Volume 20, Issue 2 June 2014
Corresponding Secretary’s Report
ere is a special issue of the Arisaema. This issue One more note – Assuming you received this issue of the is primarily dedicated to providing all the Arisaema, please let me know if you want your delivery H information you need to register for the Summer mechanism changed. Your options are: U.S. Mail only, Foray (which we usually have in the spring). Your Email only, or BOTH. registration needs to be received by the Registrar by JUNE 20, 2014. The Summer Foray is being held at Send me an email at [email protected] or call Michigan Technological University in Houghton, MI – me at 734-649-4849 to indicate your preference. There the Upper Peninsula from July 11-14. The field trips will are still about 50 members who have not actively be fanning out from there. It is amazing how much effort, declared their preference. by many individuals, goes into the preparation for each You will notice that each issue of the Arisaema has many annual foray. I hope many of you are able to attend – to web site references as well as references to the MBC enjoy our keynote speakers, to experience some of the website. For those of you who don’t have access to the many field trip options, and to meet up with other native Internet and/or don’t have email, please let me know if plant enthusiasts! the information in the printed version of each newsletter Be sure to put the date for the Fall Meeting, Saturday, is sufficient. You may even write to me at 4273 Eastgate October 18, 2014, on your calendar. There is more Dr., Ann Arbor, MI 48103. information in this issue, and there will be even more Sincerely, information in the Fall issue of the Arisaema. For those of you who are counting, there will be 3 issues of the Mary Danforth Arisaema this year – Spring, Summer, Fall. We will be Corresponding Secretary, Michigan Botanical Club returning to 2 issues next year.
Table of Contents
Corresponding Secretary’s Report 1 Registrar Information 5 Summer Foray Welcome: July 11-14 2 Summer Foray Field Trips & Descriptions 6 Travel Information 2 Suggested Reading List 13 Additional Accommodations 3 April 2014 MBC State Board Meeting Minutes 14 Summer Foray Schedule and Keynote Speakers 4 Fall Michigan Botanical Club State Board Meeting 16 Page 2 June 2014
Summer Foray 2014: July 10-14 Travel Information
Welcome to the Michigan Botanical Club ichigan Technological University (MTU) is located in the town of Houghton in Keweenaw County, Summer Foray 2014 in the M Michigan. It is approximately 500 miles from Lan- Keweenaw Peninsula sing, MI (8.5 hours) to Houghton via the mid-Michigan route across the Mackinaw Bridge. If you live in southwestern Mich- Hosted by the MBC State Board at igan you can take the Illinois-Wisconsin route, 510 miles. An- other option, is the S.S. Badger car ferry, departing twice daily Michigan Technological University (Michigan Tech) from Ludington, MI, arriving within 4 hours at Manitowoc, WI. in Houghton, MI Driving distance from Manitowoc to Houghton is about 250 miles. Advance reservations are necessary for the ferry. It is elcome: Our MBC state board members have been about 600 miles from the Detroit area with an approximate looking forward to having you visit the remarkable driving time of 10 hours. If you are interested in flying, here is W Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan. Its rugged land- the link to the Houghton/Hancock airport information: scape and rocks of volcanic and sedimentary origin support a www.houghtoncounty.org/index.php. There are two flights fantastic diversity of plants and animals. There are over 900 daily between O’Hare and Houghton. There are no species of native plants - more than 44 of these are rare plants. direct flights from Detroit Metro. If you are interested in car- Some plant species are at the edge of their range and some are pooling, see the 2014 MBC Foray Blog at disjuncts from the West, such as thimbleberry. Almost two doz- www.michbotclub.org. en plants are listed as Endangered, Threat- MTU is located on the east side of Houghton and is bisected by ened or Special Con- US Highway 41. We will be headquartered at Wadsworth Hall cern by the State of which is on the south side of Hwy 41 and marked with a sign. Michigan. For GPS use the address 1701 Townsend Dr., Houghton, MI 49931. The members of the 2014 MBC State For- For brief unloading and registering at the dorm, you may park ay Planning Commit- in Wadsworth Hall Lot 15. Long term parking will be in Rozsa tee have worked all Center Lot 10, across the highway from Wadsworth Hall. This year to plan and expe- is also where the field trips will assemble. All parking fees dite this foray. The President of the Board, Judy Kelly, has been have been waived for our group. the chairperson. Lynn Steil, Larry Nooden and Tony Reznicek Registration will take place in the lobby of Wadsworth Hall. have been in charge of arranging field trips and the evening All participants must check-in to receive their registration ma- speakers. Our registrar is Bev Walter, assisted by Aaron Fown terials, name tag, meal card, and room key. The MBC Regis- and Rich Fowler. Craig Elston, Sarah Nooden, Rich Fowler, and tration table will be open from 3:00 to 7:30 pm Friday evening. Mary Danforth have prepared the foray booklet. Emily Nieter- ing, Alice Ward and Ruth Hart have taken care of lodging and Accommodations meals. And Pam Laureto & Becky Csia were in charge of logis- tics. Many other board members deserve thanks for their enthu- We will be housed in dorm rooms (either single or double) on siastic help in planning this 2014 MBC State Foray for your the ground and first floors of Wadsworth Hall. There is eleva- enjoyment. tor access to the first floor. These are typical dorm style rooms with 2 XL twin beds (not bunked), 2 dressers, 2 wardrobes, 2 What to Bring: Sturdy shoes, boots for wet areas, heavy socks, desks and 2 chairs. Bathrooms are shared and down the hall for jeans, shorts, sweaters, jackets, rain-wear, hat, backpack or most rooms. There are a limited number of rooms with at- small duffel bag for field trips, personal water bottle, insect re- tached bath at a slightly higher rate. If you would like one of pellent, sun block, soap, etc. these, please call the registrar. A linen service pack is provided that includes sheets, pillow, blanket and towel. The dorm is not Allergies: If you are allergic to bee or other insect stings, please air conditioned, but the windows may be opened and you may carry your own prescription EpiPen. bring a fan if you wish. You will be issued an MTU ID card Judy Kelly, President, Michigan Botanical Club that you will swipe for access to the dorm and as your meal card. If you choose to stay elsewhere (in a motel or campground) you will still need the ID card for your meals. There is free high-speed wireless internet in all the dorm rooms
