What's Happening

This summer, the Eagle Hill Institute (Steuben, Maine) is offering several one week-long workshops that may be of interest to your group (see below). Eagle Hill field courses are of special interest because they focus on the natural history of one of North America’s most spectacular and pristine natural areas, the coast of eastern Maine from Acadia National Park to Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge and beyond. Our summer field courses are taught by experts in their respective fields. Course participants include beginning to advanced amateurs, graduate and undergraduate students, teachers, professional field biologists, university professors, and personnel from federal and state agencies and numerous environmental organizations.

Eagle Hill’s Summer Field Courses 2015

Taught in Steuben, Me by experts from the United States, Canada, and Europe

For general program information, go to  http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/natural-history-seminars.shtml
For more information, contact Marilyn Mayer:    marilyn@eaglehill.us    or    207-546-2821


June 21 – June 27       Lichens and Lichen Ecology
                                         David Richardson and Mark Seaward

June 28 – July 4           Crustose Lichens: Identification using Morphology, Anatomy, and SimpleChemistry
 Irwin Brodo

July 5 – July 11            Calicioid Lichens and Fungi of the Acadian Forest
                                         Steven Selva

Aug 16 – Aug 22          Lichens, Biofilms, and Stone
Judy Jacob and Michaela Schmull

Aug 30 ‐   Sept 5        How to Know the Lichen Genus Cladonia and Its Parasites
Richard Harris

The March 2015 newsletter has just been posted on the NW Lichenologists website.

The deadline for abstracts for talks or posters at the NWSA/NWL meeting has been extended to Feb. 28. See http://www.northwestscience.org/abstracts

Jenny von Reis sent the following information to me on the upcoming field trip at the NWL/NWSA meeting in early April: "The present plan for the lichenology field trip on 4 April 2015 is to lichenize in the Saddle Mountains, with a small group driving on the road through the Monument to the ridge and heading west; and a larger group traveling from the east, west on Crab Creek Rd and stopping at outcroppings and walking uphill as desired. "

These should be interesting spots, a nice supplement to an interesting meeting. For more information, see the Events section. NW Scientific Association is hosting the meeting, so please find meeting details on their website.

Saturday Feb 28th 2015, The Siskiyou Chapter of the Native Plant Society of Oregon is sponsoring a hike to Upper Table Rock near Medford. The focus of the hike is to observe lichens, bryophytes and terrestrial algae. This is a great time to visit Upper Table Rock as it is prime time for ephemeral bryophytes, and terrestrial algae associated with the vernal pools on the top of the rock. Some lichenological highlights include: vagrant forms of Xanthoparmelia and Dermatocarpon, and local rarities such as Parmelina and Peltula.  Also there is a chance to observe early flowering wildflowers and there should be fairy shrimp in the pools.   Meet at Shop n' Kart in Ashland at 9:30 AM or the Upper Table Rock parking lot at 10 AM. The hike will be led by John Villella. 

Hope to see ya there!

Daphne will be leading her usual Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Lichen walk on 7 Feb 2015. Meet at the Visitor Center at 10am. Free to members, minimal charge for non-members.

Daphne will be teaching a very introductory lichen class in Salem, 31 October 2015. I believe it is connected to NPSO but it is unclear. Free. Further info will be posted later.

Daphne Stone will be teaching a class on Lichens and their Photobionts at Siskiyou Field Institute in Selma, OR, 17-18 October, 2015. Students will get a look at photobionts that are part of the lichen symbiosis. We will work on making good sections, then seeing the photobionts using a compound microscope. We will see different placement of photobionts, and then step back to see the effect of different algae and cyanobacteria on lichen colors. The class is aimed at novice and intermediate levels. SFI is a wonderful place to take a class!