Jim Riley will lead us on a backpack
trip to Mt Adams, September11-14 (or later). The trip is already full (within 1
day of announcing it on the NWL listserver!), but there is a possibility of
waitlisting in case of cancellations.
From Jim Riley:
"My proposal is to do the trip beginning Sept. 11 and ending Sept. ?? I would like to take those that want, as far as Avalanche Valley on the east side of Mt. Adams which is about 12 miles from the trailhead. The plan is:
$130 -- price includes instruction, workshop materials, accommodations,
meals, and luggage shuttle to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
at Jawbone Flats.
Meet at the Opal Creek trailhead at 10 am, located one hour east
of Salem in the Willamette National Forest.
For reservations, call (503) 892-2782 or email the Ancient Forest Center.
Non-vascular plants such as mosses, lichens, and liverworts are drawing increasing attention for their importance as indicators of forest health, air quality and environmental integrity. From air and water quality indicators to nesting material for bird and mammals; mosses, lichens, and liverworts are invaluable to Pacific Northwest forest ecosystems. Opal Creek is home to hundreds of species, many of which are only found in the ancient forests of the northwest. This course is being offered as a practice for the NW Lichenologist westside macrolichen certification. It is especially helpful for agency personnel who are conducting forest health surveys or those contracting to do rare species surveys. We will split our time between the field and lab and we will focus on recognizing the habitats of rare species. For details on attending please visit: http://opalcreek.org/programs.html.
Environmental Learning Center. We will be offering a 2 and a half day class on Lichens with University of Washington Professor Katherine Glew on April 17- 19. All meals and lodging will be included.
The Secret Life of Lichens. Crustose, fruticose, foliose, squamulose, thallus, medulla, apothecia--lichens are so unique that they require their own special vocabulary. True cooperators that can be composed of members of three different kingdoms -- fungi, protists and bacteria -- these amazing organisms exist in places where other things can't survive, like on fences, window glass, arctic soil, building stones or even the hood of a car. Lichens are also becoming a valuable key to unlocking mysteries of natural history, providing time-clues for geologic events, markers for measuring air-quality and displaying the ability to repel insects. With Katherine, a lichenologist, educator, researcher and explorer, we'll learn lichen ecology and identification while discovering their economic and social uses and the vital roles they play in nutrient- and mineral-cycling.
Instructor: Katherine Glew, Ph.D. is Associate Curator of lichens and bryophytes at the University of Washington Herbarium. Presently curating historic collections and processing lichens collected from the Russian Far East, her research interests include studying alpine community structure on Mount Rainier and lichens from island ecosystems. After a 20 year career as a high school biology teacher, Katherine returned to the University of Washington for her Ph.D., where her research focused on lichen taxonomy and alpine vegetation ecology. She pursued post-doctoral research in Bergen, Norway and the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. From 2000 through 2003, Dr. Glew taught at the University of Puget Sound, instructing courses in biodiversity, ecology, and cryptogamic botany. During the summers of 2001 and 2003, Katherine joined Ted Pietsch, from the University of Washington, in the International Sakhalin Island Project (ISIP) to study the lichen biodiversity of temperate regions from the Russian Far East. Katherine's interests also include lichens found in the San Juan Islands and lichen succession. Dr. Glew heads a lichen study group, meeting weekly at the University of Washington.
Currently, Katherine is the Program Organizer for the Visit Biology Program in the Department of Biology, funded by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. This program offers opportunities for students and teachers to be involved with research projects in the Biology Department.
North Cascades Institute
810 State Route 20, Sedro-Woolley, WA 98284
Phone: 206-526-2563, Fax: 206-526-2580
http://www.ncascades.org
March 25-28, 2009, NWL annual general meeting, held in conjunction with the Northwest Scientific Association. This year it will be in Seattle, Washington on the University of Washington campus. The theme is "The Northwest in a Changing Environment." Katie Glew is our local host and representative to the NWSA. Symposia and technical sessions will meet on Thursday and Friday, March 26-27. Field trips will be on March 28.
March 8 update from Katie Glew:
Lichen Workshop - Lichens/Crusts on Rocks
Johnson Hall, room yet to be determined, but will be a lab room with dissecting scopes and a document projector. People should bring rocks with lichens, tools and any chemicals they feel comfortable carrying. We will share our rocks and have "tours" of the surface.The lichen session for paper presentations will be Friday morning in Johnson Hall, room 111.
A short workshop on How to Find and Prepare Lichen Contracts for Survey Work will follow after the morning break. Discussion will be led by John Villella.
