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We are looking for a photographer to produce our 2023 lichen calendars. Focus should be on lichens of the NW United States that have not been featured in any of our previous calendars. Preference is given for completing the project in August so we can get them printed and ready for sale by September. Please contact me for information of specific requirements salamander2300atgmail.

November 5-12, 2021 will be the only window to apply for temporary Forest Service jobs. Many seasonal botany positions involve surveying for rare lichen and bryophyte species. Go to USA jobs now to set up your profile and prepare an application. 

This year's certification and training event is scheduled. The event will be at the Cispus Learning Center, near Randle WA, in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest starting at 4 pm on Friday October 8. We are asking that folks be vaccinated against Covid-19. Registration deadline is September 3, 2021. See the Events page for more information.

I will cover some basics of lichens then talk about what people might see in their gardens.

Here is the link: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/events/those-lichens-your-trees

Here is the link to Eugene Natural History Society: https://eugenenaturalhistorysociety.org/

I will cover basics and maybe something about air quality or other relevant PNW issues.

The next lichen Red Listing workshop will be held virtually on January 18-21, 2021 from 7:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. PST each day. Please register for the workshop by Monday, January 11th using the following link: https://forms.gle/BxeDpmqzFgfYbDfZ7

The workshop is free, but you will need to register to receive the zoom links to join the meeting. We will be focusing primarily on North American species in this workshop, and there will also be a group working on South American species.

Global Fungal Red Listing Website

As you are preparing assessments ahead of time, please be sure to add species to the global fungal red list initiative website (http://iucn.ekoo.se/en/iucn/welcome). As you are adding assessments to the fungal forum, or revising assessments already on the website, please be sure to add the 'Lichen virtual workshop - January 18-21, 2020' tag in the 'Assign to Event or Workshop' box. This way we will be able to easily find each other's assessments to discuss during the workshop. This box should be on the right of the species page, near the top. 

Training Resources

If you would like to gain some more in-depth training before the workshop, there is a free online training available here: https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/online

You may also want to reference the Red List Guidelines before the workshop: https://www.iucnredlist.org/resources/redlistguidelines

Cemetery Lichens - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Seattle

​Why not consider lichens as an alternative for Hallowe'en?  Lichens are friendly and interesting organisms that love to grow on headstones and old trees. They are harmless to your plants and add aesthetic value to trees and shrubs.  We can actually use them as indicators of air pollution!

Katherine Glew is offering a 2 hour lichen experience at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery in Seattle, on Saturday, October 27 from 10:00am to noon. This offering will occur - rain, shine, wind, snow.........

To sign up for the course and read a description, go to the following link:

TBA

Bring a hand lens or cell phone with a magnifier to view lichen details.

A memorial celebration has been set for Terri Knoke who loved lichens as much as she loved plants. She was very dedicated to learning lichens, attending several lichen forays and Northwest Lichenologist Meetings at Northwest Scientific annual events.

Her husband, Mark Mease, arranged a celebration for her, which will occur Saturday, October 17 at noon on Saddle Mountain.

Memorial Celebration for Terri L. Knoke

December 16, 1952 – April 16, 2020

An event to mark the passing of Terri Knoke will be held on the summit of Saddle Mountain, north of the Hanford Nuclear Reservation, on October 17, 2020 at 12:00 p.m.  Participants will be encouraged to pick up 2 or 3 “seed balls” containing a potting mixture, sagebrush seeds, and some of Terri’s ashes.  It was her wish to be scattered in the form of seed balls on the north side of Saddle Mountain to help restore a burned area.

The location is 16 miles east of the junction of Hwy 24 and Hwy 243 at the Vernita bridge.  If you’re coming from Seattle, take I-90 east to Vantage.  After crossing the Columbia River turn south on Hwy 26 for about 1 mile, then bear right on Hwy 243 towards Richland until you arrive at the Vernita bridge.  Turn east on Hwy 24 for 16 miles.  There will be vehicles or balloons or ribbons, something will alert you to the turnoff to the parking area.

If you’re coming from the Tri-Cities, follow Hwy 240 across the Hanford site.  Continue on Hwy 24 past the Yakima Barricade and down to Vernita.  Cross the bridge and turn immediately right and continue on Hwy 24 to the parking area.

If you are coming from Spokane, take I-90 west to Moses Lake and turn south on Hwy 17.  Turn west on Hwy 26 at Othello for approximately 1.8 miles.  Turn left onto Hwy 24 and follow it for 19.5 miles to the parking area.

The celebration will be short and simple.  Designated people will speak, then participants who wish to may speak, then the seed balls will be distributed.  This will conclude the celebration.  Afterwards people may stay and chat in the parking area, weather permitting, as long as they wish, but there will be no formal reception.  There may be some light refreshment at the parking area, but per Terri’s wishes there will not be a catered event or further ceremony.

Arid Lichens of Cowiche Canyon, Washington: Emphasis on the Crustose Forms.

June 6, Saturday: Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS)Study Weekend - Cowiche Canyon. Arid Lichens of Cowiche Canyon: Emphasis on the Crustose Forms. Katheirne Glew and Richard Droker will be leading the walk through this diverse area. Sign up through the WNPS web site. 

https://www.wnps.org/wnps-annual-events/study-weekend

This is an all day  event.

The trip will start at the Lazy F Camp and Retreat by Ellensburg, WA

Announcing Eagle Hill Institute’s seminars on lichenology in 2020

Eagle Hill is on the coast of eastern Maine between Acadia National Park and Petit Manan National Wildlife Refuge. 

May 24 – 30 ... Lichen Identification and Ecology ... Troy McMullin

May 31 - Jun 6 ... The Lichen Genus Lepraria ... James Lendemer

May 31 - Jun 6 ... Introduction to Bryophytes and Lichens ... Fred Olday

Jun 7 - 13 ... Tardigrades: Ecology, Identification, and Biology ... Emma Perry

Jun 21 - 27 ... Independent Lichen Studies: Interesting and Challenging Crustose Lichens ... Alan Fryday

Oct 23 - 25 ... Crustose and Foliose Lichens (Weekend Workshop) ... Fred Olday

The following flyer has links to individual lichenology seminar flyers.

https://madmimi.com/s/af4d201

For general information and a calendar of all seminars:

https://www.eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/nhs-calendar.shtml

office@eaglehill.us … 207-546-2821 Ext 4

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Chase Uy and Devyn Adams

Assistant Program Managers / Administrative Assistants

Eagle Hill Institute

59 Eagle Hill Road, PO Box 9, Steuben, ME 04680

https://www.eaglehill.us

207-546-2821 Ext. #206