EDUCATION: Marine Cultivation and Water Quality with John Holzapfel presented by North Fork Audubon Society at Peconic Landing Auditorium

John Holzapfel will give a program about the natural history and environmentally beneficial effects of growing oysters, scallops and algae in our bays and creeks. John has an undergraduate degree in chemistry and a masters degree in Marine Science and taught high school science for 37 years and junior college science for 15 years. He served on two occasions as a Southold Town Trustee and also served as a member of Cornell Cooperative’s marine advisory board. When he retired from teaching he began a shellfish company and after 10 years retired from the shellfish business. Over the past three years John has been giving monthly talks on nature at Peconic Landing.