March 2010, NWL annual general meeting in conjunction with annual meeting of the NW Scientific Association
Macrolichens
West of the Cascades
Certification 3-4 October, 2009. Siskiyou Field Institute, Deer Creek Center. In 2008 the NWL Board decided that Certification exams will be offered only every other year.
Examiner: Daphne Stone
This is a great opportunity to test your knowledge of our
lichen flora and our rare species.
For more information, email the examiner, Daphne
Stone or the NWL secretary/treasurer.
The exam is our effort to provide lichenologists a standardized way of demonstrating competency in the Pacific Northwest. It consists of two parts. Part one is a written exam covering knowledge of local species and distribution and habitat of listed species. Part two is collection on a sample plot, then identification of that collection. Examples of sample questions for the written exam as well as a list of listed species is posted on our website, www.nwlichens.org.
Be sure to bring a hand lens and/or dissecting microscope and lamp. Bring your own tools and, ideally, your own spot test bottles. The examiner will bring some of those, but you can avoid competition for them by bring your own reagents.
Cost:
Application
March 24-27, 2010, NWL annual general meeting, held in conjunction with the Northwest Scientific Association, will be in Centralia, Washington on the Centralia College campus. More information will be posted here. Katie Glew is our local host and representative to the NWSA. See the NW Scientific Association announcement.
Click here for more information on NWL meetings in general.
10 a.m. to about 2 p.m., second Saturday in January in Corvallis. Visitors are welcome. Contact the secretary for details.
