Huyck Preserve Thursday Evening Lecture Series. This annual program brings in science researchers from around the world to speak to the community on pertinent topics in science or to the greater Capital Region. Bill Logan, Founder & President, Urban Arborists, will give a presentation, Plantations as Patrimony at the Preserve and in northern Japan. Free and open to the public.  6:30 p.m. light refreshments followed by the lecture at 7 p.m. 284 Pond Hill Road Rensselaerville, NY 12147.  518-797-3440.