Jennifer Bauer in a Helene debris flow track in Haywood County. Photo by Tim Surrett.

Date: April 18, 2026

Time: 10:30 a.m.

Presentation Location: Anne Elizabeth Suratt Nature Center at Walnut Creek Preserve

Speaker: Jennifer Bauer, a Principal Geologist and co-owner of Appalachian Landslide Consultants, PLLC

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.

RSVP is requested below, but not necessary to attend the event! Please join us!

The Walnut Creek Preserve Speaker Series programs are made possible thanks to our partnership with the Preserve.

*Walnut Creek Preserve is private property and guests are only allowed on the property by invitation (a planned event or scheduled group).  Thank you.

Contact Pam Torlina, pam@conservingcarolina.org, with questions or for more information.