FIELD TRIPS: Our 2007 Field Season Opens with Our Two Annual Spring Field Trips to Bear

Botanical Society of Washington

2008Field Trips – Preliminary Schedule

Revised17April2008

The Botanical Society of Washingtonplans to offerfive local field trips intheWashington,D.C.,regioninthe2008season, including a short-distance, easy-going, everybody-welcome fall trip appropriate for old-timers, little kids, and others. Wealsoplanaweekendexcursionfartherafield,thisyeartocentralDelmarva,Aug.2-3.

Unlessindicatedotherwise,Societyfieldtripsareopentotheinterestedpublic.

Thepreliminaryschedule for 2008follows. ChecktheBSWwebsite(

April12,2008 (Saturday)

BearIsland,PotomacRiverGorge(MontgomeryCo.,Md.) – DanNicolson,tripleader. Detailedannouncementavailable. BSW trip coordinator: Larry Morse

April19,2008 (Saturday)

GoldMine Tract, Potomac RiverGorge(MontgomeryCo.,Md.) – Dan Nicolson,tripleader. Detailedannouncementavailable. (Revised-- SamemeetingplaceastheApril12thtrip,butdifferentdestination.) BSW trip coordinator: Larry Morse

April26,2008 (Saturday)

Susquehanna River Gorge(HarfordCo.,Md.) –Larry Morse,tripleader. Detailedannouncementavailable. BSW trip coordinator: Larry Morse

SummerorearlyFall,2008

CanoetriponMattawomanCreek,nearIndianHead(CharlesCo.,Md.) –Rod SimmonsandJim Long,tripleaders. Additionaldetailstofollow. BSW trip coordinator: Rod Simmons

Notes: Canoe rental & transport fee. Group size limited, with preference to BSW members and their same-car guests.

August 2 & 3, 2008 (Sat./Sun.) – Annual Weekend Excursion

Central Delmarva(withgroupdinnerandovernightin/nearSeaford,Del.) – Bill McAvoy(DelawareNaturalHeritageProgram) andothers,tripleaders. Additionaldetailstofollow. BSW trip coordinator: Pat Ford

Tentative itinerary:

Sat. afternoon:

Tuckahoe State Park, Md.

Intermittent wetlands (nearby)

Sun. morning:

Nanticoke River estuarine wetlands (incl. seaside alder, Alnus maritima)

Picnic lunch nearby

Sun. afternoon(optional):

AdditionalhabitatsalongtheNanticoke

Caution: Consider beach-traffic patterns if using the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

Mid-October or early November, 2008

Chapman Forest(Charles Co.,Md.).– Rod Simmons,tripleader.

Short-distance, easy-going, everybody-welcome trip appropriate for old-timers, little kids, and others who don’t (or can’t) join the longer walks and more rugged terrain characteristic of most of our botanical destinations. BSW trip coordinator: Rod Simmons

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Carpooling: Contact the BSW trip coordinator (not the local leader, if different) if you want a ride or wouldliketo takeriders.

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BSW Field Trip Committee 2008:

LarryMorse (,(202)-543-2488),Chair

PatFord ()

RodSimmons ()

–Larry Morse, 31Mar08, rev. 17April2008