The Lancaster County Bird Club (LCBC) will meet on Thursday, Jan. 9, at 7 p.m. at the North Museum of Nature and Science, 400 College Ave., Lancaster.

Dan Ardia, professor of biology at Franklin & Marshall College, will present "Avian Conservation in an Urbanized Fragmented Landscape: Evolving Techniques and Developing Partnerships."

Bird populations face increasing threats from rapid environmental change and human impacts on the landscape. Ardia's talk will use Lancaster as a case study for how to study and conserve birds in a fragmented and urbanized landscape. Results from existing research will be combined with describing new approaches to monitor birds in Lancaster and beyond. 

Ardia has been studying the effects of rapid environmental change on birds around the world and in Lancaster. He serves the ornithological community as the board chair of Avinet Research Supplies, and he is a past president of the Association of Field Ornithologists. He is also active in local conservation efforts as a member of the board of directors of Lancaster Conservancy and Pennsylvania Master Naturalist.

The meeting is free and open to the public. To learn more, call 717-856-3851 or 717-725-2717.

For more information about the Lancaster County Bird Club, visit http://www.lancasterbirdclub.org, http://www.facebook.com/lancasterbirdclub, or http://www.instagram.com/lancasterbirdclub.