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Friends
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April 2009
Clara Cummings Walk Saturday, 7 November 2009 FoF Annual Meeting & Lecture |
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Ann, Massachusetts 9:30 am - 3:00 pm |
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Settled in 1650, Dogtown was
an inland, centrally located village of Cape Ann that provided protection
from attacks from the sea and freshwater and plenty of land for grazing
sheep and farming. After the War of 1812 the farms were abandoned, and
today Dogtown is a protected woodland site littered with glacial erratics
that occupies roughly 3,600 acres between Rockport and Gloucester. Directions: Take Rt. 128 N to Gloucester, MA. After crossing the bridge onto Cape Ann, travel around the "Grant [traffic] Circle" to get on Rt. 127 towards Annisquam. At a little over 1 mile a small bridge crosses an inlet. Immediately after the bridge take a right onto Reynard Strret. Continue to the end of Reynard Street, then turn left onto Cherry Street. The sign "Dogtown Common" will be on the right, about 0.2 miles from the intersection. Drive up the road to the small parking lot on the right, next to the entrance sign. See the map below. If you wish to carpool, please contact Elizabeth Kneiper (ekneiper@aol.com), 781-801-2734. The trails will be wet in spots. Please wear sturdy hiking boots and bring a bag lunch, water, weather-appropriate clothing, a hand lens and a friend. The walk will go on, rain or shine. There will be ticks. |
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Image from Google Earth 02/23/09
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Lichens: Dr. Michaela Schmull |
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Michaela studied Biology at the
University of Goettingen, Germany, and at Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
She got her masters degree from the University of Goettingen, focusing
on higher plant ecology. For her Ph.D. also from the University of Goettingen,
she switched to lichen ecology. Her dissertation thesis on "Site
factors determining epiphytic lichen distribution in a dieback-affected
spruce-fir forest on Whiteface Mountain, New York", was in cooperation
with the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. |
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In New Zealand in
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Updated R.K. Edgar, 23 March 2009