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| [[File:WashingtonParkView.jpg|center|View of Mt. Hood and Portland from park adjoining Hoyt Arboretum]] | | [[File:WashingtonParkView.jpg|center|View of Mt. Hood and Portland from park adjoining Hoyt Arboretum]] |
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| This event is a field trip at the Ecological Society of America 2017 Annual Meeting in Portland, Oregon, USA. [http://www.esa.org/portland/registration/ Register for this event when you register to attend the meeting]. The deadline is July 20, 2017!
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| Transportation, lunch, and tours of the Hoyt Arboretum and Herbarium are included in the registration cost!
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| == Schedule == | | == Schedule == |
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| All times other than beginning and ending times are approximate and will be adjusted according to weather and participant interest
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| *8:00 Meet at Convention Center
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| *8:15 Leave for BPA road trailhead. During the drive, field trip leaders further explain purpose of trip and how we will collect data/specimens in the field.
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| *8:45 Arrive at BPA road trailhead (9235 Northwest Skyline Boulevard, Portland, OR 97231, 45.592577 N, 122.814995 W)
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| *9:00 Begin hiking (first along part of Wildwood Trail, making a loop toward the BPA road). Locally experienced naturalists point out notable Pacific Northwest wildlife.
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| *10:00 Botanist demonstrates how to collect plant specimens and data
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| *10:15 Entomologist demonstrates how to collect insect specimens and data
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| *10:30 Participants split into teams and begin documenting and collecting plant and insect species
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| *12:00 Lunch at the top of the BPA road
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| *1:00 Begin hiking back to BPA road trailhead (along shorter route)
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| *1:30 Get on bus to Hoyt Arboretum
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| *2:00 Arrive at Hoyt Arboretum
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| *2:10 Hoyt taxonomist explains specimen preparation, curation, and digitization
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| *2:45 Participants free to ask questions, try out techniques, explore the collection, or briefly tour Hoyt Arboretum
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| *4:00 Participants get on bus to return to convention center
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| *4:30 Participants return to convention center
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| == Contacts == | | == Contacts == |
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| For more information, please contact one of the organizers:
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| *[mailto:kpearson@bio.fsu.edu Katelin Pearson]
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| *[mailto:eellwood@bio.fsu.edu Libby Ellwood]
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| *[mailto:dpaul@fsu.edu Deb Paul]
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| *[mailto:shelley.james@bgcp.nsw.gov.au Shelley James]
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| == References == | | == References == |
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| [http://www.esa.org/portland/ Ecological Society of America 2017 Meeting]
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| [http://www.hoytarboretum.org/ Hoyt Arboretum]
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