# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Landslides in WNC – Stories, Tools, and Tips
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am
- **Event Description**: In this talk, Jennifer Bauer will educate the audience about landslides in Western North Carolina. Her talk will feature stories about impactful landslides triggered by the remnants of Hurricane Helene on September 27, 2024, as well as other landslide events in WNC. She will also give the audience some tips on ways to identify landslide features, tools that are available for making informed decisions about land use, and examples of how to protect themselves from or avoid landslide hazards.

Jennifer Bryson Bauer is a Principal Geologist and co-owner of Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC in Asheville, NC. Jennifer is a native of Highlands, NC and received her degree with highest honors in geological sciences at UNC-Chapel Hill in 2001. After graduation, she worked for an engineering consulting firm in Raleigh until 2005. She joined the North Carolina Geological Survey’s Landslide Hazard Mapping team in Asheville from 2005 to 2011 mapping landslides in WNC.  In December of 2011, she co-founded Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC, a geology consulting firm. Jennifer has over 24 years of engineering geology experience and is passionate about applying that experience to help protect lives, property, and infrastructure.

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https://conservingcarolina.org/event/walnut-creek-preserve-speaker-series-landslides-in-wnc-stories-tools-and-tips/
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbus/walnut-creek-preserve-speaker-series-landslides-in-wnc-stories-tools-and-tips/200029896210611
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- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbus
- **state**: NC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Walnut Creek Preserve
- **lat**: 35.290942105004
- **long**: -82.237062584993
- **full address**: Walnut Creek Preserve, Columbus, North Carolina, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Landslides in WNC - Stories, Tools, and Tips being held?
  - **A:** Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Landslides in WNC - Stories, Tools, and Tips takes place on Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am to Sat, 18 Apr, 2026 at 10:30 am at Walnut Creek Preserve, Columbus, North Carolina, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Landslides in WNC - Stories, Tools, and Tips?
  - **A:** Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series: Landslides in WNC - Stories, Tools, and Tips is organized by Conserving Carolina.

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