Summer Courses at Highlands Biological Station Highlands Biological Station, in the beautiful southern Blue Ridge Mountains in Highlands, NC, is offering the following summer courses and workshops. Two-week courses are 3 credit hours for $700. One-week workshops are $350 and 1 credit hour. Limited financial aid is available. Inexpensive housing is available at Highlands Biological Station. For more information (detailed descriptions, pre-requisites, etc.) and to apply, visit www.highlandsbiological.org/summercourses/, e-mail [email protected] or [email protected], or call (828) 526-2602.
2-WEEK COURSES Vascular Plants of the Southern Appalachians May 13-25; Paul Manos, Duke University Biology of Southern Appalachian Fishes May 20-June 1; Mollie Cashner, Austin Peay State University Southern Appalachian Mayflies, Stoneflies, & Caddisflies May 27-June 8; John Morse, Clemson University Conservation Biology of Amphibians June 3-15; Ray Semlitsch, University of Missouri Southern Appalachian Mayflies, Stoneflies, & Caddisflies June 10-22; John Morse, Clemson University Principles of Conservation Biology June 17-29; Peter White, UNC-Chapel Hill Forest Ecosystems of the Southern Appalachians July 1-13; Alan Weakly, Julie Tuttle, UNC-Chapel Hill, and Stephanie Jeffries, NC State University Field Methods in Medical Entomology July 9-20; Brian Byrd, Western Carolina University Terrestrial Arthropods and Their Role in Southern Appalachian Ecosystems July 15-27; Kefyn Catley, Western Carolina University Conservation Genetics of Salamanders July 29-Aug. 10; Joseph Apodaca, Warren-Wilson College Statistical Analysis of Ecological Data July 29-Aug. 10; Thomas Martin, Western Carolina University 1-WEEK WORKSHOPS Journaling Nature a Day at a Time May 6-10; Nancy Lowe, Discover Life Sharing the Stories of Science (for science educators) July 1-5; Nancy Lowe, Discover Life Small World: Drawing insects and other small organisms (advanced drawing and watercolor) Aug. 12-16; Nancy Lowe, Discover Life Bryophyte Identification May 13-18; Paul Davison, University of North Alabama Mountain Biodiversity (for educators) June 24-28; Karen Kandl, Highlands Biological Station Literary Journeys Through the Western North Carolina Landscape July 1-6; Brent Martin, Wilderness Society Grasses, Sedges, and Rushes of the Southern Appalachians August 12-17; Dwayne Estes, Austin Peay State University
