What's Happening

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!

Our new Board of Directors, elected last Saturday, consists of Dave Kofranek, Greg Eide, Charity Glade, Lin Kyan, and John Villella. Alternates: Scot Loring, Steve Sheehy. Board members are elected to 2-year terms.

Last year's slate of officers was re-elected:

Daphne Stone, President
Katie Glew, Vice President
Bruce McCune, Secretary-Treasurer

Hello Northwest Lichenologists and enthusiasts,

It is that time of year again – the call for contributions to the 2015 Northwest Lichenologists Newsletter!

We would like to see contributions from the following areas:

Personals
Recent publications and web sites
Results from forays and field trips
Upcoming workshops/courses offered
New and interesting lichen species
Project descriptions and results – current and proposed
Short communications, articles

Short biographies

Lichen jobs being advertised for the upcoming year

We encourage interesting photos or links to web sites. If you would like to submit a short paper, keep in mind that it must already be edited for spelling and punctuation. As editors, we work on the formatting of submissions for the newsletter. We cannot accept papers that need grammatical revising.

Besides the above suggestions, we will consider anything relating to northwest lichenology that you can think of – including artwork, poetry, photography, etc.

Please send your submissions to Scot Loring <gniroltocs@hotmail.com> 

Submissions will generally be placed in their applicable section of the newsletter in the order received.  Please pass this e-mail on if you know of someone who is interested but does not receive postings on the NWL server. We would like to receive any submissions by February 20^th.  Any entries received after that date will likely be placed in the 2016 newsletter.  Apologies for any multiple copies of this email, as we use multiple mailing lists.

Sincerely,

Scot Loring

Editor

http://northwest-lichenologists.wildapricot.org/

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Mosses, Lichens, and Liverworts
April 18-19, 2015
Cost: $175

Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, Willamette National Forest, Oregon Cascades

Which forest dweller can turn rock into food? What plants store water for dry periods and can create soil in the upper canopy of ancient forests? Non-vascular plants such as mosses, lichens, and liverworts are drawing increasing attention for their importance as indicators of forest health, air quality and environmental integrity. From air quality indicators and natural water filters to nesting material for birds and mammals, mosses, lichens, and liverworts are invaluable to Pacific Northwest forest ecosystems. Past Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center instructor and forest ecologist John Villella returns for his favorite workshop of the year, and will lead us on a journey through the little known non-vascular plant kingdoms of the Opal Creek wilderness. Opal Creek is home to hundreds of species, many of which are only found in the ancient forests of the northwest. This course is especially helpful for agency personnel who are conducting forest health surveys throughout the state.

The yearly meeting of NW Lichenologists, in conjunction with NW Scientific Association, is coming up in April, 2015. NWSA has just released its call for papers. Please submit an abstract and tell us what you have been doing. 

We a pleased to announce that we now have in hand volume 2 of Monographs in North American Lichenology, entitled Montana Lichens: An Annotated List.

Why would a non-Montanan lichenologist want one?

This is the first comprehensive summary of the occurrence, literature references, and ecological context for lichens in any state or province in the Pacific Northwest or northern Rocky Mountains. Because we also include reports from adjoining states and provinces, the book should be useful in a broad area. The monograph will be an invaluable reference for people delving into crustose lichens.

So far, a total of 1074 species are documented from Montana. Of these, 283 species are new for the state and 19 are new to North America. We discuss the rare, threatened, and endangered lichens of Montana. Priorities for surveys and monitoring are evaluated by placing species in one of eight categories, based on all combinations of global rarity, ease of detection, and habitat vulnerability.

For ordering information, please use the "Store" tab at the new NW Lichenologists website, http://northwest-lichenologists.wildapricot.org

The old email list (via lichenguild@NACSE.ORG) will be phased out and ultimately replaced by the News | Blog  and Forum pages on the new website. There you can post the same kinds of announcements, observations, and questions.

Event Registration: In the future you can register for events, such as field trips or workshops, via the web site.

You can still use our domain name to connect: www.nwlichens.org

Or you can use the new web address: http://northwest-lichenologists.wildapricot.org/

They will take you to the same place.

This is all very new, so there are bound to be some problems. If you find a problem, please let me know.