Let’s read and explore together!

PVAS Host: KC Walters

Free and open to the public. Participants should have read the book before the trip. Registration is required

PVMN Continuing Education Credit Eligible

Join us on a reading adventure this year! We will read a book, have a lively discussion and then go on a field trip or some other activity pertaining to the book together.

This winter, we will read Winter World by Bernd Heinrich. For our adventure, we will meet at Bavarian Brothers Brewing for lunch, followed by a walk at Yankauer. Yankauer is a place very familiar to most of us, but after reading this book, we’ll notice things we never saw before in the seemingly barren “winter world!”

About our Host: Katelyn (KC) Walters, a Shepherdstown native, is our Associate Director of Conservation and Operations. KC is a Shepherd alumna, and holds a M.S. in Biology, with a focus in forest ecology, from James Madison University. Her master’s thesis evaluated the long-term effectiveness of treating hemlock trees for hemlock woolly adelgid infestation in Shenandoah National Park. During her college education, she interned with The Conservation Fund: Freshwater Institute and Harpers Ferry National Historical Park. After graduation, she worked with the US Fish and Wildlife Service in southeastern Louisiana where she served as a forestry technician and became a certified Wildland Firefighter. KC then returned home to Shepherdstown and worked with Sustainable Solutions LLC as the Lead Natural Resources and GIS Technician.  She joined the PVAS Team in April 2018 as the Land and Conservation Manager.  Just shy of five years later, in January 2023, KC was promoted to the Associate Director position she holds today. KC enjoys riding horses, working with her dog, Paisley, on agility training, and stewarding the natural resources on her own property.

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