May 14  Wolf Mountain near Marenisco, MI
            Botany/geology/leeks - Rod Sharka, Quita Sheehan, Paul Ehlers (geology             instructor at Nicolet College) 

June 4  Ottawa National Forest Breeding Bird Census, Nesbit Lake , south             of Sidnaw, MI
            Possible stream paddle or bog trip with Doug Welker and Colleen                         Matula           

June 11 Ontonagon River near Rockland, MI
            Spring Flora - Steve Garske

June 25  Bog trip (tentative) –  Quita Sheehan

July 16  Little Tamarack Flowage near Conover, WI
            Aquatics - Susan Knight and Quita Sheehan

July 31 (Sunday)  Discovery Center, Manitowish Waters, WI         
            Wild Plants: Edible and More! Co-sponsored by the Discovery Center ($5             fee)- Colleen Matula

August 13  Sunday Lake, Wakefield, MI  (family trip)
            Ian Shackleford

August 21 (Sunday)  Baraga Plains management area (near Baraga, MI)
            Doug Welker, Sue Trull

September 10  Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness south of Alston, MI                   Spring-fed hillside - Doug Welker, Steve Garske (rated strenuous)

September 17  Mushrooms, In or near the Keweenaw Peninsula        
            Dana Richter

See links in column to left for more info

Other events of interest:

June 13 – 18  Isle Royale Botany Workshop
            Janet Marr - Contact Kristine Bradof at 906-482-7860 or                                    kbradof@irkpa.org   for more information about workshop registration or             to register.  Contact Janet Marr at 906-337-5529 or jkmarr@mtu.edu for             details about the workshop itself.

August 20 -21  Aquatic Plant Workhop, Gratiot Lake, Keweenaw County             Janet Marr.  Details will likely be available at the
            Gratiot Lake Conservancy website by April 1st or so, and on this website             as well.

September 24 National Public Lands Day
             Find a volunteer work project near you at www.publiclandsday.org, or
             watch for the Ottawa National Forest project to be announced here later.