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Calendar of Events
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- Date: May 18, 2008 (Sunday)
Topic: Annual Spring Wildflower Walk
Leader: Jim Goltz
Location: Bell Forest Nature Preserve, Carleton County (directions to be provided)
Start Time: 1 pm
Explore the flora of rich hardwood forest habitats, alluvial forests and shorelines of the Meduxnekeag River at the newest nature preserve of the Meduxnekeag River Association, a conservation group dedication to the protection and preservation of the Meduxnekeag River valley. Species likely to be encountered include: Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense), Wild Coffee (Triosteum aurantiacum), Black Raspberry (Rubus occidentalis), Giant Toothwort (Cardamine x maxima), and a good variety of spring flowers, including several species of violets.
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated. Please contact Jim Goltz (phone: 459-8685; or Rick Fournier, if you hope to attend. This Nature Walk is sponsored by the Meduxnekeag River Association and more information on this foray will be posted on their website.
- Date: June 14, 2008 (Saturday)
Topic: Mosses on Black Beach Trail of the NCC Musquash Harbour
Leader: Bruce Bagnell
Location: Black Beach, meeting place to be determined
Start Time: to be determined
Explore the Black Beach Trail of the Nature Conservancy of Canada's Musquash Estuary Preserve, on the Bay of Fundy. Mosses will be our main attraction, so bring your hand lens.
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated. Please contact Rick Fournier, if you hope to attend. NB Botany Club members will be advised by e-mail in mid-May about meeting place and time.
- Date: July 22 - 24, 2008 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Topic: Annual Josselyn Botanical Society Field Trips
Leader: Rick Fournier
Location: Edmundston Campus of the Université de Moncton
Start Time: 8 A.M.
Participate in field trips (3 day trips) of the Josselyn Botanical Society in the northwest portion of NB, explore a black spruce bog with adjacent meadow, the exposed rocks bordering the Saint John River and a forest on a calcareous ridge.
Pre-registration will be obligatory for this event. Please contact Rick Fournier, if you wish to attend. As a courtesy (and restricted bus space) the Josselyn Botanical Society has agreed to let NB Botany Club members attend the event. There will be a cost of $20 per day-trip. Clair.
- Date: 16 August, 2008 (Saturday)
Topic: Graminoids and aquatic plants of Coys Lake
Leaders: Gart Bishop & Debby Peck
Location: Coys Lake near Gagetown, (meeting place to be determined)
Start Time: to be determined
Explore an alluvial lake along the Saint John River for graminoids and aquatic plants. This is the time to further your knowledge about a challenging group of plants.
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated. Please contact Rick Fournier, if you hope to attend. NB Botany Club members will be
advised by e-mail in mid-July about meeting place and time.
- Date: September 14, 2008 (date may change)
Topic: Aster and Goldenrod Refresher
Leaders: Sean Blaney
Location: Renous-Miramichi, with an optional side trip to the Napan River near Chatham
Start Time: to be determined
Enjoy the last days of the summer and refresh your appreciation of Asters and Goldenrods. We hope to find 13 species of asters and 10 species of goldenrods, with a side trip to Chatham to explore for some elusive asters.
Pre-registration for this event would be appreciated. Please contact Rick Fournier, if you hope to attend. NB Botany Club members will be
advised by e-mail in mid-August about meeting place and time.
- Date: October 18, 2008
Topic: Annual General Meeting
"Find of the year" and more
Guest Speakers: TBA
Location: Fredericton
Details to follow.
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