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Meet the Speakers

Jeff Meyers is a wildlife biologist for the Arizona Game & Fish Department, managing the Watchable Wildlife Program. He has spent his entire adult life studying mammalian carnivores and enjoys the opportunity to educate others about all of the fascinating wildlife species we have here in Arizona.

Cheyenne Towne is the Wildlife Viewing Program Coordinator for the Arizona Game and Fish Department. Her educational background is in Forestry and Wildlife Biology. She is an Arizona native who enjoys any opportunity to share her enthusiasm for wildlife with others.

VIRTUAL SPEAKER SERIES WITH ARIZONA GAME AND FISH BIOLOGISTS

LEARN ABOUT WILDLIFE FROM EXPERTS IN THE FIELD

Join Southwest Wildlife online for our virtual  Speaker Series!

Local organizations and wildlife professionals will tell us about living with our fascinating local wildlife and conservation efforts to save them for future generations. Hosted via Zoom, these virtual webinars will feature a two-hour presentation from Arizona Game and Fish biologists Jeff Meyers and Cheyenne Towne followed by a Q&A session from attendees. Learn about wildlife living around Arizona, as well as the challenges they face - from the comfort of your couch! 

Each month will feature a new topic. You can see them listed below. Some upcoming topics you may see are:

  • Adaptations of Wildlife to Southwestern Desert Environments
  • Arizona Desert Mammals  
  • Arizona Ungulates
  • Bats of Arizona 
  • Black Bear
  • California Condors
  • Corvids
  • Desert Squirrels & Chipmunks
  • Desert Tortoise
  • Foxes of Arizona
  • High Cost of Habitat Fragmentation  
  • Horned Lizards
  • Javelina  
  • Keeping a Field Journal
  • Mesocarnivores
  • Origins of the Sonoran Desert
  • Packrats
  • Peregrine Falcons
  • Rattlesnakes of Arizona
  • Scorpions 
  • Snakes of Arizona
  • Unlovable Critters 
  • Venomous and Poisonous Animals of Arizona
  • Waterfowl of Arizona
  • What is the Wildlife Viewing Program?
  • Wildcats of Arizona
  • Wildlife Photography
  • Wolves & Coyotes

Stay tuned & check back for them to be posted!

The Speaker Series events are by reservation only. Tickets are sold for each talk and are $20 for an individual viewer, $40 for a family viewing (one household), and $60 for a Watch Party (more than one household).

To register for one of these Speaker Series events, click the "Book Now" button at the top of the page, then choose the date you'd like to attend. Ticket purchasers will receive the Zoom link 24 hours in advance.

  • ARIZONA UNGULATES
    ARIZONA UNGULATES

    October 19, 2023
    6:30 PM

    Ungulate is just a fancy word for hooved animals, specifically a mammal. You have your even-toed hoofed animals like deer and sheep, then you have your odd-toed hoofed animals like rhinoceros. Now, I know what you're thinking, but no sadly rhinos are not native to Arizona; though they did have ancestors that lived here in the distant past. In this presentation we will be focusing on Artiodactyla, or, the even-toed ungulates that we do have here in our state presently, but we will cover a few of their prehistoric ancestors as well. Learn about the natural history, unique adaptations, and lifeways of this diverse group of animals with us.

    Photo by Bruce Taubert

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