Come meet the mysterious world of forest lichens! Tree-growing lichens are in many ways the first indicators of environmental change in forests: they decline or disappear with air pollution, their species change with increased ventilation or desiccation, and many are intimately linked with the presence of dead wood, a commodity that is at a fraction of its former abundance in managed woodlands.
Workshop — Friday August 19, 2005, 5:30pm to 7:00pm
Panhandle Health District Meeting Room, 322 Marion Street, Sandpoint, Idaho
Field Trip — Saturday August 20, 2005, 9:00am to 2:00pm
Meet at the county courthouse parking lot, Sandpoint, Idaho at 9am.
Toby Spribille, lichenologist, will present an evening workshop on lichens and forest ecology. Learn how to tell lichens apart and learn about their relevance to forest management. During the evening workshop Toby will present:

• What are lichens,