Grand Rapids
Audubon Club
Membership Meeting & Program
Next Scheduled Meeting
September 2010 Meeting
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010
Time: 6:30 PM social; 7:30 PM program
Location: Orchard View Church, 2777 Leffingwell NE
Speakers: Fred Ignatoski
Topic: Michigan Mammals
NOTE: This will be the first general membership meeting of the 2010-2011 season. Circle this date on your calendar and plan to attend.
Wildlife Biologist, Fred Ignatoski has devoted most of his life to the Michigan outdoors. This evening’s program, "Michigan Mammals," will feature various mammal pelts and a number of skulls of Michigan mammals as well as a few other North American species.
Fred was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan and graduated from Central High School. He continued his education at Michigan State University receiving a BA and MA in the area of Fisheries and Wildlife. He feels fortunate to have worked his entire thirty-three year career for the Michigan Department of Natural Resources as a Wildlife Biologist at various locations in the state. After retirement in 1997, Fred worked at Howard Christensen Nature Center in Kent City for Steve Mueller as an interpretive teacher for six years. He says, "I enjoy gardening and doing most anything outside and also doing things with the grandkids."