2004 Annual Conference: Calvert County
October 16 and 17, 2004
"Pieces of the Puzzle: Connecting Land, Water, and the Chesapeake"
Calvert Marine Museum, Solomons, Maryland
$45 members, $65 nonmembers.
Saturday Social fee additional $15.
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Field trips will be held throughout Calvert, St. Mary's and Charles counties on both Saturday and Sunday. Directions to the sites will be provided at the conference. Exact field trip locations are subject to change. More detailed information will be available soon.
Saturday, October 16, 2004
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 8:30am | Registration Opens |
| 9:00-9:15am | Welcome Address |
| 9:15-9:45am | Southern Maryland Geology. David Powars, USGS Geologist, will provide an overview of Coastal Plain geology and its influence on ecological systems. |
| 9:45-10:15am | History of the Forest. Dan Boone, botanist and Ecologist at Patuxent Wildlife Research Center and former Director of Maryland's Natural Heritage Program, will describe the forests of pre-Colonial America and explain how Colonial land use practices influenced forest dynamics. |
| 10:15-10:45am | Break |
| 10:45-11:15am | Native Plant Communities, Speaker TBA |
| 11:15am-12:00pm | Out House to In House. Kent Mountford, an estuarine ecologist with an often humorous perspective of the connections between people and the environment, writes "Past is Prologue" for the Aliance for the Chesapeake Bay's Bay Journal. His talk traces (in good humor) some of the history of sanitation within the Chesapeake watershed. What do we do today with septic systems which threaten our ground and surface water? |
| Noon | Box Lunch (provided) |
| 1:00-5:00pm | Field Trips
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| 5:00-7:00pm | Participants will be on their own for dinner. A list of restaurants will be available. |
| 7:00-10:00pm | Social at Calvert Marine Museum. Have great conversations with MNPS members and friends; listen to music by Calvert County's Rockfish; and view the museum's exhibits on the history of southern Maryland. Social includes free desserts and a complimentary beverage. Soft drinks will be available throughout the evening, in addition to a cash bar of beer and wine. We've arranged for a behind-the-scenes tour of the museum so you can see how they raise seahorses and horseshoe crabs. Bid on silent auction items - we are still accepting donations. Auction items should be delivered to the museum before noon. |
Sunday, October 17, 2004
| Time | Activity |
|---|---|
| 10:00am-1:00pm | Hellen Creek Preserve, Bob Boxwell |
| 10:00am-1:00pm | Piney Branch Bog, Cris Fleming |
| 10:00am-3:00pm | Mattawoman Creek Canoeing, Jim Long |
| 10:00am | Historic St. Mary's City, Mary Alves |
| 12:00-3:00pm | American Chestnut Land Trust, Marcy Damon |
| 1:00-4:00pm | Jefferson Patterson Park, Mary-Stuart Sierra |
| TBD | Araby Mansion, Ellie Cline and Les Craven |
Directions to Calvert Marine Museum.
Early registration is advised. Registration cost includes lunch. Registration at the door does not include a guarantee of lunch, since lunches must be ordered in advance. No discounts for late registration. Saturday Social fee is an additional $15.
All proceeds from the conference benefit the Maryland Native Plant Society's programs and activities.
The conference is sponsored by the Southern Maryland Chapter. For more information or to volunteer, contact Carolyn Fulton, cofulton@chesapeake.net or 301-855-6384.
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