Bryology Outdoors

Eagle Hill Seminars

Maine, USA

June 26 - July 2, 2016

Mosses, Liverworts and Sphagnum

- Nancy Slack and Ralph Pope

July 31 - Aug 6, 2016

Pleurocarpous Mosses of Maine and their Habitats

Bill Buck and Bruce Allen

Each summer since 1987, regional and national authorities in the field of natural history have come to the Eagle Hill Institute to lead intensive week-long field seminars and workshops in their specialties. Programs are offered for an advanced and professional audience, well-qualified undergraduate and graduate students, and amateur naturalists. Participants include independent scholars, university professors, amateur naturalists, professional field biologists and consultants, foresters, and teachers, as well as personnel from museums, botanical gardens, various federal and state agencies, and numerous environmental organizations.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Upcoming Forays/Workshops of the Ohio Moss and Lichen Association

Ohio, USA

2016 Dates to Remember

The 2016 summer foray will be Saturday, July 16, in Carroll County.  The foray will be hosted by Barb Andreas and Rick Gardner.

The 2016 fall foray will be the weekend of October 1-2, in Miami County.  Jim Toppin and Janet Traub will host it.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------

The 40^th A. Leroy Andrews Foray

Andrews Foray September 16 to 18, 2016
Quebec, Canada

Save the Date

Jean Gagnon of Quebec is organizing the 2016 Andrews Foray to be held at the Outdoor Center “Centre de plein air l’Estacade” along the Richelieu River on the North Shore of Lake Champlain. This is a save the date notice. Details and registration information will be forwarded when they have been completed. 

-----------------------------------------------------------

The Twenty-Second Annual 

Spring Outing Botanical Excursion Foray, Retreat, and Escape to the Environment (SO BE FREE)

California, USA

March 27-30, 2017 

in and around Sequoia National Park

More info to come soon from 

the Bryophyte Chapter of the California Native Plant Society

Founded in 1996, SO BE FREE is a series of West Coast forays started by the Bryolab at UC Berkeley, but open to all botanists. The main focus is on bryophytes, but we also encourage experts on other groups to come along and smell the liverworts. We welcome specialists and generalists, professionals and amateurs, master bryologists and rank beginners. SO BE FREE is held each spring, somewhere in the Western US, associated with spring break at universities. Evening slide shows and informal talks are presented as well as keying sessions with microscopes. In addition to seeing interesting wild areas and learning new plants, important goals for SO BE FREE include keeping West Coast bryologists (and friends) in touch with each other and teaching beginners. To see pictures and information from past outings, visit the SO BE FREE website at: http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/bryolab/Field_Trips.html

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Moss Walks at the Spring Wildflower Pilgrimage

In the Great Smokie Mountains National Park

Tennessee, USA

April 11-15, 2017

Signup here to be added to the mailing list when more details are available. 

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------