a special program for Louisiana and the region

[Matthew Herron]

Hello all,

I hope folks are doing well and looking forward to the annual meeting. It looks to be a very good one!! I wanted to share a special opportunity to folks in this group, in case any of you are interested. The program, entitled "Reading the Winter Landscape", will be co-lead by one of this years LNPS presenters, John Michael Kelly. One could look at it simply as two programs offered side-by-side--Winter Botany and Old Growth Forests--but really it is much more than that. The weekend program as a whole is designed to be a deep meditation on how plants can reveal stories of the historical landscape and its people. Our point of entry is one of the great gems of Louisiana and much of the central gulf south: Louisiana State Arboretum / Chicot State Park. Throughout the weekend we build skills that offer the key to unlocking these stories such as utilizing historic and current maps, botanical records, recognizing plants in the winter, interpreting forest architecture and development and recognizing signs of human and natural disturbance. We will also include a unique, hands-on session on ethnobotany. The weekend-long program is a primer on forest ecology but also, in my mind, a primer on sense of place and better understanding where we are. If a whole weekend sounds like too much, there are single day slots available. You can learn more about this class and others being offered at http://https//www.coastalplainsoutdoors.org/programs/

Matthew Herron

Cell 225-234-1085

[Matthew Herron]

Pardon the typo that should be www.coastalplainsoutdoors.org/programs/

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Matthew Herron

Cell 225-234-1085