The 2024 Bretzfelder Park Summer Educational Series continues with Nature Apps for the Naturalist on Wednesday, August 21!

Smart phones are usually blamed for keeping us away from the natural world, so how can your smartphone connect more people with nature? This educational program will introduce us to several applications that we can install on our smartphones to better understand and enjoy our natural world. 

Field guides are great but are heavy to carry. Nature apps can make us better naturalists and contribute to citizen science projects. Naturalist David Govatski will cover apps for geology, birds, weather, and plants, as well as apps that supplement paper maps for trail navigation.

This is not a youth program, but it is family-friendly and children are welcome. The free program is interactive and designed to engage and educate audience members of all ages.

David Govatski is a naturalist and field trips leader. David retired from the US Forest Service after a 33-year career. He now works as a ship naturalist in Alaska during the summer and presents autumn foliage programs in New Hampshire in September and October. David is a proponent of getting out and enjoying nature and will show how we can balance the use smart phone apps to increase our enjoyment of nature and not detract from nature.