<div dir="auto">Dear FUUSM folks,</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sorry to clog your email box yet again, but this is different and important. FUUSM is an Anchor Congregation for FaCT Ohio, and that group will present the next in its Distinguished Speaker series on Nov. 4 at 3 p.m. The speaker is Doug Tallamy who, I’m not kidding, changed my thinking (maybe even my life) with his book <i>Bringing Nature Home</i>. I’ve heard him present in person, and attended other lectures of his online. He is brilliant, easy to understand, inspiring, and absolutely worth an hour of your time. I hope you will register for and attend this online event. Kudos to FaCT Ohio for lassoing yet another amazing speaker!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Read on for details. —dawn, co-chair, Green Sanctuary Committee</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr"><br></div><br><br><u></u>
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<div style="text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:30px"><span style="color:#000000">"The Nature of Oaks:The Rich Ecology<br>
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<span style="font-size:18px"><span style="color:#000000">Scary headlines about the decline of the natural world that serves as our life support have spurred homeowners across the country to take action by planting natives that will help reverse this trend. No plant will achieve this faster than one of our 91 species of oaks. Oaks support more species of animals, sequester more carbon, protect our watersheds, and nourish soil communities better than any other plant genus in North America. Tallamy will discuss these roles by following the many fascinating things that are happening on the oaks in his yard each month of the year. His hope is to supply the knowledge about oaks that will generate interest in them, and, with any luck, compassion for these magnificent trees.<br>
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<strong>Douglas W. Tallamy</strong> is Professor and Chair of the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware in Newark, Delaware. Chief among his research goals is to better understand the many ways insects interact with plants and how such interactions determine the diversity of animal communities.<br>
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Participants in this Zoom even will be eligible to win a hardback copy of <em>The Nature of Oaks—The Rich Ecology of our Most Essential Native Trees.</em></span></span><br>
<div style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:23px"><span style="color:#000000"><strong>NOVEMBER 4 at 3 PM ET via ZOOM</strong></span><br>
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