Vernal Pool Workshop, Saturday, April 18th at Botelle School, Norfolk

Sponsored by Aton Forest and the Norfolk Land Trust

Come learn about vernal pools and their vital role as nurseries and feeding grounds to a wide range of forest wildlife. Saturday, April 18^th, 10 am. Meeting place: Norfolk town tennis courts by the Botelle School Soccer Field on Rte 44, east of the town center. The outdoor workshop will be led by naturalist Betsy Corrigan. Please sign up by emailing her as space is limited (elizabethcorrigan(AT)yahoo.com). She will arrange another session if there is enough interest. Be prepared for a short hike to the pool.

Please make sure you rsvp to Betsy as she is planning to cancel the workshop if it is raining and will need to alert you.

 

 

Aton Forest Open House, Saturday, October 18, 2008

ATON FOREST

An Ecological RESEARCH Field Station

OPEN HOUSE

Saturday, OCTOBER 18, 2008 - 10:00 A.M. to 4:00 p.m.

ATON FOREST, INC. HEADQUARTERS

270 NORTH COLEBROOK ROAD, NORFOLK, CONNECTICUT

Telephone (860) 542-5125       E-mail contact@atonforest.org

10 AM:  Hike to Chimney Hill - guided by J. Anderson (meet at office)

12 PM:  Welcome - Meet the Officers & Directors

12:30 PM: Magnificent Failure: Frank Egler and the Greening of Ecology by William Dritschilo

1:30 PM: Naturalistic Landscaping and the Life Work of Dr. Frank Egler by Glenn Dreyer

2:30 PM: Birds & Global Warming: a walking talk by Robert Moeller

Dulcimer Music by Mixolydian

Refreshments provided

 

Cancelled - Aton Forest Naturalists' Speakers Lunch, September 10th

The Aton Forest Naturalists' Speakers Lunch scheduled for September 10th has been cancelled.

 

Aton Forest Board Meeting

August 6, 2008

10 am at AF Hq.

AF Plant Collections Day & Barbeque

Plant Collections Day & Barbeque

Saturday, July 19, 2008, 10 am to 4 pm

 

Meet at the AF Visitors' Quarters, 70 South Sandisfield Road, Norfolk

 

This is a day to hone your herbarium skills and help us work on the AF plant collection: mounting, labeling, cataloging. We have some dried and pressed plants to mount (or bring your own), including some recently discovered sedges collected by the late Dr. Frank Egler.

 

This summer AF has hired a botany intern, Tom Edson of Meriden, who you will have an opportunity to meet. Tom has been mounting, labeling and filing existing specimens and working on increasing the AF collection through field collection, pressing and mounting additional plant species from the property.

 

A present, there are 265 species of vascular plants represented in the AF collection. In addition there are several unidentified specimens and 100 specimens of mosses and lichens which you can help us identify.

 

A barbeque will be ongoing throughout the day; grilled meat and veggie burgers will be provided. Please bring a cold dish to share and your beverage of choice.

 

Please RSVP or contact John Anderson for more information.

Phone: 860-542-5125 office, 860-542-6924 visitors’ quarters, 860-248-1053 cell

 

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