Announcing the KNPS Fall Meeting at Shakertown
Saturday, September 11, 2010

Plans are underway to for the KNPS Fall meeting at Mercer County's Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill.(http://www.shakervillageky.org/)! Preliminary plans are for several field trips on Saturday morning and Saturday afternoon in the Kentucky River palisades region, followed by an afternoon program indoors.

9 AM field trips
(meet at the West Family Wash House, area "C", in the main village):

Don Pelly, Shakertown Naturalist- birding hike to Shakertown's
native grass plantings.

David Taylor, US Forest Service- woody plant walk on the
Shaker Village grounds.

Zeb Weese, KNPS- Kentucky River canoe trip (limit 14 adults).

1 PM field trips (meet at the West Family Wash House):

Tara Littlefield, KY State Nature Preserves– field trip to Jessamine Creek Gorge (limit 3 vehicles)

Alan Nations, NativeScapes, Inc, - hike on the Shaker Village grounds.

Sarah Hall, Kentucky State University- hike at Tom Dorman State Nature Preserve.

5 PM presentations at the West Family Wash House:
Dr. Luke Dodd, UK Forestry, will present "Impacts of forest management on foraging bats in hardwood forests" followed by Greg Abernathy, KY State Nature Preserves Commission, on "Biodiversity of Kentucky"

Registration will take place in the West Family Wash House prior to each field trip.
Fee is $10 per person and includes all trips and presentations.

The Native Plant Certification Program has been suspended until further notice.

We do plan to reinstate the program.

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