June 2014 Page 3
Travel Information (Continued) and in certain communal areas in the dorms and other campus Phone: 906-487-1700, 888-487-1700 buildings. Travelodge of Houghton Meals www.travelodgeofhoughton.com Breakfast and Dinner will be served cafeteria style in the Wadsworth Dining Hall located in the dorm building. Box Phone: 906-482-1400 lunches will be available to pick up at breakfast. Meals begin McLain State Park with Saturday morning breakfast, so if you plan to arrive on Thursday or Friday, you will be on your own to eat at a local 97 sites on Lake Superior restaurant. We have included a Monday box lunch for every- 18350 State Highway M-26 one so those people taking the Grand Island or Porcupine Hancock, MI 49930 Mountain trips will have a lunch to eat. Special dietary needs Phone: 906-482-0278, 800-44-PARKS (or 800-447-2757) can be accommodated, so let the registrar know. There will be snacks each evening following the program. City of Houghton RV Park What to bring www.cityofhoughton.com/rec-rv.php Personal toiletries including soap, medications, sturdy shoes or 24 paved RV sites on Portage Lake, close to downtown hiking boots, boots for wet areas, heavy socks, jeans, shorts, Houghton sweaters, jackets, hat, rainwear, backpack for day trips, insect West Lakeshore Drive| repellent, sunscreen, field guides, notebook, fan and camera. Houghton, MI 49931 Information about the campus can be found at www.mtu.edu Phone: 906-482-8745, 906-482-1700 Email: [email protected] Information about the Houghton/Hancock area (attractions, events, restaurants, etc.) can be found at Hancock Recreational Boating & Camping Facility www.keweenaw.info or www.cityofhoughton.com or www.cityofhancock.com/recreation-beach-campground.php www.cityofhancock.com. 52 RV sites and 20 tent sites Additional accommodations in the M-203 - 1 mile west of downtown Houghton/Hancock area Hancock, MI 49930 Country Inn & Suites by Carlson Phone: 906-482-7413, 906-482-2720 www.countryinns.com/houghtonmi North Canal Township Park Phone: 906-487-6700, 888-201-1746 Primitive campsites on Lake Superior Super 8 Motel Houghton Canal Road www.super8.com/Super8/control/Booking/property_info? Houghton, MI 49931 propertyId=03513 Phone: 906-482-8319 Phone: 906-482-2240 Schoolcraft Township Rustic Campground Holiday Inn Express 4 to 5 rustic tent sites www.holidayinnexpress.com/houghtonmi Phone: 906-296-8721 for reservations Phone: 906-482-1066 Magnuson Franklin Square Inn www.houghtonlodging.com
Page 4 June 2014
Summer Foray 2014 Schedule
Friday, July 11 Sunday, July 13 3:00 - 7:30 Check-in and Registration at Wadsworth Hall Lobby Note: All Field Trips assemble Lot 10 Rozsa Center. Please meet 15 minutes prior to departure 6:00 - 7:00 Dinner in Wadsworth Hall Dining Hall 7:00-8:00 Breakfast in Wadsworth Hall Dining Hall 7:30 Welcome, Orientation and Evening (Pick up box lunches here also) Program in Fisher Building, room 135 Speaker: William I. Rose, Professor of 8:30 – 4:00 Full-day field trips Geology, retired, Michigan Tech , (unless otherwise noted) “Interpreting the Keweenaw's geological roots: Geoheritage” 8:30 – 11:30 Morning half-day field trips (unless otherwise noted) Saturday, July 12 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch in Wadsworth Hall Lobby or out- door picnic tables Note: All Field Trips assemble Lot 10 Rozsa Center. Please meet 15 minutes prior to departure. 1:00 – 4:00 Afternoon field trips
7:00 - 8:00 Breakfast in Wadsworth Dining Hall (Pick 4:00 All field trips return to Michigan Tech up box lunches here also) 8:30 – 4:00 Full-day field trips 4:00 - 6:00 Free time to clean up, take a nap, key (unless otherwise noted) out plants, etc.
8:30 – 11:30 Morning half-day field trips 5:00 - 6:00 Michigan Botanical Club State Board (unless otherwise noted) Meeting Hillside Room 117 6:00 - 7:00 Dinner in Wadsworth Hall Dining Hall 11:30 - 12:30 Lunch in Wadsworth Hall Lobby or out- door picnic tables 7:15 MBC Group Photo Location to be announced 1:00 – 4:00 Afternoon field trips 7:30 Announcements, Board Meeting 4:00 All field trips return to Michigan Tech Reports, Awards, Evening Program & Snacks in EERC (Electrical Energy 4:00 - 6:00 Free time to clean up, take a nap, key Resource Center) room 103 out plants, etc. Speaker: Tina Hall, Director of Land Re- sources for the Michigan Chapter of The 6:00 – 7:00 Dinner in Wadsworth Hall Dining Hall Nature Conservancy, “The Conservation 7:30 Announcements, Presentation of Network of Land and Waters - Success of Student Scholars/Joan Robb Student For- Land Protection in the Upper Peninsula” ay Awards, Evening Program and snacks in Fisher Building, room 135 Monday, July 14 Speaker: Emmet J. Judziewicz, Professor of Biology, University of 7:00-8:00 Breakfast in Wadsworth Hall Dining Hall Wisconsin-Stevens Point, "“Hudson Bay (Pick up box lunches here also ) and the Puget Sound on Lake Superior: Disjunct Plants on Isle Royale". (Continued on page 5)
June 2014 Page 5
Summer Foray Schedule (continued) and Keynote Speakers
8:00 Departure for Grand Island Field Trip and arctic plant species clustered near the northeastern tip of the (12 noon Ferry [$15/adult] departure) archipelago. Explore this flora and learn about a newly de- scribed local endemic, the Isle Royale ragwort (Packera insulae 9:00 Departure for Porcupine Mountains -regalis).
