For students, faculty, personnel from federal and state agencies, museums, environmental organizations and consulting firms
Exploring Medicinal Plants of Maine and Beyond Sept 4 - 10 Instructor: Steven Foster Location: Eagle Hill Institute, Steuben, Me Whether you’re a seasoned natural history professional or curious outdoor enthusiast, a working knowledge of medicinal plants promises new appreciation of how humans relate to plants. The use of plants for medicinal purposes has preoccupied humankind for millennia, across all cultures and every conceivable geographic region and landscape. Better known for lobsters than ginseng, Maine is home to a hidden treasure trove of pharmacologically active, useful and fascinating plants with a story to tell about human experience, past and present. We will emphasize field identification, tradition and current scientific understanding of medicinal plants in eastern Maine (and beyond), both in the classroom and the field, stopping along the way for a photograph or two. Steven Foster ([email protected]) has explored medicinal plants on six continents in a career spanning over four decades, starting at the Herb Department of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community in 1974 at age 17. Medical botany specialist and photographer, Steven is the senior author and photographer of three Peterson Field Guides (most recently the 2014 3rd edition of A Peterson Field Guide to Medicinal Plants and Herbs Eastern North America (co-authored with emeritus Eagle Hill presenter, Jim Duke). He is also senior author (with Rebecca Johnson) of National Geographic’s Desk Reference to Nature’s Medicine, a 2007 New York Public Library “Best of Reference” along with fourteen other books. A Maine native, he now lives in the Ozarks in Eureka Springs, Arkansas, heeding Jim Duke’s advice, “Go south young man.” For general information, go to http://eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/natural-history-seminars.shtml For course calendar and course descriptions, go to http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/nhs/nhs-calendar.shtml For application information and cost breakdown, go to http://www.eaglehill.us/programs/general/application-info.shtml For more information, contact [email protected], 207-546-2821 x 1
