Tuesday, March 12
6:30 pm class, located at Hitchcock Center
Sunday, March 17
10 am – 12:30 pm class, outdoor field location TBD
Sliding Scale Tickets: $45, $60, $75
Space is limited, register now!
There is no better local naturalist to teach you about winter tree identification. Michael wrote the book, literally. Join Michael Wojtech, author of BARK: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast for a two part class, in collaboration with Adventure East. There will be a Tuesday evening classroom presentation followed by a Sunday morning in the field. The traits typically used to describe trees—leaves, twigs, and buds—are often hard to see or seasonally absent.
Join Michael for an exploration of bark, which is always visible, in any season. As you hone your perceptive abilities you will learn about a system for identifying tree species by their bark, and discover why such a variety of bark characteristics exist. Why do some species have smooth bark, while on others it is thick and broken? Why does bark peel? Space is limited, please register now. Adventure East will provide snowshoes or microspikes depending on weather.
Hitchcock Center for the Environment
at Hampshire College
845 West Street | Amherst MA 01002 | 413.256.6006 | 413.253.2809 fax