12: 00 noon Check out time Sunday Evening Keynote Speaker Dr. Christine Hall - The Conservation Network of Land and Summer Foray 2014 – Keynote Speakers Waters - Success of Land Protection in the Upper Peninsula Friday Evening Keynote Speaker hristine “Tina” Hall is Director of Land Resources for the C Michigan Chapter of The Nature Conservancy. She directs Dr. William I. Rose – “Interpreting the Keweenaw's all protection, fire, outreach, and stewardship management in geological roots: Geoheritage” the Michigan Chapter as well as running the Upper Peninsula Regional Program. Christine’s background is in forest manage- ill Rose is a recently retired professor who taught geology ment and she has researched and written on working forest ease- B at Michigan Tech for 43 years, beginning in 1970. He is a ments for several years. She is the lead for the Central US Re- volcanologist whose main research was to measure active pro- gional Conservation Coaches Network and has facilitated multi- cesses at Earth's active volcanoes. That field experience, which ple partner/stakeholder workshops and Conservation Audits. was shared with hundreds of graduate and undergraduate stu- Christine received a double B.A. (magna cum laude, 1983) in dents, has helped him to understand the Keweenaw's rich geo- Biology and Environmental Studies from American University, logical past, which includes major volcanism. Since retiring, and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Natural Resources Management from Rose has developed a strong interest in communicating about the University of Maryland. She has been with The Nature Con- geology to the public, especially teachers and students. servancy since 1989. This talk will present a strong sense of the complex geological Land Trusts, including The Nature Conservancy, continue to history and unique features of the Keweenaw Region. This is stitch together some great success stories for conservation. Tina elaborated in more detail in the following website, which peo- will highlight some of the recent collaborations and successes ple can visit before the Foray: www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/ throughout the Upper Peninsula. She will also highlight ways SilverI/KeweenawGeoheritage/ that members can be involved and provide data helpful to land trusts and other conservation organizations. Saturday Evening Keynote Speaker
Dr. Emmet J. Judziewicz - "Hudson Bay and the Puget Sound on Lake Superior: Disjunct Plants on Isle Royale" Registrar Information mmet Judziewicz is Professor of Biology at the University Beverly Walters E of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, where he has worked since 3437 Charing Cross Rd 2001. He is recognized as a leading authority on the classifica- Ann Arbor, MI 48108 tion of bamboos. Judziewicz’s other area of interest is the na- [email protected] tive flora of the Midwest. With Merel Black, he is the co-author of Wildflowers of Wisconsin and the Great Lakes Region, a Registration questions? Please email the registrar. field guide published in 2009 by the University of Wisconsin Press. He is especially interested in the plants of islands in the Also visit the MBC website www.michbotclub.org for updates Great Lakes such as the Apostle Islands, Isle Royale, and the and additional Foray information. Grand Traverse Islands archipelago; several of his studies re- sulted in book-length papers based on his collections of over 10,000 plant specimens. With Black, Lynn Clark, and Bob Freckmann, he is finishing A Field Guide to Wisconsin Grasses which will be published later this year by the University of Wisconsin Press. Isle Royale is notable for having one of the richest disjunct flo- ras in the Midwest, with Cascade Mountains, Rocky Mountains,
Page 6 June 2014
Summer Foray Field Trips — July 12-14
Saturday, July 12 MORNING AFTERNOON All DAY Quincy Mine Paavola Wetlands—Plant/Animal Interac- Keweenaw Geology tion (KLT)
Bryophytes Black Creek Nature Sanctuary (MNA) Estivant Pines (MNA)
Eagle River/Brockway Mountain/Copper Harbor
Mary MacDonald Preserve, Horseshowe Harbor (TNC) Sunday, July 13 MORNING AFTERNOON All DAY
Quincy Mine Brockway Mountain (MAS) Baraga Plains/Sturgeon River Gorge Torch Lake/Hungarian Falls/Keweenaw Black Creek Nature Sanctuary (MNA) Bare Bluff (MNA) Bay Bete Grise Preserve (HKCD & TNC)
Estivant Pines (MNA)
Monday, July 14
ALL DAY Grand Island (National Recreation Area)
Porcupine Mountains (Wilderness State Park)
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14
Saturday Morning (and Sunday Morning) Number 2 Hoist House. The Nordberg Steam Hoist and its rein- forced concrete building, built in the Georgian architectural style Quincy Mine with brick veneer and Italian-tiled walls, cost over $370,000 in 1918 but was used for only eleven years until it ceased usage in he Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located 1929. Weighing more than 880 tons, it lifted 10 tons of ore at T near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the 36.4 miles per hour, thus saving $16,080 in fuel bills in its first Quincy Mining Company and operated between 1846 and 1945, year of operation. The hoist sat on the largest concrete slab ever although some activities continued through the 1970s. When the poured, containing 3200 cu. yards of cement and over 8 tons of mine ceased production in 1945, the Quincy Number 2 shaft was reinforcement material. The Number 2 Hoist House was built as the world's deepest shaft, at 9,260 feet (2.82 km or 1.75 miles) a reinforced concrete structure on a scale rare for 1918, making along the dip of the deposit on a 55 degree decline. To raise and it one of the first of its kind. The very decorative Hoist House lower ore and workers into this shaft, the world's largest steam- was used as a showpiece for visiting investors. You will ride on driven mine hoist was built in 1918 and housed in the Quincy the cog-rail tram car down the hill to the mine entrance and then
June 2014 Page 7
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued) was used as a showpiece for visiting investors. You will ride particular attention placed on insects. We will also explore, on the cog-rail tram car down the hill to the mine entrance through examples, some of the signs and ways that plants and and then ride by tractor-pulled wagon into the mine, seven animals depend on each other. It will be a light and leisurely levels underground. This tour also includes a visit to the hike. Participants may want a pair of close focusing binoculars, museum, a video-tour of the No. 2 Shaft-Rock House and a hand-lens, and a head-net (as we want to avoid using bug spray guided tour of the enormous and complex Nordberg steam- on this trip if possible). Waterproof boots are highly powered hoist engine and the building it is in. The tour should recommended. The trip will cover about 2.5 miles of varied take approximately 2 hrs. habitat from ruderal areas to emergent marsh habitats at the Paavola Wetlands (part of the Keweenaw Land Trust). The Leader: Quincy Mine Hoist Association – An MBC reserve is located north of Hancock. facilitator will organize the carpool and lead the trip to and from the mine. Participants will need to purchase a ticket for Leader: Michael Rotter grew up in the lower peninsula of the full tour (Adult Price $18.00). If there are 12 or more Michigan where he spent most of his summers at a family camp registered for this trip we can arrange a 20% discount. in Wexford County learning about the ecology of Michigan’s forests first-hand. