Kristina Serbesoff-King, director of science and planning for the Nature Conservancy’s Florida Chapter, will speak to the West Palm Beach Garden Club on Monday, Jan. 13, at the Mounts Botanical Garden. Her presentation will detail the conservancy’s Center for Conservation Initiatives, which has a statewide scope and includes Blowing Rocks Preserve in Martin County.
The program will be held in the auditorium of the Palm Beach County Extension Service, at 531 N. Military Trail. The building is alongside the front parking lot of the Mounts Botanical Garden, outside the entrance. The club gathers at 10 a.m. for complimentary refreshments, and the program begins at 10:30 a.m. The meeting is free and open to the public.
The Center for Conservation Initiatives is a science and strategy platform that investigates critical conservation questions, demonstrates strategy and connects people to science. It advances conservation through education and training, outreach and volunteerism, science and research, and land stewardship.
Serbesoff-King, who resides in West Palm Beach, directs a team of scientists to ensure that the Florida chapter applies the best available conservation science and science-based rigor to set priorities, makes decisions, takes action and measures results.
She has worked in the environmental field in Florida for almost three decades, and has been with the Nature Conservancy since 2004. Previously, she was a wetland biologist for the Miami-Dade Department of Environmental Resources and a scientist at the South Florida Water Management District.
For more information, call (561) 307-3115.
