Wednesday, September 16, 2026

Doug Tallamy, Daniel Klem, and Jim Cubie, J.D.

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Doug Tallamy is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware and co-founder of Homegrown National Park. He is the author of The Nature of Oaks, Nature's Best Hope, The Living Landscape, and Bringing Nature Home. Daniel Klem Jr. is the Sarkis Acopian Professor of Ornithology and Conservation Biology and director of the Acopian Center for Ornithology at Muhlenberg College. A pioneering researcher in the field of bird/glass collisions, his new book, Solid Air | Invisible Killer: Saving Billions of Birds from Windows, highlights the solutions people can use to save birds from sheet glass. Jim Cubie, J.D., is a consultant to the Muhlenberg College Center for Ornithology and was formerly a presidential campaign speechwriter and Chief Counsel for the U.S. Senate.

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