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Botany from Saturday Morning Northern Michigan University (NMU) where he worked as a contract botanist for the USFS and as a research assistant for Bryophytes NMU. After graduating in 2008, Mike worked for the Golden he trip will begin on the MTU campus to see a few Gate Parks Conservancy in San Francisco helping to restore T common bryophytes that might be in your own yard and native plant communities. Mike also worked for the National to introduce mosses vs liverworts. We aren't fully out from Park Service as a botanist for the southeastern fire management under snow yet, so things may have changed from my last program and in Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore. He recently bryological excursion on campus, but we should be able to completed his master’s degree studying the changes of see Bryum, Ceratodon, and Orthotrichum. From there we understory vegetation on Isle Royale due to intense moose will stop at Janice's moss garden, do a bit of review and meet browsing. During his graduate study, Mike developed a strong some interesting new mosses like Fissidens, Plagimnium, interest in plant/insect interactions and did Polytrichum, Barbula, and Leucobryum. Then we will additional research into thimbleberry and proceed to the Student Development Complex (SDC) and its obligate gall wasp. He will be starting a walk through the forest across from the parking lot to see PhD program at Northern Arizona Diphyscium, Frullania, Tetraphis, Brachythecium, and others. University this fall studying insect herbivores and their impact on plant Leader: Janice Glime is a retired Professor of Biological communities. His hobbies include birding, Sciences, Michigan Technological University. She has butterfly watching, and botanizing. published The Elfin World of Mosses and Liverworts of Isle Royale and Michigan's Upper Peninsula (available on Saturday Afternoon Amazon and also through the Isle Royale Natural History Black Creek Nature Sanctuary Association), is the manager of Bryonet - an online discussion group on bryophytes, and has published an online set of lack Creek Nature Sanctuary is a 242- books on Bryophyte Ecology – see www.bryoecol.mtu.edu. B acre Michigan Nature Association The online books won the 2013 Hattori Prize for the best preserve situated along the shores of Lake publication on bryophytes 2011-2013, an award given every Superior. The preserve contains several two years by the International Association of Bryologists. She plant communities including beaver ponds, has taught bryology, bryophyte ecology, ecology, botany, Drawing by Artemis Eyster sand dunes, coniferous and lowland plant taxonomy, general biology, and many other botanical forests, and lake shoreline. We will subjects. Difficulty level: Easy. attempt to walk the 4.5 mile round-trip trail traversing these diverse habitats during our half-day field trip. We can expect to Saturday Afternoon see bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi), trailing arbutus Paavola Wetlands – Plant/Animal Interactions (Epigaea repens), wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens), and early lowbush blueberry (Vaccinium angustifolium) in the sandy his trip will explore some of the unique ways animals barrens as we begin our hike. We will then enter a boreal mixed T and plants influence each other. Emphasis will be put on forest dominated by balsam fir (Abies balsamea), sugar maple the identification of common plants and animals with (Continued on page 8)
Page 8 June 2014
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
(Continued from page 7) and as the Vice-Chair of the Plant Systematics and Diversity (Acer saccharum), paper birch (Betula papyrifera), and section. northern white cedar (Thuja occidentalis), with several orchid species and other wildflowers typical of boreal forests in the Saturday All Day herbaceous layer. We will then pass by the alder (Alnus spp.)- ringed beaver ponds and into another mixed forest with large Keweenaw Geology red pine (Pinus resinosa) interspersed with balsam fir, sugar his web site provides interpretive materials for the whole maple, aspen (Populus spp.), and T field area: www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/ northern white cedar. Eventually KeweenawGeoheritage/. This includes background information we will reach Lake Superior as well as material about the individual field sites. Before the before heading back to our trip, people may wish to watch lectures that introduce the five vehicles. Terrain along the trail is Geo-Elements of Keweenaw. It is also possible to find basic flat to rolling. Good hiking boots reference materials about each theme through the website. We should be sufficient for our will start with Introductory Stops: The Boulder Garden moderately difficult walk. (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/Boulder_Garden/ People can turn around and Welcome.html) to introduce the Keweenaw. Boulder Garden is return at any time depending on a Viewpoint above Hancock Overlook (www.geo.mtu.edu/ how they feel – it is easy to find ~raman/SilverI/BlackLavas/Overlook.html). Then two principal one's way back to Houghton. mining sites: Quincy Mine site (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/ SilverI/BlackLavas/Quincy.html) and Calumet Leader: Scott Namestnik is a DrawingEyster by Artemis (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/BlackLavas/Calumet.html) Botanist at Orbis Environmental — the mining Capital (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/ Consulting with 16 years of experience managing projects and Glaciers/Calumet_Grooves.html). Then on to Hungarian Falls conducting floristic inventories, plant community mapping, (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/BlackLavas/Overlook.html) quantitative flora surveys, invasive species surveys and map- and the Keweenaw Thrust Fault. There will be a series of stops ping, and plant species of concern surveys and mapping in the about mining waste and the environment – Mohawk Mine site Great Lakes and Midwest states. He also is experienced with (www.geo.mtu.edu/~raman/SilverI/BlackLavas/Mohawk.html), setting up and conducting mitigation wetland monitoring pro- Gay Stamp Sands (www.geo.mtu.edu/%7Eraman/SilverI/Lake/ jects and has conducted numerous aquatic plant surveys. Gay_Sands.html) and Grand Traverse Bay Another aspect of Scott’s services is providing plant identifica- (www.geo.mtu.edu/%7Eraman/SilverI/Lake/Traverse.html). tion training workshops. In addition to his experience focused on the flora, Scott also conducts wetland delineations and other Difficulty level: Moderately Easy. site assessments, and he participates in avian and other wildlife Leader: Bill Rose – see bio for Friday night’s keynote speaker surveys. Scott also prepares natural area management plans and provides other technical writing services. Prior to co-founding Saturday All Day (and Sunday All Day) Orbis in 2014, Scott held a Senior Project Scientist position with Cardno JFNew and a joint seasonal field botanist position Estivant Pines with the Missouri Department of Conservation and The Nature his one and a half mile hike takes you through a one-of-a- Conservancy. He has a degree in Botany with a focus in Envi- kind wilderness old growth forest, the oldest living thing in ronmental Science, and is recognized for his expertise in Mid- T the Keweenaw. Walk through groves of 300 to 500 year old western/Great Lakes terrestrial and aquatic vascular plants, and eastern white pine, (Michigan’s state tree). Learn the rich his written work on the flora has appeared in several peer- history of fire, mining, and how the logging was stopped and reviewed journals including The Michigan Botanist, 504 acres preserved. Visited by thousands in the last 40 years Phytoneuron, Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science the Estivant Pines is a “Jewel of the Keweenaw”. Botanically, and Rhodora. Scott has also presented research on various top- the Estivant Pines Wilderness Preserve is unique. As you walk ics at numerous conferences. He currently serves as a board through this old growth forest the variety of ground cover is member for the Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society – complete for this northern boreal climate with thin topsoil and North Chapter and the South Bend-Elkhart Audubon Society, shallow basalt bedrock. The plant community includes asters, and he is active with the Indiana Academy of Science, serving clintonia, baneberry mitrewort, violets, pyrolas, twisted stalk, as a member of the Biodiversity and Natural Areas Committee (Continued on page 9)
June 2014 Page 9
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