Friday afternoon, for those who are interested, will offer an opportunity to look at lichens, particularly crusts, found at Lincoln Park in West Seattle. Many of the choice lichens are along the beach on the Puget Sound . Trip leader: Richard Droker.
Saturday Field trip to the Stillaguamish. We will meet on campus at 7:30 to head north on I-5 to destination. Driving time will be about 1 hour. We do have a permit to collect in the National Forest. We will develop a list of lichens that we find for the forest service.
The format for lichen activities will be:
Click here for more information on NWL meetings in general.
September 11-14, 2008, Field meeting at Oregon Institute of Marine Biology, Charleston, Oregon
Explore for lichens on the Oregon coast with NW Lichenologists. Lab time will be available in the evenings. Stay at cottages and dorm rooms. Breakfast and dinners will be provided at OIMB. $120 for room and board for three nights.
This will be a six-day pre-IAL meeting field trip with rustic accommodations, travel by small vans from Seattle, Washington or Corvallis, Oregon to Monterey (Asilomar). The trip will be jointly led by Bruce McCune (Corvallis), Katherine Glew (Seattle), and Roger Rosentreter (Boise).
Fly in to Portland, Oregon (PDX) or Seattle, Washington (SEA) on July 7. Katie will coordinate Seattle arrivals and lead the group to Oregon on July 8 via the Cascade Range. Bruce will coordinate Portland and Corvallis arrivals and lead the group to Cascade Range sites on July 8. The two groups will merge in Corvallis, Oregon, then on July 9, drive by van toward Monterey, visiting coastal habitats, old conifer forests, serpentine areas, subalpine forests, and Quercus woodlands. We will arrive in Monterey late afternoon on July 13.
We will stay in rustic group facilities with shared rooms. Bring a sleeping bag if you can. Rental sleeping bags for overseas participants are an option. Meals not covered by the trip group costs are 6 lunches (purchase supplies daily) and 3 dinners eaten at local restaurants. Three dinners will be cooked by the group and we will prepare simple group breakfasts.
After the IAL6 meeting your return trip is by public transportation by your own arrangements. San Francisco (SFO) is the closest international airport to the meeting site.
Approximate field trip cost: $500/person for July 7-13, including room and partial board (see above). Spaces are limited for a maximum group size of 21. To sign up for the interest list, send your name and email address to Bruce McCune. Please let him know if you hope to arrive in Seattle or Portland, Oregon (PDX). Be sure to go to Portland, Oregon, not Portland, Maine. We can accommodate about 6 people from Seattle; the remainder can either show up in Corvallis on their own or get picked up at the Portland, Oregon airport (PDX). Reservations will be made at the time of paid registration, so register early!
Monday, July 7, 2008
1st wave of arrivals in Corvallis, Portland, or Seattle
Oregon arrivals: stay at Oregon State University Conference Housing, Corvallis, OR
Seattle arrivals: stay overnight at Pack Forest, WA
Tuesday, July 8
Oregon arrivals: Field trip in Corvallis area - Cascade Range: ancient conifer forests, riparian forests, lava flows
Seattle arrivals: Field trip in Mount Rainier National Park, then drive to Corvallis. All stay at OSU Conference Housing, Corvallis, OR
Wednesday, July 9
Everyone depart Corvallis
Oak savanna, basalt outcrops, and riparian area, North Bank Habitat Management Area, near Roseburg, Oregon
Arrive Siskiyou Field Institute, Deer Creek Center, Selma, OR
Thursday, July 10
Subalpine forests and serpentine outcrops, Siskiyou Mountains
2nd night at Siskiyou Field Institute, Deer Creek Center, Selma, OR
Friday, July 11
Mixed oak - conifer forest in rocky valley of Smith River, CA
Redwoods, Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park, CA
Night at Jughandle Creek Farm near Caspar, CA
Saturday, July 12
Pygmy forest, other coastal forests, and rocky seacoast in Jughandle State Reserve
2nd Night at Jughandle Creek Farm
Sunday, July 13
Hopland Field Station, oak savanna and forest
Drive to Asilomar near Monterey, arriving in late afternoon. Return rental vans.
Sunday-Saturday, July 13-19
IAL - ABLS meeting at Asilomar near Monterey
Saturday, July 19
Return trip by public transportation -- make your own arrangements.
Stuart, J. D. & J. O. Sawyer. 2001. Trees and Shrubs of California. U. California Press. ISBN 0-520-22110-9. This is an excellent field guide to the bewildering diversity of trees and shrubs that you will encounter in California. It also includes most of the trees and shrubs that you will see in Oregon and Washington.
