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Brown Bag lunch series concludes with discussion of early landscape John Hall will present a program titled, "Alabama's Early Landscape," Tueday, Aug. 22 at noon at the Grove Hill United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. The event is sponsored by the Clarke County Museum. Hall, a research associate with the Alabama Museum of Natural History, will give a brief survey of the geology of Alabama, including the fall line and topography; the influence of the Ice Ages on Alabama river valleys; Alabama's forest cover including ecological succession and the myth of old-growth forest; and the observations of the early explorers. Hall will also discuss distinctive landscapes such as the longleaf pine belt, hardwood forests, the Black Belt, canebrakes, cypress, and other swamps. In addition, Hall will touch on the Native Americans as landscape-shaping forces, and use the Federal Road as an example of how a wetter early Alabama influenced settlement and travel. Hall will be appearing in Grove Hill as part of the Museum's "Brown Bag Lunch" Lecture Series, which ends with this program. Attendees are invited to bring their own lunch and drink to enjoy during the program which will end promptly at 1p.m. or shortly before. The programs are free of charge and registration is not required. The Brown Bag Lecture Series is sponsored by a grant from the Alabama Humanities Foundation. For more information, call Kerry Reid at (251) 275-8684.
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