[PCA] Keep Learning at Environmental Concern

[Director of Education]

Apologies for Cross-Postings
 
Plant enthusiasts, sign up today for one of our plant courses - from
beginner to expert, there is a course to fit every level.  Home to the
nation's first wholesale wetland plant nursery - growing over 120
species of native plants, Environmental Concern is a plant lover's
dream.  For more information please log on to www.wetland.org
<http://www.wetland.org/>  or call (410) 745-9620.
 
Wetland Botany for Non-Botanists:   This 1-day field course will focus
on both tidal and non-tidal wetland plant identification. Emphasizing
key field characteristics of a select number of vascular plant families
will facilitate quick assessment. While instructor-led keying and group
keying will teach the necessary skills for more exacting id
requirements.
Location - St. Michaels, MD
June 11                         
$230
 
Fern and Fern Allies ID: Add fern and fern allies to your arsenal of
vegetation knowledge, useful for delineation, mitigation planning and
wetland restoration work. This 1-day course will be a combination of
classroom and field work. 
Location - St. Michaels, MD
August 13                     
$185
 
Grasses, Sedges and Rushes: Through lecture, the examination of live
plant specimens in the lab and the field, and keying exercises, the
students will learn the morphological terminology necessary to identify
grass, sedges, and rushes. Students will leave with an understanding of
the families, family subdivisions and genera of the often-difficult
species of grasses, sedges and rushes (wetland and upland).
Location - St. Michaels, MD
September 15-16         
$390
 
Wetland Vegetative Sampling: Heavily field oriented, this 3-day course
will be an in-depth exploration into the variety of vegetative sampling
and analysis tools available for wetland professionals with special
attention paid to jurisdictional delineation. Students will collect
quantitative data including density, percent cover, basal area,
frequency and species richness (fixed and plotless methods for trees).
Both the the comprehensive method in the Corp's 1987 manual, and NRCS's
Point Intercept Sampling Procedure used in the 1989 Federal Delineation
manual will be practiced.     
Location - St. Michael's Maryland       
July 27-29                                            
$650
 
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