Bruce will bring some of the luggable lichen references for the area, for use in the evenings, but you might wish to bring a field guide. We have no field guide for crustose lichens. For macrolichens, the most applicable is:
McCune, B.and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. If you wish to buy a copy of this, they are available at the Oregon State University Bookstore. If you won't be in Corvallis during the bookstore hours, let me know in advance if you want to buy one. I'm not sure of the price, but I think they are about $30.
April 26-27, 2008, Lichens and Bryophytes of the
Ancient Forest (training)
Leader: John Villella
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
Jawbone Flats, Oregon
http://opalcreek.org/programs.html
$120 -- price includes instruction, workshop materials, accommodations,
meals, and luggage shuttle to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
at Jawbone Flats.
Meet at the Opal Creek trailhead at 10 am, located one hour east
of Salem in the Willamette National Forest.
For reservations, call (503) 892-2782 or email the Ancient Forest Center.
Which forest dweller can turn rock into food? What plants store water for dry periods and can create soil in the upper canopy of ancient forests? Non-vascular plants such as mosses, lichens, and liverworts are drawing increasing attention for their importance as indicators of forest health, air quality and environmental integrity. With the recent reinstatement of Survey and Manage as well as recent media coverage, these organisms again are playing a role in forest management. Join certified lichenologist John Villella on a journey through the little known non-vascular flora of the Opal Creek Wilderness. Opal Creek is home to hundreds of species, many of which are only found in the ancient forests of the northwest including rare lichen species such as Pilophorus nigricaulis, Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, and Nephroma occultum just to name a few. This workshop will be run as training for the NW Lichenologist certification program, with field and lab components as well as a packet of information about Northwest Survey and Manage species. This course is especially helpful for agency personnel who are conducting forest health surveys throughout the PNW. Come experience the vast biological diversity of "Oregon's uncut gem.
March, 2008, NWL annual general meeting, held in conjunction with the Northwest Scientific Association. This year it will be in Missoula, Montana, a well-known lichen hotspot and home of University of Montana. The U of M is alma mater of many lichenologists, including Ann DeBolt, Bruce McCune Andrea Pipp, Roger Rosentreter, Tim Wheeler, and probably others I am forgetting at the moment. Our local host will be Andrea Pipp. Katie Glew is serving as liaison between NWL and NWSA, as usual. The tentative schedule is:
We are also considering having a get-together for the subset of people who have been actively collecting in Montana and are interested in improving the RT&E list for Montana's Heritage Program. If you are interested in participating in this, you should let Andrea Pipp know.
For those of you thinking that Missoula is kind of far, consider that you can fly there on several major airlines. Otherwise, west-siders, consider carpooling for a fun, scenic drive. For example, driving from Corvallis, Oregon, a reasonably early start will put you in Missoula in early evening.
See "Annual General Meeting" below for general info.
Certification 2007. Fall, 2007.
Sat, Sept 15 - Sun Sept 16, 2007
Eatonville, WA, near Mt. Rainier
Examiner: Daphne Stone
Participants may want to arrive Friday night, 14 Sept. There is limited room in a private cabin for about 5 people, one or two camping spots, and possible cabin space and hotel rooms nearby. The field part of the exam will take place in Pack Forest.
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.
Reserve your spot by mailing your registration form and a check to: Bruce McCune, Secretary of NWL, 1840 NE Seavy Ave, Corvallis, 97330. Checks should be made out to Northwest Lichenologists.
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
September, 2007 (Sept. 5-7). Field trip, Slate Peak and Meadows Campground, Okanogan National Forest. (Leaders: Katie Glew and John Villella). Meadows Campground (ca. 6500 ft) out of Winthrop. We suggest that you use Tuesday September 4 as a travel day and perhaps the 8th as a departure date. Possibilities to visit Slate Peak and Haystack Rock. Possibilities to car camp and day hike or backpack. Visit high montane, subalpine, and alpine habitats.
This year we will explore the Slate Peak area in Washington's North Cascade Mountains. This is where Katie Glew had two research sites for her dissertation. She will have lists for subalpine and alpine lichens. But there are lots of unexplored high elevation montane forests that would benefit from additional lists. There are many trails in the area that can be viewed on the map below.
You should purchase a Northwest forest pass to park your car at Meadows Campground. There will be a $5 fee for camp use. There is no water or garbage pickup at the site. Bring plenty of water. The road to Slate Peak is the highest road in Washington State (7,000 feet). The road continues up by foot to a former(?) radar station at the summit (7,400 feet) .
For further questions contact Katie
Glew. To sign up, write or call John
Villella.
May 4-5, 2007, The Lichens and Bryophytes of Opal Creek
(training)
Leader: John Villella
Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, 2006
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
Jawbone Flats, Oregon
www.opalcreek.org
$110 -- price includes instruction, workshop materials, accommodations,
meals, and luggage shuttle to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
at Jawbone Flats.
