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Field Trip Schedule  -  2010

Note:  Links will appear on the list below when more detailed info about the trip is available.

May 22Inventory of Hilltop Lake tract, just outside Sylvania Wilderness, Watersmeet, MI  Sue Trull and Bob Evans.  Additional botanists are especially invited to help inventory this property.

June 5 - Plant communities and birds - Camp Nesbit area (so. of Sidnaw, MI) in concert with Ottawa National Forest Breeding Bird Census  Bob Evans and Colleen Matula

June 12 - Black Ash Swamp and nearby sites, Alston, MI - Doug Welker and Colleen Matula

June 26 - Pilgrim River, Houghton, MI  Ian Shackleford
              More info on the Pilgrim River River Watershed Project.


July 24 - Paddle and hike to TNC Tenderfoot Reserve, Presque Isle, WI  All day event; max 10 canoes/kayaks, by reservation only.  Rod Sharka and Quita Sheehan
Note:  In the event of rain or high winds, the event will be rescheduled for July 25

August 7 ? (Tentative date) - Yellow Dog Plains area- Proposed mine haul road (a.k.a. "Woodland Road"), near Marquette, MI Steve Garske

August 21 - Trap Hills, Ironwood, MI Monie Shackleford

September 18 - "Oozing hillside" along Sturgeon River in Sturgeon River Gorge Wilderness south of Alston - Rated strenuous.  Doug Welker & Steve Garske

Last update:  March 15, 2010