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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

Terri Lee Knoke, 67, passed away on April 16, 2020, at her home in Burbank, Washington from complications due to metastatic breast cancer. She was an avid enthusiast of lichens. Terri was a member of Northwest Lichenologists, Northwest Scientific Association, and the Washington Native Plant Society (WNPS).

Terri was a chemical engineer and moved to Burbank to work for the Boise-Cascade Paper Company. She was also an accomplished artist in botanical illustration.

Most recently Terri, along with Jenny Jenny Von Reisand Mickie Chamness, coordinated the Badger Mountain lichen inventory in Richland, WA September, 2018.

Terri went to many Northwest Scientific Association meetings to connect with Northwest Lichenologists, attending the paper sessions and participating in field collecting.

Terri was an enthusiastic botanist, contributing her time to many WNPS eastern Washington activities. 

One of her last requests was to donate a medical microscope to a deserving and developing lichen student. Her microscope was given to Heather Ahn Stewart, a student of Lalita Calabria at Evergreen University in Olympia.

Terri will be missed by all of us in Northwest Lichenologists.

LICHENS: MYSTERIOUS FUNGI of the FOREST

Dr. Katherine Glew will lead a lichen tour in the Cedar River Watershed, east of Seattle, to introduce you to the fascinating lichens of the forest. If you have wondered about what a lichen is and why they are in the forest, this will be a great opportunity to view the lichen diversity in the watershed and learn the names of our most common species. There will be a short classroom session, followed by visits in the watershed, identifying and studying specimens collected from various forest habitats.

Date: Sunday, May 17, 2020

Time: 10am to 3pm

Location: Exit 32 from I-90, 17905 Cedar Falls Rd SE, North Bend, WA

Bring: a hand lens/magnifying glass and "Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest" - McCune & Geiser

Cost: $25

Registration:  Not yet posted. Keep a watch on:

Cemetery Lichens - Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Seattle, WA

offered by the Puget Sound Mycological Society

Dr. Katherine Glew is offering a 2 hour lichen experience at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Saturday, April 4 from 10:00am to noon. This offering will occur - rain, shine, wind.........

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

http://www.psms.org/index.php

Members have first choice in signing up for event.

Land of the Lichen with Science Friday and the World Forestry Center

https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/lichen-portland-or/

When: March 28th, 2020 from 3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Doors open at 3:00 p.m.

Where: World Forestry Center – Miller Hall, 4033 SW Canyon Rd, Portland, OR 97221

Tickets: $15. This is a family-friendly event.

This Siskiyou Field Institute workshop taught by Daphne Stone will focus on Bryoria, Melanelia and Peltigera. Classroom overview of these three challenging species, plus labs with information on chemical tests. Forays to forest and riparian habitats will provide field practice on species identification.

Registration and more details.

Cemetery Lichens - Mount Pleasant Cemetery. Seattle, WA

Dr. Katherine Glew is offering a 2 hour lichen experience at the Mount Pleasant Cemetery on Saturday, February 1 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: 

https://www.uwbotanicgardenscatalog.org/Cemetery-Lichens-P2002C265.aspx

Cost: $30 per lichen enthusiast.

Andrienne Kovasi and I will be leading the annual lichen walk at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Jan 18, 2020, 10:00-12:00. Meet at the Visitors Center below the parking lots. We will mosey along through riparian oaks then climb slowly through a Doug-fir forest, then along the edge of the oak savannah, ending up at the silo to look at the amazing Chaenotheca population there. The walk happens in rain or shine.

Daphne Stone will be teaching a class at the beautiful SFI facility, April 21-23. We'll cover three difficult genera: Melanelia s.l., Bryoria and Peltigera. I'll bring examples of different species and we will practice chemical tests on Bryoria and Melanelia. We always go on field trips to see the lcihens in their habitats. If interested, sign up through Siskiyou Field Institute.