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Ann Arbor Chapter |
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Ann Arbor Chapter |
The Ann Arbor Chapter of Wild Ones was formed in 1996 and has over 100 members. Our members are primarily from Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County, but also welcomes people from from Livingston, western Wayne, and other neighboring counties.
Calendar | Projects | Membership | Email list | Officers | Committee Chairpersons
Calendar |
Jan 11, 2012 (Wed) Annual Seed Cleaning Workshop and Exchange
Time: 6:45–8:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Room 125
1800 N. Dixboro Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI
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Join us for our annual seed cleaning. The MBG will share their equipment with us, and Connie Crancer will explain the change in strategies for handling seed at the MBG. Please bring native seeds to share and indicate whether or not you know their origin (local vs. Wisconsin). This is a wonderful way to anticipate the growing season.
Feb 08, 2012 (Wed) Weed Warriors: Share Your Stories and Strategies
Time: 6:45–8:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Room 125
1800 N. Dixboro Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI
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Weed Warrior duo Jason Frenzel and Toni Spears will be leading off our discussion of new techniques and strategies for dealing with invasive plants. Come and share your experiences, successes, or continuing problems with garlic mustard, autumn olive, spotted knapweed, and others. Learn about imminent invaders such as Japanese hedge parsley, narrowleaf bittercress, and more. Got a favorite tool? Time for show-and-tell.
Join us for this cooperative adventure with the Stewardship Network. Brainstorm and get energized – hopefully with some helpful hints for 2012.
Mar 14, 2012 (Wed) Kris Olsson of the Bioreserve Project: An Overview of the Program
Time: 6:45–8:30pm
Location: Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Room 125
1800 N. Dixboro Rd.
Ann Arbor, MI
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The Bioreserve Project of the Huron River Watershed Council (HRWC) aims to assess and protect the remaining natural areas in the Huron River watershed. HRWC has created a Bioreserve Map of these areas and ranked them by 15 ecological criteria to determine those lands most important to protect in order to maintain the health of the Huron River system. HRWC trains volunteers to do rapid field assessments to gather more detailed data about natural areas shown on the Bioreserve Map. The field assessments involve walking the natural area, identifying native and nonnative plants, and describing the ecological landscape and vegetation structure of the property.
HRWC works with conservancies, local governments, and parks departments to establish strategic conservation priorities, and it uses the field assessments to target properties for permanent protection and restoration activities. HRWC also works with local governments to implement land use planning tools that manage growth to protect the most important natural areas.
Kris Olsson of the Bioreserve Project will also describe how volunteers can help perform rapid field assessments of high-quality natural areas.
The Ann Arbor Chapter occasionally sponsors special one-time or long-term projects. Meetings and workdays for these projects are separate from the monthly chapter meetings.
This long-term project was begun in 2001 and is a joint effort with the University of Michigan Nichols Arboretum. The garden aims to represent a habitat similar to the one that was most common in the Ann Arbor area before settlement by Europeans: open, grassy places with a few widely spaced trees. Meetings and workdays for the garden are held throughout most of the year. For more information, please contact Rick Meader.
To become a member of the Ann Arbor Chapter, or to renew your membership, please go to www.wildones.org/joining.html and indicate Ann Arbor as your chapter preference.
After becoming a member, please consider joining a committee or serving as an officer. Also consider joining the email list to receive announcements and information regarding Wild Ones and natural landscaping.
The Ann Arbor Chapter of Wild Ones sponsors an email list. Anyone may subscribe to the list, but only subscribers may send email to the list. A copy of each message is automatically forwarded to all subscribers.
The list is primarily for announcements, questions, and information of interest to native plant gardeners in the southern Michigan area. Please help us keep this focus. Traffic averages about 5-10 messages per month.
To subscribe to the Ann Arbor Chapter’s email list, go to the list's web interface, click on the button labeled, "Join wild.ones," fill in your email address and name, and click on the "Save" button.
To send a message to the list, address your email to wild.ones@umich.edu.
To unsubscribe from the list, send an email to wild.ones-request@umich.edu, with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the SUBJECT of the message. Leave the body of the email blank.
To change your personal settings for the list, go to the list’s web interface.
To contact the list administrator, send email to wild.ones-owner@listserver.itd.umich.edu.
For more information, see the standard list welcome message. You can print out the page for reference.
Officers are responsible for the operation of the Ann Arbor Chapter. Each fall, a nominating committee identifies and contacts potential candidates to serve as officers for the following calendar year. Nominations are made in October, and an informal election is held at the November meeting.
President: Oversees the direction of the chapter events, acts as primary “external” contact person, and coordinates with the national organization.
Andrea Matthies: (734) 604-4674, e-mail
Treasurer: Oversees budget and fundraising.
Larry Sanford, (734) 439-1272, e-mail
Committee chairpersons are responsible for planning and organizing most of the activities and projects of the chapter. Chairpersons join the officers in meetings (approximately monthly) to guide the group and prepare for events. This steering committee gives more people access to the organizational aspects of the group and its long-term direction.
Program Chair. Identifies and selects meeting topics, assists with contacting guest speakers, sends meeting announcements to the email list, and coordinates related events.
Publicity Chair. Submits meeting announcements to local newspapers, identifies events in which Wild Ones should participate, and seeks out other opportunities for publicizing the group.
Membership Chair. Identifies methods to increase membership, contacts lapsed members to encourage them to renew, and maintains meeting-attendance records, membership database, and email list.
Rescue Chair. Coordinates plant rescue efforts between the local chapter
and landowners.
Exhibit Coordinator. Maintains the Ann Arbor Wild Ones tabletop display and serves as the contact person for presentations by our local chapter.
Webmaster. Updates meeting information as it becomes available throughout the year. Updates officer and chairperson information annually.
Nominating Chair. Identifies and contacts potential candidates for officer and chairperson positions. The Nominating Chair operates from August through October of each year and is appointed by the president.
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