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DECEMBER 2006   Editor - Emily Nietering=


Happy Holidays

 

The officers of the Southeastern Chapter wish all of you a happy holiday season= and peace in the new year.

 

 

DECEMBER  PROGRAM

Saturday, Dec. 2, 1:30 pm

 

We will be joining with the SE MI Land Conservancy for their Annual Meeting and Program to be held at the Environmental Interpretive Center on the campus of the Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn. We will have light refreshments and social time, followed by an update on SMLC activities for = 2006 and a highlight of upcoming plans. Julie Craves, from the Rouge River Bird Observatory, will present a program on Bird Banding.Come out to meet and mi= ngle with SMLC members, Board directors and staff. Membership is not re­quir= ed.  Bring your friends and family. To = help us planfor refreshments, a quick RSVP to (734) 484-6565  would be appreciated if you plan to attend.U of M-Dearborn is at 4901 Evergreen Road, south of Ford Road, immediately south of Henry Ford Community College. = Enter at the first entrance into U of M-Dearborn and keep to the right. Park in t= he 5-story parking structure (free). The Environmental Inter= pretive Center is just to t= he west of the parkingstructure at the bend in the road.

 

 

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The  Golden  Preserve  Field  Trip<= /p>

 October 15

The Southeastern Chapter and the H= uron Valley Chapter combined forces for a field trip to the Golden Preserve to do some additional work on the plant survey of the property that was started in May and June of last year.  Me= mbers who helped on this trip were Judy Kelly, leader, Susanne Greenlee (conserva= tion scientist for the Oakland Land Con­servancy), Larry Nooden, Jane Hoyle, Alice Ward, and Dorothy Holden. We had a beautiful day for the field trip, = one of the rare perfect sunny days in October.=   And we were able to add a few new plants to the list despite the lateness of the season.

 

The Golden Preserve was purchased = by The Nature Conservancy in 2002, and held for the Oakland Land Conservancy until= the funds were available to purchase the preserve in 2006. The property is located  in northwest Oakland County in Springfield Twp. and is approximately 35 acres.  It is composed of a great variety of habitats: oak barrens,  southern swamp, prairie fen, a han= ging or perched fen, dry sand prairie, dry mesic southern forest, various marsh, areas, open ponds and small streams.

 

Some restoration has begun on the preserve. A prescribed burn was done this last spring in the prairie area a= nd resulted in a beautiful stand of big blue stem and butterfly weed. There is evidence of fire distur­bance from wild fire, most likely due to the proximity of the railroad tracks along the west side of the property. The Nature Conservancy began some work.  We were able to add a few  more to the list and Judy added several more on her visit the previous day.  This is an area that will need to = be visited several more times just to add to the list, as well as to see it returned to its glory.    &n= bsp;            = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;   by Alice Ward

 

 

 

ROYA= L OAK NATURE SOCIETY

 

DECE= MBER PROGRAM