ISLE ROYALE BOTANY WORKSHOP THIS JUNE! Experience a week on Lake Superior's Isle Royale National Park and learn to identify the diverse plants that live on this incredible island!
This special Botany Workshop, sponsored by the Isle Royale Natural History Association, and taught by botanist Janet Marr, is open to anyone (please see * below) with beginning/intermediate knowledge of plant identification and who is interested in learning to identify the early summer native flora of this species-rich Lake Superior island. Workshop participants should be able to hike up to 7 miles in one day with a daypack. Workshop attendees will meet in Houghton, MI, for a preliminary meeting on Monday, 18 June, and travel from Houghton to Rock Harbor on the Ranger III on Tuesday, 19 June (please see ** below for travel from Grand Portage, Minnesota). The group will spend four days on the island learning native plant species, using such tools as a dichotomous key and hand lens to identify plants. Other topics will include discussion of island plant communities, rare species, ecology, and invasive species. Participants will return to Houghton on the Ranger III on Saturday, 23 June**. Workshop activities will take place primarily outdoors during daytime hours with some inside work. Optional evening sessions will also be offered to review plants learned earlier. Field trips will include Tobin Harbor, Scoville Point, Raspberry Island, and Hidden Lake, places that are all located in the vicinity of Rock Harbor. Janet Marr, the workshop instructor, is a botanist who has been involved in many botanical studies over the course of 30 years throughout Michigan's Upper Peninsula including Isle Royale. She is co-author of IRNHA's upcoming Isle Royale Nature Guide. Her botany workshops for the Gratiot Lake Conservancy in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula filled up quickly, so be sure to sign up early for this Isle Royale workshop. The workshop is limited to 12 participants and advance enrollment by 4 June is required. Participants may camp for free at a Rock Harbor group site for the four nights on the island. They can also stay in the Rock Harbor Lodge or Housekeeping units at their own expense. Total cost for the workshop is US $500 per person and includes instruction, camping, and transportation to and from the island on the Ranger III. FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO SIGN UP FOR THE WORKSHOP, please contact JILL BURKLAND at 906-482-7860 or email at [EMAIL PROTECTED] NOTE: Participants need to pre-register and send a $50 deposit to be received by 4 June to Isle Royale Natural History Association, Attn: Jill Burkland, 800 East Lakeshore Drive, Houghton, MI 49931 in order to attend this workshop. Helpful websites and phone numbers for information about Isle Royale, lodging, camping, transportation, etc. are: Isle Royale National Park's home page: http://www.nps.gov/isro/ or phone at 906-482-0984. Lodging, boat rentals, etc. (at Rock Harbor Lodge or Housekeeping units) : http://www.isleroyaleresort.com/ or 866-644-2003 (winter season) or 906-337-4993 (summer season) Transportation from Grand Portage, Minnesota to Isle Royale on Voyager: http://www.isleroyaleboats.com/ or 651-653-5872 or 888-746-2305 If you know of someone who may be interested in hearing about this Isle Royale botany workshop, that would be great if you would let them know about it. Thank you! *Since this is an Isle Royale Natural History Association (IRNHA)-sponsored event, you will need to be a member of IRNHA to attend the workshop. Membership is only US$25/individual (US$35/household). You can learn more about the association at http://irnha.org For information about how to become a member click on the Join IRNHA button. **If you prefer travel to and from to the island out of Grand Portage, Minnesota, on the Voyager (at your own expense), you may meet up with the workshop group at Rock Harbor on Tuesday (19 June) afternoon. ************************** Janet Marr 23180 Highway Loc. Rd. Calumet, MI 49913 phone: 906-337-5529 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **************************