spring beauty, bloodroot, twinflower, anemones and there may be blooming. Then down to Copper Harbor. People sarsaparilla. Ferns include maidenhair, spleenwort, holly fern, could go in the shops if they wish or walk a gentle trail around Braun’s holly fern, rusty woodsia and common polypody. As a the harbor called Hunter's Point out to Lake Superior. Total botanist you will appreciate how complete this old growth distance from Houghton approximately 50 miles. community is. Wear hiking boots, long sleeves, pants and a hat. Bring insect repellant, snacks, water and a rain jacket in your Leader: Dana Richter has a Master's degree in botany from St. pack. Cameras are a must and a small note book will help Cloud State Univ., St. Cloud, MN (1983), and a Ph.D. in forest preserve the experience. Difficulty level: Moderate. biology (mycology) from Michigan Technological University (1989). He is a research scientist and adjunct professor in the NOTE: There is a toilet at the trail head but people should be School of Forestry at Michigan Tech. His research involves willing to go in the woods when necessary. fungi and how these organisms interact with trees, insects, forest ecosystems, diseases and wood decay. He teaches courses in Leader: Charles Eshbach has been guiding people into the forest diseases and fungal ecology. He has published scientific back country of Keweenaw for over forty years. He was a leader papers in the Michigan Botanist and other scientific journals. He in the 20-year struggle to save and establish this popular has been actively involved with land and habitat protection in Michigan Nature Association preserve. The study of the the western Upper Peninsula for the past 25 years; he is a Keweenaw’s natural history and its relation to Lake Superior founder of the Keweenaw Land Trust. He has worked on land has been his passion along with telling the story of the people protection projects with the Michigan Nature Association, The who have left behind clues to remember them by. Preserving Nature Conservancy, the Michigan Audubon Society, and most examples of these unique natural systems has been his quest. recently with the acquisition of Brockway Mountain for Eagle Working with private, local, and state organizations to protect, Harbor Township. He has been the president of Copper Country interpret, and open these areas to the public, has been his Audubon since 1996 making it one of the most active chapters lifelong pursuit. Charlie in the state. He strongly believes that the careful observation of enjoys sharing his nature is the first step in caring for the earth. knowledge of the Keweenaw on his tours to Saturday All Day these natural areas. They are an educational adventure Mary Macdonald Preserve at Horseshoe Harbor the entire family will enjoy in a fascinating part of ocated at Horseshoe Harbor near the tip of the Keweenaw Michigan. L Peninsula, The Nature Conservancy’s Mary Macdonald Preserve protects a variety of natural communities typical of this Saturday All Day region, including boreal forest, volcanic bedrock glade, and volcanic bedrock lakeshore. The latter communities, in Eagle River, Brockway particular, support a variety of rare plants, including Keweenaw Mountain, Copper Harbor specialties such as northern paintbrush (Castilleja septentrionalis), alpine bistort (Bistorta vivipara), pearlwort irst to Eagle River for a Drawing by Artemis Eyster (Sagina nodosa), and downy oatgrass (Trisetum spicatum). F short stop to see the We’ll begin our jaunt in successional boreal mixed forest falls and the Douglass Houghton memorial -- he died there in examining the characteristic conifers and deciduous trees and 1845 at the age of 36, Michigan's first state geologist. Then shrubs, in addition to what should be a fantastic carpet of drive along the lake and the Great Sand Bay and stop at the Jam herbaceous species such as large-leaved aster (Eurybia Pot, if people wish, and view the falls there. Then through Eagle macrophylla), bluebead lily (Clintonia borealis), twinflower Harbor, very scenic, to the Lake Bailey Audubon Sanctuary (Linnaea borealis), and a medley of ferns and graminoids. Our where grows the state endangered Heart-leaved Arnica, which ultimate destination is the rugged igneous Lake Superior may still be in bloom; also state-threatened small blue-eyed shoreline, where challenging footing will welcome us to a world Mary (Collinsia parviflora). Hike in there for approximately one of species that can tolerate harsh geology and climate such as mile; moderate up hill. Then Brockway Mountain Drive to wild wormwood (Artemisia campestris), harebell (Campanula another Audubon sanctuary to see the state-threatened Red- rotundifolia), silverweed (Potentilla anserina), and potentially a stemmed Ceanothus -- western disjunct found only in rarity or two. The walk to the shoreline follows a fairly level, Keweenaw Co. in Michigan. A short trail there if people wish. somewhat rocky path, and is of low to moderate intensity. Our Then on to the summit of Brockway Mountain for the majestic exploration of the Lake Superior shoreline will be dictated by view and lunch. Then to the Klipfel MNA sanctuary on ease of access, but be prepared for a potential scramble over Brockway Mtn. Drive, about a mile east; small blue-eyed Mary (Continued on page 10)
Page 10 June 2014
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
(Continued from page 9) Sunday Afternoon exposed, sloping bedrock and large boulders. Biting insects can be foreboding, but we will keep our fingers crossed for post- Brockway Mountain apocalyptic calm. Summer weather in the Keweenaw Peninsula can be unpredictable, so be sure to pack rain gear, a sweatshirt rockway Mountain figures large in Michigan botany as a or light jacket, and a firm pair of hiking boots. Walking sticks B site for rare plants, and also because of the role it played in may be beneficial. Difficulty level: Easy to Moderate. M. L. Fernald's famous (but erroneous!) theory that the "hot spots" of rich and disjunct flora in the Great Lakes region were Leader: Bradford Slaughter is Lead Botanist with Michigan because these areas escaped glaciation. There is a road that runs Natural Features Inventory (MNFI), a program of Michigan the full length of the ridge, with some places to pull off, so we State University Extension. He joined MNFI in 2005 as a staff will have an afternoon of admiring fabulous views and hope to ecologist, concentrating on surveys of high quality natural see some of the fabulous rarities, especially the famous wild- communities and the development of an updated, expanded lilac (Ceanothus sanguineus) and the Keweenaw rock-rose natural community classification for Michigan. In 2009, Brad (Chamaerhodos nuttallii), both known in eastern North America took on responsibilities as a staff botanist, focusing primarily on only from Brockway Mountain (and the immediate vicinity in assisting the Michigan Department of Natural Resources the case of the Ceanothus). There will be a number of other Wildlife Division with monitoring private lands habitat and unusual northern barrens and open ground species that we species management projects throughout the state. In his current should be able to see easily. This will generally be a role, Brad is responsible for maintaining the statewide database straightforward dry walk, with modest rough terrain -- unless of rare vascular plant occurrences. Brad has co-authored several you want to climb the cliff! Difficulty: moderate. publications in The Michigan Botanist, and is co-author of the upcoming A Field Guide to the Natural Communities of Leader: Tony Reznicek is a Curator at the University of Michigan, to be published by Michigan State University Press in Michigan Herbarium, with research interests in sedges, December 2014. Brad holds a B.A. (Biology) from Albion especially systematics and evolution of the large and complex genus Carex in the New World, with a special focus on Mexico College and an M.S. (Botany) from Miami University. as well as on the Great Lakes region. Also, he works on Sunday Morning Michigan and Great Lake region floras, and is co-author, with the late Ed Voss, of the recent Field Manual of Michigan Flora Quincy Mine and, with the Ed Voss and Bev Walters, is responsible for the Michigan Flora Online: www.michiganflora.net/. He is also See Saturday Morning description above. interested in the phytogeography of the northeastern North American flora, especially the Great Lakes region, with interests Sunday Morning in plant migration and colonization, the origin and persistence of Torch Lake/Hungarian Falls/Keweenaw Bay relict plant species and communities, and rare species. He conducts numerous workshops on plant identification, especially ining ruins along Torch Lake and some of the mining of sedges, and leads numerous field trips. M history of the area; plants colonizing remediation sites. Then a mushroom/fungus hike to Hungarian Falls through Sunday Afternoon maple woods; ~1 mile round trip. If people wanted to go to Lake Linden approx. 