SWC 08-09

2009 Meetings

Monday, January 19, 2009. Big Rock Valley by Mike McCuistion (Ed Lowe Foundation)
Monday, February 16, 2009. Rare Plant Species of SW MI by Tyler Bassett
Monday, March 16, 2009. Specialist Insects by Dave Cuthrell (MNFI),
Monday, April 20, 2009. Manistee National Forest by Pat Ruta (US Forest Service)
Saturday, October 10: Fall Meeting, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Monday, October 19, 2009. Orchids: Home and Abroad by Adam Lenz
Wednesday, November 25, 2009. Climate Change and Plants by Dave Karowe (WMU) (w/ Kzoo Wild Ones)
Monday, December 7, 2009. Plant Evolution by Todd Barkman (WMU)

2009 Field trips

May 2 (Saturday): Love Creek (w/ Ann Arbor Wild Ones and Huron Valley Chapter)

May 30 (Saturday): Lawton Prairie: Spring Wildflowers

June 27 (Saturday): Lime Lake: Savanna and Prairie Fen. Leader Tyler Bassett

July 25 (Saturday): Lake County, IN Prairies. Leader Scott Namestnik (JF New) &/or Tom Post (IN DNR)

August 28-30: Mini-Foray, U of M Biological Station, Pellston, MI

CANCELLED August 29 (Saturday): Allegan State Game Area: Coastal Plain Marshes. Leader Brad Slaughter (MNFI) CANCELLED

September 19 (Saturday): Waukena Preserve: Lake Plain Prairie. Leader Bill Martinus (w/ White Pine Chapter)

Native Seed Collection

At the February meeting Ken Hiser mentioned the program that Chicago Botanic Garden has for hiring contract botanists to collect seeds (primarily tallgrass prairie, but many other species too). According to Ken: “It's fairly easy to get signed on as a collector, and it seems to me like it would be a nice way for many people to earn extra cash and maybe also get novice botanists (children, students...) involved in plant conservation work. And I think many of the contractors get some pretty substantial income out of this... the more you collect, the more they pay per collection!”

Here is the link to the Chicago Botanic Garden site: http://cbgseedbank.org

2009 Meetings

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