2002-2003 Meetings

• Tuesday - January 21, 7:00 p.m. Jason Kilgore, a doctoral student in the Department of Plant Biology at Michigan State University and president of Red Cedar Chapter of the MBC, will present "Dendrochronology:  Tree-rings as indicators of Environmental Change". He will discuss what tree rings are and how they are formed.   How can we use trees to better understand changes in the environment?  Dendrochronology is a systematic approach to using data recorded in the growth rings of trees and thus to assess the impact of pollution, climate and disturbances such as fire, flooding, landslides, volcanoes and herbivory.  
• Tuesday, Febrary 18, 7 p.m.   Edward Voss, "Botanical Island-Hopping near the Niagara Escarpment from Lake Huron to Lake Michigan"
• MONDAY, March 10, 7 p.m.  Botanical Auction - To raise funds to send a graduate student to the Spring Foray.  Dennis Woodland will serve as our enthusiastic and entertaining auctioneer !  Bring plants, books, posters - anything you would like to share and sell to someone who "needs" these items!  Come prepared to "buy" and be amazed !