservations required. For further information call Bill Lowrie, Executive Director, Big Bend Maritime Center, at 850/962-4138. For directions call TCC at 850/922-6290.
This information originally published on January 8, 2008.
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