Mid-Atlantic
Native Phragmites Workshop
When: Wednesday July 16, 2003.
(Rain or Shine)
Where: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science:
Horn Point Laboratory
2020 Horns Point Road
Cambridge, MD
Sponsored by: Delaware Division
of Fish & Wildlife
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
For PDF version of this announcement (with
graphics), click here
Itinerary:
Morning Session
8:00 Registration
8:15 Introduction
8:30 Dr. Kristin
Saltonstall: History and Genetics of Phragmites
in N.A.
9:00 Bob Meadows: Field
Characteristics of Native and Non-native Phragmites
in the mid-Atlantic Region.
9:30 Dr. Bernd Blossey:
Overview of Native Phragmites in N.A.
10:00 Depart for Field
(vanpool).
10:30 - Arrive at TNC
Choptank River site. Take walking tour of marsh via boardwalk. View native and
non-native stands in a low salinity tidal marsh system.
11:30 - Depart
site.
12:00 - Arrive back at Horn
Point Lab.
Lunch
Afternoon Session*
1:00 Registration
1:15 Introduction
1:30 Dr. Kristin
Saltonstall: History and Genetics of Phragmites
in N.A.
2:00 Bob Meadows: Field
Characteristics of Native and Non-native Phragmites
in the mid-Atlantic Region.
2:30 Dr. Bernd Blossey:
Overview of Native Phragmites in N.A.
David.Carter@state.de.us
3:00 Depart for Field
(vanpool).
3:30 - Arrive at TNC
Choptank River site. Take walking tour of marsh via boardwalk. View native and
non-native stands in a low salinity tidal marsh system.
4:30 - Depart site.
5:00 - Arrive back at Horn
Point Lab.
Registration:
Workshop and Field Trip .. $ 9.00
(includes handouts, transportation, coffee, tea, and donut.)
Lunch . $ 6.00
(subs, chips, soda, water, fruit, cookies)
Payment: Check, Visa,
MasterCard & Discover.
Contact Kristie Legates at the: Delaware Division of Fish &
Wildlife
Mail: 89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 739-3493 Mon. Fri., 8:00AM 4:30PM
Email: Kristie.legates@state.de.us
Registration
Deadline is Friday July 11, 2003 by 4PM.
Questions: Any inquiries
about the Workshop or Field Trip can be directed to:
Bob Meadows at
(302) 836-2555 X-104 or robert.meadows@state.de.us
* Please
Note: In an effort to accommodate as
many people as possible, two identical sessions have been planned, a Morning
and Afternoon Workshop. The lecture room can accommodate up to 60 people for
each sessions Power Point presentation and each Field Trip is limited to 40
people (a TNC condition). If attendance is less than anticipated, the Workshop
may be re-structured to a single round of Power Point presentations, starting
at 8:30AM (with Registration starting at 8:00AM), followed by two successive
Field Trips, a late morning and early afternoon group. We will notify all
participants by Friday, July 11 by 2PM if this change is required. Come
prepared, rain or shine, and as in most wetlands, insects are quite abundant.
Boots are not required, barring rain.
Hotels
Listed in order of increasing cost. (all located in
Cambridge, MD 21613)
Best Value Inn: 2831 Ocean Gateway
(888) 315-2378, (410) 221-0800
Days Inn: 2917
Ocean Gateway
(800) 329-7466
Holiday Inn Express:
2715 Ocean Gateway
(800) 465-4329
Directions:
From Baltimore: From
the Baltimore (Maryland) Beltway, I695, take I97 south to Rt. 50/301 east to
the Chesapeake Bay Bridge. Once on the Eastern Shore, stay on Rt. 50 to
Cambridge, MD, crossing the Choptank River on the Frederick Malkus Bridge.
From Washington D.C.: Take
Rt 50 east from the Washington DC Beltway I95/495, to Cambridge, MD on
Maryland's Eastern Shore, crossing the Choptank River on the Frederick Malkus
Bridge. After the bridge, go to 3rd stop light and turn right (at the WaWa
station). Go one block and turn right again onto Washington St. (Rt. 343). Stay
on this road for about 3.5 miles. Look for the UMCES sign on the right side of
the road. Bear right onto Horn Point Rd at Longs Grocery. Continue for about
1.5 miles. The entrance to the lab is on the right and is flanked by two
statues of sheep. The workshop is in the first building on the right at about
.5 miles down the lane. Horn Point Campus
Registration Form:
Name:
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Affiliation:
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Address:
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City/State/Zip:
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Phone:
Email:
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No.
Attending Cost
Workshop(s): $ 9.00 per
person.
Power Point Session - AM
PM
Field Trip -
Lunch - $6.00 per person.
Total Cost:
Payment - Check:
Credit Card: Visa MasterCard Discover
Card No:
.. Exp:
Mail or Phone to: Kristie
Legates
at the Delaware Division of Fish & Wildlife
Mail: 89 Kings Highway
Dover, DE 19901
Phone: (302) 739-3493 Mon.
Fri., 8:30AM 4:00PM
Phragmites: Key Field
Characteristics
Native versus
Non-native
Mid-Atlantic
Region
By Robert Meadows, DE
Division of Fish & Wildlife
An illustrated guide to the key field characteristics unique to native and non-native Phragmites populations in the mid-Atlantic Region.
Key
habitat associations will be presented, along with strategies/approaches that
help focus field surveys on wetland areas with the highest prospect of
supporting native populations. The history and genetics of Phragmites in North America will also be briefly reviewed. The
material is presented in a Power Point format on a single CD. Copies will be
distributed at the Mid-Atlantic Native Phragmites
Workshop on July 16, 2003 and is also available on request from:
Robert Meadows, DE Division of Fish & Wildlife
2430 Old County Road
Newark,
DE 19702
(302) 836-2555
X104
email: robert.meadows@state.de.us