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BOTANY B.C. 2001

preliminary agenda

Date: July 26-29, 2001 (Thursday evening-Sunday)

Place: Smithers, Bulkley Valley

Headquarters: Glenwood (aka Driftwood) Community Hall

Date Place Time Activity
Thursday, 26 July Glenwood Hall 6:30-8:00 pm wine & cheese + smorgasbord
. . 8:00-9:00 pm illustrated talk: natural history of Bulkley Valley (R. Pojar)
. . 9:00-10:30 pm campfire: songs of the Sub-boreal Spruce Zone
Friday, 27 July muster Glenwood Hall, then to Smithers perimeter trail 6:00-7:30 am grapefern run/jog (P. Williston)

[optional]
. Glenwood Hall 8:00 am assemble
. .

8:05-8:45

8:50-9:10 am		 illustrated talks:
  1. rare and threatened ecosystems of the Bulkley Valley (S. Haeussler; to be confirmed)
  2. moonworts by daylight (P. Williston)
. option a) Telkwa microwave road 9:20 am -- 5:00 pm high elevation field trip to subalpine parkland and alplands (P. Bartemucci) [we drive to timberline]
. option b) Malkow Lookout + Horlings Road 9:20 am -- 5:00 pm valleybottom field trip to (1) dry warm ridge with scrub-steppe, meadows, aspen forest; (2) several varieties of moist old forest
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. Glenwood Hall 7:30 -- 9:00 pm illustrated talks:
  1. TBA
  2. Bigfoot ethnobotany (A. MacKinnon & J. Pojar)
. . 9:00-10:00+ pm folk dancing with caller (to be confirmed)
Saturday, 28 July Glenwood Hall 8:30 am assemble
. Glenwood Hall

8:35-9:10;
9:15-9:35 am		 illustrated talks:
  1. wetlands of British Columbia (W. Mackenzie)
  2. phylogeography of a circumpolar dwarf willow (Carina Anttila)
. a) juniper savanna (above Tyhee Lake) + Burnt Cabin Bog Ecological Reserve 9:45 am -- 5:00 pm valleybottom field trip to (1) dry warm ridge with juniper savanna and scrub-steppe (red-listed plant associations); (2) wetland complex (swamp, fen, bog) [J. Pojar]
. b) Hudson Bay Mountain + Smithers Community Forest 9:45 am -- 5:00 pm (1) high elevation field trip to subalpine parkland, meadows, and alpine tundra (beyond ski hill; we drive to timberline); (2) nature trail through montane forest and wetland (K. McKeown)
. tba 6:30 pm banquet, followed by entertainment (variety show)
Sunday, 29 July Glenwood Hall 8:30 am assemble
. a) Bulkley Valley 9:00 am -- 3:00 pm if demand warrants, field tour of wetlands with elucidation of the wetland classification (W. Mackenzie; J. Moran, A. Banner)
. b) Telkwa 9:00 am - noon visit to Hubert Hill, recent HCF acquisition, and look at restoration efforts (S. Haeussler; R. Pojar)
. c) Ashman Ridge 7:30 am -- 5:00 pm if demand warrants, hike to splendid alpine area (P. Williston)