May 19  Wolverine Trail near Ironwood MI
            Spring flora - Sue Trull , botanist

June 2   Ottawa National Forest Breeding Bird Census, Nesbit Lake.                    south of Sidnaw MI
            Field trip info available as the date approaches

June 9   Lake Superior shore / Presque Isle River area north of
            Wakefield MI - Steve Garske, botanist; Doug Welker, guide    

June 23 Bog complex,  Manitowish WI
            Colleen Matula, botanist

July 28  Otter River and Lake near Tapiola MI
              Quita Sheehan, botanist; Doug Welker, guide
               Local resident Dave Rulison will discuss the history of Otter
               Lake and the Otter River delta, and the Otter River watershed

August 11  Penokee Range, Iron County WI
               Ian Shackleford and Steve Garske, botanists

August 25  Allagash Lake near Boulder Junction WI WI         
            Wild rice lake ecology.  Rod Sharka and Susan Knight, botanist

Keep checking back.  Other trips are possible!

Other events of interest:

May 25-28  Michigan Botanical Club Spring Foray
            U of M Biological Station (30 minutes south of the Bridge)
             Info online at http://www.michbotclub.org/spring-foray#General
             beginning in April.

June 11-16  Isle Royale Botany Workshop
             Janet Marr, botanist
             Info at http://www.irkpa.org/images/2012botanyworkshop.pdf

August 18-19   Aquatic Plants Workshop, Gratiot Lake, Keweenaw
              County, MI
              Janet Marr, botanist
              Info at http://gratiotlakeconservancy.org/WetlandsPlantWrkshp2012.htm

September 29 National Public Lands Day
             Find a volunteer work project near you at www.publiclandsday.org, or
             watch for a possible Ottawa National Forest project to be announced 
             here later.