3 miles north, they may separate and visit the Black Creek Nature Sanctuary Houghton Co. Historical Society Museum. Lunch there, or if o get to Black Creek Nature Sanctuary, owned and people wanted to go on to the Keweenaw Bay, we will go to a T managed by the Michigan Nature Association, we need to county park with abundant sun-dews interesting shoreline go through historic Calumet. We will stop by the Italian Hall plants, sandstone geology about a half hour east and lunch there. Memorial where 74 people, mostly children, died while From there people may return to Houghton or go north along the escaping a false fire alarm on Christmas Eve during the bitter Keweenaw Peninsula to Bete Grise about ten miles to a Nature miners’ strike of 1913-1914. We will see mining ruins along the Conservancy Sanctuary, beautiful walk along a beach while way to a 240-acre nature sanctuary on Cedar Bay of Lake taking short jaunts into the adjacent bog. Total trip ~ 40 miles Superior. The trail is 4.5 miles round trip through conifer and from Houghton. Difficulty level: Easy to Moderate. deciduous woodlands, along wetlands, ending on the shoreline Leader: Dana Richter – see bio above for Eagle River, of Lake Superior. We will see numerous Ericaceous plants and Brockway Mountain, Copper Harbor several orchids and hear thrushes, vireos and possibly other songbirds. The leader will explain the importance of fungi to
June 2014 Page 11
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
ecosystems; hopefully it will be wet enough to find some a 4 mile drive to the trailhead for this volcanic plug from the mushrooms to identify. We will try to make the entire loop trail river trail. to Lake Superior, but people can turn around and return at any time depending on how they feel – it is easy to find one's way NOTE: There is a pit toilet at a nearby state ORV trailhead back to Houghton. Difficulty level: Easy to Moderate. where we will probably go for the lunch break; there are no other toilet facilities. There are no picnic tables and no water Leader: Dana Richter – see bio above for Eagle River, spigots so plan accordingly. Brockway Mountain, Copper Harbor Leader: Sue Trull holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from Sunday All Day Carleton College and a master’s degree in plant ecology from the University of Montana. She worked as an environmental Baraga Plains/Sturgeon River Gorge educator and groundwater and wetlands consultant before joining the US Forest Service full-time in 1992. Sue worked as articipants will drive from Houghton south about 45 miles an ecologist for five years on the Tongass National Forest in P to the Baraga Plains, a droughty, fire-prone, sandy Southeast Alaska, based in Sitka. Since 1997, she has worked as landscape uncommon in the mainly mesic hardwoods of the a botanist on the Ottawa National Forest, based in Ironwood, western Upper Peninsula. We will start with a short hike (~1 Michigan. Her duties include rare plant conservation, native mile) on more or less flat terrain through an area managed as an plant materials, botanical forest products, non-native invasive opening by the Ottawa National Forest, dominated by hairgrass, plants, pollinators, and the Celebrating Wildflowers public big bluestem and shrubs. We will cross into jack pine barrens of outreach program. Sue led field trips and provided a slide show varying age. Plant diversity is quite low in these areas, with during the 2008 MBC mini-foray and annually leads trips for the blueberry the dominant, asters, sedges, and ground lichens. We North Woods Native Plant Society. Sue has recently co- will then drive ~3 miles to see an area burned in 2007 in the authored two Michigan Botanist articles with Dr. Blair Orr and Baraga Bump fire. Here we will compare vegetation to what we Peggy Fox of Michigan Tech University, on Carex have seen in the unburned area. After a lunch break, we will assiniboinensis and on use of Dentaria laciniata as an indicator. drive about 5 miles to a trailhead into the Sturgeon River Gorge Sue is married, has two teenagers and a dog. Difficulty level: Wilderness. We will Variable. take a steep trail down about 0.8 mile to view Sunday All Day the Sturgeon River falls and compare the Bare Bluff - Grinnell Memorial Sanctuary more mesic landscape with the barrens. If iking Bare Bluff provides a wide range of experiences - time and interest H looking up from the base of a soaring 200-foot rhyolite permit, we may go cliff, to traversing a rockslide, to scaling a steep fault gorge downstream a short leading to the top. Here you walk out of the stunted maple and distance to see high oak forest onto a rocky exposed outcrop. The view from the top sandstone bluffs and is unsurpassed in the Keweenaw. Along the way, we’ll look for an unconformity between sandstone and basalt. All areas are rock-loving plants, including Dryopteris flix-mas, one of the part of the Ottawa National Forest and open to the public. The larger wood ferns as well as the smallest of the wood ferns, first two stops will be in managed forest, the 3rd in designated Dryopteris fragrans. Bare Bluff is one of several rhyolitic wilderness. Sturdy boots are recommended, but the more agile bodies that occur within the lower part of the Portage Lake may be fine in sneakers. Ticks should be infrequent by mid-July Volcanics, a flood basalt sequence associated with the but both wood ticks and deer ticks could be present. Mosquitoes Keweenaw Rift. As you hike, note the pink color of the rock, in and biting flies are likely. Possibly there will be a few early contrast to most other Keweenaw rocks that are black lavas or blueberries for foraging. After the highway south from red sandstones or conglomerate. The trail, a three-mile loop, is Houghton, the roads are native surface, dusty, and somewhat described as difficult; the terrain is rugged with steep slopes and bumpy. Higher clearance is useful but not required. If you don’t sharp turn-offs. The Russell and Miriam Grinnell Memorial want to hurry back to Houghton, another feature in the area is Nature Sanctuary at Bare Bluff, 160 acres, is owned by the Silver Mountain, with a gated mine at the base, glacial grooves Michigan Nature Association. Difficulty level: Moderately visible on the exposed summit rock, and a great view. It’s about Difficult. (Continued on page 12)
Page 12 June 2014
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
