Valley Stewardship Network
(VSN) will host the third presentation in its Conservation on Tap
series, Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 7 p.m. at the Rooted Spoon in Viroqua.
Dr. James Theler will present "Changing Landscapes and pre-European
Native Americans in the Driftless Area: A Brief Overview."
Theler`s
talk will cover highlights of human culture and environmental change
from the arrival of native peoples at the end of the ice age 13,000
years ago to the EuroAmerican period in the Driftless Area of western
Wisconsin. Human adaptation and surviving "relict" plant communities and
animal species from past climatic episodes will be discussed...