Reminder: our schedule has changed, and there will be no meetings in January or February.

March 11, 2008* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Members Night
Members are welcome to bring slides, stories, specimens, and tales of peculiar sightings of favorite plants. A great opportunity to show what you have found while exploring on Long Island or elsewhere. Please call Rich Kelly in advance to advise as to the approximate number of slides/images that you would like to show and preferred medium of presentation. Thanks.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

April 8, 2008* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Greg Edinger: "The Ecological Communities of Long Island."
From the nearly extirpated Hempstead Plains grassland, to the barrier dune ecosystem on Fire Island, to the globally rare dwarf pine plains, to the elusive sea level fen, to the maritime forests and bluffs at Montauk Point, this illustrated talk will show the diversity of natural communities of Long Island. Greg is the Chief Ecologist with the NY Natural Heritage Program. He is the lead editor of Ecological Communities of NY State, and wrote an article, that focused on the ecological communities of Long Island, which appeared in the summer 2006 LIBS newsletter.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

May 13, 2008* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Eliza Woo: "The Role of Plant-Bird Interactions on the Invasion of Bermuda Juniper (Juniperus bermudiana) in Hawai'i."
Biological invasions have played a vital role in forest community composition in the West Maui Mountains of Hawai'i over the last century. This talk will focus on how plant-bird interactions can influence invasive plant spread and, thus, have implications on the management and conservation of native Hawaiian plant communities. Eliza is currently a graduate student at the State University of New York at Stony Brook in the Department of Ecology and Evolution. This talk will present some of her dissertation research on invasion biology and may also contain some stories of her running away from wild pigs and eating lilikoi in her field site in Hawai'i.
Location: Museum of Long Island Natural Sciences, Earth and Space Science Building,
Gil Hanson Room (Room 123) SUNY at Stony Brook, Stony Brook

June 10, 2008 Tuesday, 5:30 PM (please note early start time for the barbeque)
Annual Barbeque
The annual barbeque, featuring Chef Eric's made-to-order hot dogs and hamburgers. Salads, deviled eggs, desserts, etc. gladly accepted. The traditional location - on the green behind the Muttontown Preserve meeting house.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

September 9, 2008* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Scott McDonnell: "GIS Environmental Attributes and Forest Health."
Learn about developing hardware and software technologies relative to environmental risk assessments and damages, such as from defoliation. Scott is the GIS aerial surveyor for the NYS DEC.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

October 14, 2008* Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Joe Zysman: "The Nature of the Fire Island Wilderness Area."
This will be a talk about the flora and fauna of the Fire Island Wilderness Area within the Fire Island National Seashore. It will also cover related issues such as planning processes that affect Fire Island as well as the history of Fire Island. Joe is President of the Fire Island Wilderness Committee.
Location: Bill Paterson Nature Center, Muttontown Preserve, East Norwich

* Refreshments and informal talk begin at 7:30.
Formal meeting starts at 8:00 PM.
Directions to Muttontown: 516-571-8500
Directions to Stony Brook: 516-354-6506