NOTE: There are NO restrooms nearby Bare Bluff. After the beach, forest trail, off-trail on uneven ground, and on wet mossy hike, the group could go to the Bete Gris beach for a cool-down substrate. Sturdy boots are recommended. May get wet feet and there is a restroom there. unless boots are waterproof. Walking distance: several miles over several sites. Difficulty: moderate. Co-Leader: Nancy Leonard is an amateur naturalist with a lifelong interest in the outdoors. She and her husband Bill enjoy Co-Leader: Janet Marr, botanist, Calumet, MI. B.S. & M.S. hiking and exploring the Keweenaw and have made an annual in Biological Sciences, Michigan Technological University, sailing trip to Isle Royale for nearly twenty years to enjoy and Houghton. She has conducted botanical surveys in MN, WI, and explore the island’s nature treasures. Nancy is especially MI including at BGP and has taught plant identification interested in ferns and frogs. Nancy and Bill currently serve as workshops on Isle Royale National Park and the Keweenaw the Keweenaw Stewardship Organizers for Michigan Nature County mainland. Association. In that capacity, and working alongside volunteer stewards, they care for nineteen sanctuaries in Keweenaw, Co-Leader: Jeff Knoop has worked for The Nature Houghton, and Ontonagon Counties. Conservancy for 30 years in Ohio and Michigan primarily coordinating land acquisition efforts and secondarily on land Co-Leader: Adrienne Bozic - For 15 years after completing management and stewardship efforts at nature preserves. He her bachelor's degree in environmental interpretation, Adrienne took the lead role of land acquisition and fundraising at Bete took on a number of field jobs in environmental science and Grise Wetlands beginning in 2003 and the preserve now totals conservation. Eventually ending up doing plant surveys at 3,700 acres. Although not a botanist by training, his extensive Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Adrienne completed work field experience rounds out his credentials as an excellent field on her Master's degree in biology. Now she is responsible for naturalist. organizing and working with MNA’s many volunteers in the Upper Peninsula to complete on-the-ground stewardship Sunday All Day projects. Focused on botany and rare native plants, Adrienne found her first interest in the environment leading nature walks Estivant Pines for the neighborhood kids. She comes from a long line of See Saturday All Day description above. outdoors people, including an uncle who helped with the original survey of what is now Yellowstone National Park. Monday All Day Adrienne is an avid gardener and outdoor lover and loves to hike, backpack, canoe, and travel to new places. She currently Grand Island lives in Marquette with her boyfriend Wilfred and a cat, and enjoys all things to do with music, as well as crafts and making n the way back from the Foray on Monday, people can visit Grand Island. This is the large Island in Lake jewelry in her free time. O Superior, offshore from Munising, and it offers rich hardwoods, Sunday All Day rocky shorelines, sand beaches, and open pine forests, among other habitats, all full of interesting plants. The ferry to Grand Bete Grise Preserve Island leaves once every hour morning and afternoon, and since it is about 2 1/2 hours’ drive east of Houghton, we should be he Bete Grise Preserve (BGP), located along the Lake able to get the 11:00 AM ferry, and have lunch on the Island, T Superior shoreline of the Keweenaw Peninsula, reaches coming back on the 6:30 PM ferry, giving us about 6 hours on inland about three miles. This pristine 3,700 acre preserve, the island -- enough to explore some miles of shores and woods. owned by the Houghton Keweenaw Conservation District and The ferry is $15.00, (people only, no cars). This will be a The Nature Conservancy, has a very high diversity of native substantial amount of walking but, with a few exceptions, plant species including four rare plant species, nearly 20 orchid mostly level. Much of the distance we will cover will be on species, over 30 Carex (sedge) species, and a plethora of other trails. Level of difficulty: moderate. species. Plant communities present in BGP include the highest quality example of the Great Lakes marsh community type Leader: Tony Reznicek – see bio above for Brockway remaining in the Upper Great Lakes in the United States. Other Mountain BGP community types are patterned fen, northern fen, poor fen, northern wet meadow, wooded dune and swale complex, and various wetland and upland forests. We'll be walking on a sand
June 2014 Page 13
Summer Foray Field Trip Descriptions — July 12-14 (Continued)
Monday All Day park and show some park videos in the welcome center. Then about noon, he will take the group on a 2 hour hike around the Porcupine Mountains park. e will meet the Interpreter – Bob – at the welcome center Leader: Robert Wild is the Interpreter at the Porcupine W for the park about 11 am. He will give a welcome to the Mountains Wilderness State Park Visitor Center.
Suggested Reading List
Articles in The Michigan Botanist Other Articles and Books Drife, Donald C., and Joyce E. Drife. 1990. Oliver A. Chadde, Joan. 2009. Walking Paths & Protected Areas of the Farwell's Early Pteridophyte Records from the Keweenaw Keweenaw. www.michigannature.org/home/news/ Peninsula. Mich Bot. Vol. 29, No. 3. walkingpath.shtml
Glime, Janice M. and Stephen E. Trynoski. 1977. Several Krause, David J. 1986. The secret of the Keweenaw: native Interesting Fontinalis Collections in Houghton County, copper and the making of a mining district, 1500-1870. Michigan. Mich Bot. Vol. 16, No.3. McVaugh, Rogers. 1953. Farwelliana: an account of the life Glime, Janice M., Janet F. and Roy E. and botanical work of Oliver Atkins Farwell, 1867- Gereau. 1980. Bryophytes of Mount Lookout, Keweenaw 1944. www.lsa.umich.edu/herb/publications/bookDetail.asp? County Michigan. Mich Bot. Vol. 19, No. 4 ID=55
Glime, Janice M. 1982. New Mosses by a new road at Reschke, Carol. 1985. Vegetation of the conglomerate rock Michigan technological University. Mich Bot. Vol. 21, No. 2. shoreline of the Keweenaw Peninsula, northern Michigan. Thesis (M.S.)--University of Wisconsin--Madison. Glime, Janice M. and Allison D. Slavik. 1985. A Checklist of Bryophytes and their Critical Localities in the Keweenaw Voss, Edward G. 1978. Botanical beachcombers and Peninsula, Michigan. Mich Bot. Vol. 24, No. 4. explorers: pioneers of the 19th century in the upper Great Lakes. www.lsa.umich.edu/herb/publications/bookDetail.asp? Read, Robert. 1975. Vascular Plants of Pictured Rocks ID=54 National Lakeshore, Alger County, Michigan. Mich Bot. Vol. 14, No 1. Steve Lehto. 2009. Michigan's Columbus, the Life of Douglass Houghton. Wells, James R. and Paul W. Thompson. 1974. Vegetation and Flora of Keweenaw County, Michigan. Mich Bot. Vol. 13, No. 3. babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt? id=mdp.39015029420794;view=1up;seq=371
Wells, James R., Paul W. Thompson and Gregory Fons. 1984. Some Michigan Upper Peninsula Big Trees and their age. Mich Bot. Vol. 23, No. 1
Wettmore, Clifford M. 1990. Lichens of Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore. Mich Bot. Vol. 29, No. 1
Page 14 June 2014
Michigan Botanical Club State Board Meeting Minutes Michigan Environmental Council Office 602 West Ionia Street, Lansing MI April 12, 2014 Members Present: David Chambers, Becky Csia, Mary Walters will give her the registration form by May 15 for the Danforth, Irene Eiseman, Richard Fowler, Ruth Hart, Jim Hewitt, Arisaema in order for it to go out by May 30. The completed Bob Kelly, Judy Kelly, Emily Nietering, Sarah Nooden, Tony registrations must be in by June 20. The form will be on the web- Reznicek, Lynn Steil, Bev Walters, Alice Ward site as soon as the Arisaema is received in the mail. Information will be on line earlier. Call to Order - Judy Kelly 12:01pm Mary said articles can be added. Sarah said that she would do the Approval of agenda weekend schedule. Judy said that she would write the welcome/ President Judy Kelly moved for approval of the agenda. Motion info regarding the Keweenaw area. Irene and Emily will work on carried. Directions to MTU..... parking etc. Bob offered to help. Mary will send out requests for reports and articles regarding the Fall Minutes - Judy moved to accept the minutes. Motion carried. Arisaema. She will be needing items by Sept. 1. Treas. report.