PIAS holds meetings on the third Friday of each month (except for holidays) from September through June, excluding December and January. Our Annual Banquet is the third Friday of September. The meetings are held at the Tom Ridge Environmental Center, Room 112, 301 Peninsula Drive in Erie. They begin with a social gathering at 7 p.m., followed by a 7:30 program. Everyone is invited; you need not be a member to attend PIAS meetings and enjoy the informative, educational and fun programs.
September 21
PIAS Banquet at Lake Shore Country Club
Reservations are required by September 17.
Call 814-476-7029 or 814-734-7188.
See Homepage for further details.
Speaker: Bridget Stutchbury
October 19
"Environmental Networking at the Local Level"
Tom Fuhrman, Executive Director
Lake Erie Region Conservancy
November 16
"Grasslands and Grassland Birds"
Tim Hoppe, Biologist
Pennsylvania Game Commission
December and January - No Meetings
Happy Holidays!
February 15
"The Citizens' Wilderness Proposal for
Pennsylvania's Allegheny National Forest"
John Bartlett
Friends of Allegheny Wilderness
March 28
Spring Raptor Migration
Len DeFrancisco, Gil Randell, and Ernesto Ruelas Inzunza
April 18
"A Woman, a Plan, a Canal: To Panama with Pat"
Pat Howell, Janet Price, Ruth Swaney, Jerry McWilliams and Linda McWilliams
May 16
Film: "Wings, Sand, and Song: Presque Isle’s Habitat"
June 20
"Members' Night"
Jeanne Kern, Coordinator