Meet at the Opal Creek trailhead at 10 am, located one hour east
of Salem in the Willamette National Forest.
For reservations, call (503) 892-2782 or email the Ancient Forest Center.
Non-vascular plants such as moss and lichen are drawing increasing attention, from air quality indicators and natural water filters to nesting material for bird and mammals, they are invaluable to Pacific Northwest forest ecosystems. Focusing on these unique and often fragile organisms gives us a clearer view of the key ecological roles they play. With the recent reinstatement of Survey and Manage as well as recent media coverage these organisms again are playing a role in forest management. Join John Villella on a journey through the little known non-vascular flora of the Opal Creek Wilderness. Opal Creek is home to hundreds of species, including rare lichen species such as Pilophorus nigricaulis, Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, and Nephroma occultum just to name a few. This workshop will be run as training for the NW Lichenologist certification program, with field and lab components as well as a packet of information about Northwest Survey and Manage species. Come experience the vast biological diversity of "Oregon's uncut gem."
The 2007 meeting will be in Victoria, BC, February 21 - 24, once again in conjunction with Northwest Scientific Association. The meeting will occur at the Harbour Towers Hotel, which is centrally located on the harbor waterfront in downtown Victoria. Our local host will be Terry McIntosh. The annual meeting typically has four components: talks that present ongoing or completed research (we try to keep this as casual and informal as possible): a workshop on a particular topic, genus, or area; field trips to some local spots of interest; and evening socializing, usually at a local restaurant.
We will have separate Lichen (mainly) + Bryophyte Session on Thursday, Workshop and short fieldtrip on Friday (probably near coastal habitats; lots of places to visit in the morning), and a further field trip on Saturday for those who can make it (possibly Salt Spring Island or habitats near Victoria).
Terry sent the following:
"As you can see by the attached flyer, the NW Lichenologists (including 'in spirit' the little plant folks... the bryologists that is, such as myself) and the NW Science Meetings are in Victoria this year. Both of these groups have been combined under the umbrella of the NW Vertebrate Biology meetings (thus the header in the flyer). If you look part way down you can see that I have organized a three day (maybe 4 for those who want to do something Sunday before they depart) itinerary (below).
This will be a fun gathering where lichen and bryo-folks get
a chance to visit, present papers, and see some interesting countryside
(Salt Spring island is a good bet). Email
me for more info.
Please pass this on to other lichen/bryo types as well as other
ecologists who might want to participate in NWScience meetings."
NOTE: U.S. citizens will now need a passport if flying in.
Tentative Schedule
Thursday Feb. 22: Lichen (and Bryophyte) Symposium . Sessions will be formulated in relation to contributed papers (e.g., Conservation of NW Lichens and Bryophytes). An award will be given for the best student paper.
Friday Feb. 23: Short field trip and afternoon workshop (topic to be determined).
Saturday Feb. 24 - Field Trip: Lichens and Bryophytes of the Victoria Area (possible trip to Salt Spring Island).
The NWSA has optional symposia and an evening social event on Wednesday, February 21. Plenary and concurrent sessions will occur on Thursday and Friday, February 22 and 23. Field trips are planned for Saturday, February 24. An evening NWSA banquet is planned for Thursday, February 22.
Opal Creek Workshop and Foray, September, 2006. NWL lichen foray and workshop at Opal Creek. Tuesday, Sept 5, to Thursday, Sept 7, 2006. John Villella will lead us in a foray and workshop in the outstanding natural areas at Opal Creek: giant forests, sculpted gorges, abandoned mines, outcrop and talus areas, and crystal clear water. Opal Creek is on the west slope of the Cascade Range, east of Salem, in the watershed of the Little North Santiam River. Participants are encouraged to give a short, informal presentation on a taxonomic group or special habitat of interest. For example, you might wish to reveal the secrets of Buellia in the PNW, or of lichens on Alnus rubra. A computer and projector will be available. Download pdf of registration form; print and mail with check to NWL Sec-Treas.
PREREQUISITES
This workshop is designed for people who have already studied
lichens, so we will not be providing instruction for beginners.
A few microscopes will be provided, but we recommend bringing
both compound and dissecting microscopes if you can.
RESERVATIONS are due no later than 30 Aug 2006. First come,
first served, with a maximum of 30 participants. We will be staying
at Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center, in the Lodge. Total cost
is $106, including room and board. Rooms are combinations of shared
bedrooms and private rooms. Two bathrooms with showers are shared.