- Judy asked to accept the treas. report. Motion car- Botanist - Michael Huft is meeting with the Barkmans and we ried. assume items on track. Robert’s Rules of Order - Judy Kelly reminded everyone. Treasurer - Bob Kelly explained that the report reflects the dol- lar amounts of the Smith funding as a separate line item. Bob Announcements said the report was up to date as of April 10. Judy expressed a need for new Directors-at-Large from the Southwest and Huron Valley chapters. The new White Pine Di- Constitution and bylaws: Michael Huft, Becky Csia, Bev Wal- rector-at-Large will be Bill Martinus. ters & Sarah Nooden - Will meet late summer or fall. Irene asked about special member changes and would they have to be Judy announced the Botany Workshop, Isle Royale National approved by this board beforehand. Becky Csia thought that a Park, 9-14, June 2014 proposal should be brought to board first as special members items are in the bylaws and not the constitution. MBC brochure - Sarah Nooden will be adjusting layout but no changes. Foundation report - Pam Laureto. Judy said that Pam has writ- ten a nice in-depth report for the next Arisaema. President Kelly announced that the Fall meeting will be Oct. 18th at GVSU in Allendale. Field Trip of Ravines. The Board meet- New Business ing will be at noon and the program will be at 2pm. Database of club members - Irene Eiseman suggested that we Committee Reports should set up an historic archive to eliminate old members who are no longer members, etc. Mary has to go through all the data to Webmaster - Aaron Fown sent his report via a video presenta- determine who should be receiving mailings. Irene said Lynda tion. Regarding phone support/training for editing chapter por- Pelkey updates periodically and current but now that we have tions of the website: no one has called him but encourages any- numerous columns it is getting cumbersome. Irene mentioned one to call (740-949-6546) if there is a need for additional train- that we need to track the Botanist mailings as well. Bev Walters ing/questions. said that Aaron also reported that we are not vulnerable to the Heartbleed- she would contact Lynda and work with someone who is willing ing virus. We have been protected by corrections early on but to take this on. It was suggest that a “membership” person posi- those that we link to could have an impact if they are vulnerable. tion be created to take this on. Irene moved that Bev W. be point Aaron will be watching and checking on the issue. person for updating the on-line MBC data base. Alice seconded. Corresponding Sec. - Mary Danforth asked that people let her Richard Fowler, Mary Danforth volunteered to help.This would know if you do not receive the e-mailed Arisaema. She has just help Lynda Pelkey step out of this position. Motion carried. mailed the hardcopies out and hasn’t heard that anyone has re- Old Business ceived it yet. Not on website yet. Nominating committee - Sarah Nooden said she still had some- Mary also announced/confirmed that Lynn Steil will send Field one to contact but the following is how things stand at the mo- trip leader Bio/ descriptions, Tony Reznicek will get speaker bios ment. program description/titles, Emily will get housing info and Bev
June 2014 Page 15
Michigan Botanical Club State Board Meeting Minutes (Continued)
Jim Hewett Secretary Lodging & meals - Emily Nietering, Alice Ward & Ruth Hart: Dave Chambers is likely candidate for treas. Emily said that there were plenty of rooms available to us. Lin- ens are provided. Each room has two twin beds. Price is based Mary Danforth will continue as Corresponding Secretary on double occupancy. Emily Nietering will continue as Vice President Emily will also be providing motel information for the Houghton Sarah thanked electees and committee members. Judy thanked area. Emily said that ID’s are needed for for entrance to dorm Sarah for all of her work/search. and rooms. Emily will ask about dimensions of ID to determine if it can fit in our tag holders. Emily said we are not on the hook Spring Foray 2014 planning for the rooms held. Alice is looking for campground infor- Date of the foray - July 10 - 14 mation. Discussion regarding meal package only. Emily said there is no fee for the lecture hall. Emily said snacks would be Events available for Fri. evening. Parking is free on weekend on cam- Thursday, July 10 - no meals, start of room reservations Friday, pus but Friday evening one will be needed. Website has parking July 11 - no meals, evening program, snacks, rooms pass to purchase but MTU is having a meeting regarding week- end parking. Saturday, July 12 - 3 meals, evening program, snacks, rooms, field trips Sunday, July 13 - 3 meals, evening program, snacks, Parking in Wadsworth Hall is not large but parking across the rooms, field trips Monday, July 14 - breakfast & boxed lunch street will be the best place for staging field trips. Committees Logistics - Pam Laureto & Becky Csia. Lynn is going to ask Field Trip leaders & evening speakers - Lynn Steil, Larry field trip leaders to provide a map for the booklet. Judy asked Nooden & Tony Reznicek Tony announced that our speaker for about coolers for water/lunchs. Board members and others will Friday evening is Bill Rose from MTU. He will be speaking on bring coolers and if more are needed, styrofoam coolers could be the geology of the area. Emmet Judziewicz from the University purchased. Judy asked about a promotional waterbottle with of Wisconsin Stevens Point will be speaking Saturday evening MBC as a logo for filling instead of buying bottles of water. It on Isle Royale and Tina Hall from TNC will speak on Upper was the general consensus that it would be a good idea. Judy Peninsula conservation programs Sunday evening. Tony will get said she’d look into it. Dave Chambers will contact Dorothy the descriptions and bios for Mary. Lynn went over the field trip Sibley about first aid kits used last year. schedule so far. She also appealed to the board regarding a pos- East bound Monday trip (Grand Island) will have breakfast, box sible need for additional trips if a large registration response lunch, catch a ferry. We will need numbers for the ferry. There exists. Lynn said that she will stay in contact with Bev Walters is a fee. West-bound trip to Porcupine Mts. We will need num- during reg. President Kelly said that she would mention this in bers and cars will need a state park sticker or pay the fee. the welcome/general description of Keweenaw. Irene asked about student costs and the scholarship application Transportation: Judy & Bob Kelly, Irene Eiseman reviewed the date. Richard moved to hold costs at $190 per person. Sarah last minutes discussion on bus issues. Judy also discussed the seconded. possibilities of each chapter’s needs for carpooling, vans or bus- es and encouraged contacts within the chapters. Travel length, Motion carried. blog, etc. will be included in general discussion Judy will write for the Arisaema. Bev Walters suggested that we ask for $190 for each student from the Foundation and the chapter cover the cost of transporta- Registration - Bev Walters, Aaron Fown, Richard Fowler had tion. The Chapter would pay for a second student. There was nothing to add at this time. agreement with this idea. Booklet - Mary Danforth, Craig Elston, Sarah Nooden, Richard Future State Board Meeting - It was suggested that we set up a Fowler: Budget $500. Richard said that he understood that he Board meeting time at 5pm on Sat. It can be short or deleted if would print the booklet. His cost would be $120, color would not needed. There was general agreement. be 6 cents more each. There was general agreement that the cov- er could have color and a few other spots would be nice. It was Adjournment - Meeting adjourned at 2:28pm mentioned that at the last meeting we decided stapled booklets would be sufficient.
Page 16 June 2014
Fall Michigan Botanical Club State Board Meeting
n Saturday, October 18th, the White Pine Chapter is pleased to host the Fall MBC State Board Meeting. This meeting will be O held at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, just west of Grand Rapids. We will be forwarding the specific location on the campus to each MBC chapter President later this summer.
The schedule will be as follows:
11:00 A.M. Michigan Botanical Foundation Meeting 11:30-12:30 P.M. State Board Meeting 12:30-1:30 P.M. Lunch (be sure to pack yourself a sack lunch) 1:30-2:30 P.M. Speaker-Lee Mueller 2:30 P.M Refreshments followed by a field trip through the Ravines of Grand Valley State University which are along the Grand River which flows through the campus.
Our speaker, Lee Mueller is a certified Arborist and Registered Forester. He is currently the Program Director of the Urban Forest Project. The Grand Rapids Urban Forest Project is an initiative of Friends of Grand Rapids Parks in partnership with the City of Grand Rapids to engage the whole community in planting and growing a larger, healthier urban forest. The specific topic of his presentation will be sent to MBC chapter Presidents later this year. Keweenaw Scenes