Several fieldtrips are in the works for the next couple of months.

# April 4, Saturday - Bear Island - C and O Canal - Mile 10.5 (Maryland) -
9:00 AM.
# April 11, Saturday - Turkey Run Park (Virginia) - Time and meeting place
TBA
# April 25-26, Saturday-Sunday - St. Anthony's Wilderness, PA.
# May 9, Saturday - Joint trip with the MNPS and the VNPS to do field
surveys and have a field botany workshop along Mattawoman Creek.
# May 30-31, Saturday-Sunday - State College-Lewisburg, PA area. Visit an
old-growth forest. Joint trip with PNPS and MNPS.

Details can be found here:
http://www.botsoc.org/bswfieldtrips.html

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Next meeting:

Date: Tuesday, April 7th 7:00 PM

Speaker: Jamie Whitacre
Fellow, U.S. Capitol Historical Society

Topic: Botanical Art in the U.S. Capitol: Brumidis Fruits and Flowers

Flyer for posting: http://botsoc.org/apr09.pdf

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A couple of Bluebell stories in last Friday's Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/03/19/AR2009031901281.\
html

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/achenblog/2009/03/bluebell_season.html

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Note: Harbinger of Spring in full bloom at Turkey Run on Sunday.