Food will be prepared by the lodge. See the registration form
about camping options; however, for maximum pleasure and learning
we strongly recommend staying in the lodge and eating with the
group.
Download pdf of registration
form; print and mail with check to NWL Sec-Treas.
Certification 2006. CANCELLED. May 19-21, The Lichen Certification exam will take place in Eatonville, WA, near Mount Rainier. Participants may want to arrive Friday night, 19 May. There is limited room in a private cabin for about 5 people, one or two camping spots, and possible cabin space and hotel rooms nearby.
April 29-30, 2006, The Lichens and Bryophytes of Opal
Creek
Saturday and Sunday, April 29-30, 2006
Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
Jawbone Flats, Oregon
www.opalcreek.org
$110 -- price includes instruction, workshop materials, accommodations,
meals, and luggage shuttle to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center
at Jawbone Flats.
Meet at the Opal Creek trailhead at 10 am, located one hour east
of Salem in the Willamette National Forest.
For reservations, call (503) 892-2782 or email the Ancient Forest Center.
Non-vascular plants such as moss and lichen are drawing increasing attention, from air quality indicators and natural water filters to nesting material for bird and mammals, they are invaluable to Pacific Northwest forest ecosystems. Focusing on these unique and often fragile organisms gives us a clearer view of the key ecological roles they play. With the recent reinstatement of Survey and Manage as well as recent media coverage these organisms again are playing a role in forest management. Join John Villella on a journey through the little known non-vascular flora of the Opal Creek Wilderness. Opal Creek is home to hundreds of species, including rare lichen species such as Pilophorus nigricaulis, Pseudocyphellaria rainierensis, and Nephroma occultum just to name a few. This workshop will be run as training for the NW Lichenologist certification program, with field and lab components as well as a packet of information about Northwest Survey and Manage species. Come experience the vast biological diversity of "Oregon's uncut gem."
March, 2006, NWL annual general meeting, held in conjunction with the Northwest Scientific Association. In 2006 it will be in Boise, Idaho. See "Annual General Meeting" below for general info.
Download PDF of meeting schedule.
Certification 2005. CANCELLED. [The Lichen Certification exam will take place in Eatonville, WA, near Mount Rainier, on June 18 & 19 2005. Participants may want to arrive Friday night, 17 June. There is limited room in a private cabin for about 5 people, one or two camping spots, and possible cabin space and hotel rooms nearby. The exam will take place in nearby Pack Forest.]
Our 2005 meeting will be in Corvallis, Oregon, March 24-26. Contact local host Bruce McCune for more information as time approaches. The annual meeting typically has four components: talks that present ongoing or completed research (we try to keep this as casual and informal as possible): a workshop on a particular topic, genus, or area; field trips to some local spots of interest; and evening socializing, usually at a local restaurant. Click here for more information on NWL meetings in general. Click here for pdf file of this year's schedule (updated March 12, 2005).
Certification. September, 2004. Macrolichens West of the Cascades (near Eugene, Oregon).
Our 2004 meeting will be in Ellensburg, Washington, March 24-27. Contact local host Jeanne Ponzetti for more information as the time approaches. The annual meeting typically has four components: talks that present ongoing or completed research (we try to keep this as casual and informal as possible); a workshop on a particular topic, genus, or area; field trips to some local spots of interest; and evening socializing, usually at a local restaurant.
March 2004, Workshop on Psora at the NWL annual general meeting, Ellensburg, Washington.
March, 2003 "Discussion" plot for intermediate and expert lichenologists. In conjunction with NW Science Association annual meeting and NWL annual general meeting; Forks, Washington.
March 2003 Annual General Meeting in Forks, Washington on the Olympic Peninsula. Local host Martin Hutten. See group field trip photo by Carla Cole.
Microlichen Workshop, Jan-March 2003, Oregon State University. Every other Saturday, winter term. Credit or noncredit.
Certification. June 15-16, 2002. Macrolichens West of the Cascades (Buckhorn Springs and Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument, southern Oregon).
Annual General Meeting. March 27-29, 2002, Boise, Idaho (Boise State University) in conjunction with Northwest Scientific Association. See photos from Terry McIntosh.
Workshop. September 1 – 3, 2001. Old-growth lichen workshop, Wells Gray Park, British Columbia (Trevor Goward).
Certification. June 16-17, 2001. Macrolichens West of the Cascades (Wind River Experimental Forest, southern Washington (north of Carson). Four participants were certified.
Annual General Meeting. March, 2001, Arcata, California (Humboldt State University) in conjunction with California Lichen Society and Northwest Scientific Association.
Certification. June 3-4, 2000. Macrolichens West of the Cascades (H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Blue River, Oregon. Eleven participants were certified.
