Big Muddy Speaker Series

Presentation by Chris Riggert, Mo. Dept. of Conservation

Tuesday, May 24, 2016, 7:00 p.m. 

Where – Westport Coffeehouse Theater – 4010 Pennsylvania Ave. Kansas City, MO

6 p.m. – Social Hour
7 p.m. – Presentation. Presentation will be filmed – After 7 PM, Please enter through Green Room Burgers

PLUS – This presentation audio will be streaming live on KCDV.tv!
(See past videos here)

Presentation is FREE and open to the public!

Crawdads, crawfish, freshwater lobsters, river lobsters, mudbuggers, and even ditch crickets…all have been used to describe the fascinating crayfish, Missouri’s state invertebrate. Crayfish species fill niches all over Missouri, from the gravel of our smallest streams to mud banks in our biggest rivers. Some even live on dry land, in holes on the prairie.

Chris Riggert, biologist with the Missouri Department of Conservation, will scratch the surface on all things “crawdad.” He will cover such topics as distribution, morphology, life histories, ecology, conservation status, and more!

Chris Riggert is the Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Conservation in Jefferson City.

Chris Riggert is the Stream Team Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Coordinator for the Missouri Department of Conservation in Jefferson City. He began working with MDC’s Stream Unit since 1999 and has worked on various crayfish issues for nearly 20 years, including publishing the updated “Guide to Missouri’s Crayfishes” published this year by MDC. Chris has worked in his current position since 2007 administering the Missouri Stream Team’s Volunteer Water Quality Monitoring Program statewide.

Directions

Westport CoffeeHouse – 4010 Pennsylvania Kansas City, Mo – www.westportcoffeehouse.com

The Westport CoffeeHouse is in the Westport entertainment area, midtown KC, south of downtown and north of the Plaza.  The main intersection is Westport Rd and Broadway.  From this intersection, go west on Westport Rd one block to Pennsylvania. Turn north (right).

OR you can get there from the intersection of Southwest Trafficway and Westport Rd.  Go east on Westport Rd to Pennsylvania. Turn north (left).

Westport Coffee House is approximately one block down on the west side of Pennsylvania.  Parking can be had either south of the coffee house in the large parking lot or just north of the coffee house alongside the building.  Enter through Green Room Burgers or Westport CoffeeHouse.