[BSW] 2018 Winter Solstice field trip (FWD)

[Kathy Bilton]

Here is a message from Rod regarding the 2018 Winter Solstice field trip. 
Following his message are several other related messages. At the bottom, I 
have pasted a reply by Marc Imlay. Also, a couple of articles are 
mentioned for which I have provided links. Also below, someone provided a 
link to a photo album from the day. I'm copying it here for ease of 
finding: https://photos.app.goo.gl/8AWMSZ3hpBWX4Zhe8

(Regarding the January meeting, it's not looking good for the museum being 
open. So everything is still up in the air...)

---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 18:13:58 +0000
From: Rod Simmons <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>
To: Jane Hill <janefhill at verizon.net> (and copied to others)
Subject: Re: 2018 Winter Solstice field trip

Hi Jane and all,

On our Winter Solstice Walk last month to the old-age section of Chapman
State Park, several folks inquired about learning more of the natural
community types, etc., of the site.

To this effect, attached is a document that briefly discusses these
features.  Perhaps we could link the PDF to the Maryland Native Plant
Society (and VNPS, BSW, and ARMN) Facebook pages?
Link is here:
http://www.friendsofchapmansp.org/images/files/ChapmanTrailSurveyRodSimmons2009.pdf

Also, attached and below is further discussion on some of the land snails,
including rare/disjunct species, that are known to occur at Chapman State
Park and vicinity.
Link to article is here:
http://virginianaturalhistorysociety.com/banisteria/pdf-files/ban43/Banisteria%2043_Land%20snails.pdf

Thanks,

Rod


From: Kerry L Wixted -DNR- <kerry.wixted at maryland.gov>
Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2018 12:01 PM
To: Rod Simmons <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>
Subject: Re: 2018 Winter Solstice field trip

Rod,

Thanks for leading such a great trip! Hope you had a nice holiday. :) 

dnr.maryland.gov

Kerry Wixted
Wildlife Education and Outreach Specialist
Wildlife and Heritage Service
Department of Natural Resources
580 Taylor Ave., E-1
Annapolis, Maryland 21401
410-260-8566 (office)
kerry.wixted at maryland.gov

On Mon, Dec 24, 2018 at 12:12 AM Rod Simmons <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>
wrote:
       Thanks very much, Mark and Donna - and all who attended the 2018
       Winter Solstice Field Trip to Chapman Forest North (Chapman
       State Park)!  Special thanks to field trip co-leaders Bonnie
       Bick, Mary Farrah, and Scott Graham, as well as the many stellar
       naturalists and biologists who helped discover so many
       interesting things on the walk.  Thanks to Vince Verweij for the
       fine job delivering the solstice poem - now a new tradition.

       We had a lively group of 65-70 participants.

              Thanks also to Greg Zell for the generous gift of the
       wonderfully crafted "omen sticks" (woodjets).

       Happy Holidays and New Year to all!
  __________________________________________________________________________


       From: Mark Murphy <mark at mmurphy.net>
       Sent: Sunday, December 23, 2018 7:07 PM
       To: Margaret Chatham; Dean Arkema; toni.genberg at gmail.com;
       lncherry at aol.com; Rod Simmons
       Subject:

It was great seeing you all today and enjoying the park. Here is a
link to a Google Photos album from today. I think you are all in at
least one photo! And a special thank you to Rod Simmons. Please share
with others who attended.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/8AWMSZ3hpBWX4Zhe8

Hope you and yours all have a great holiday and new year!
 
Mark and Donna Murphy

 
From: Rod Simmons
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 12:02 PM
To: Steury, Brent <brent_steury at nps.gov>
Subject: Re: Two new papers concerning Arlington County Natural
resources


Hi Brent,
 
Thanks for the information.  Wayne Grimm collected them in the
mid-1990s and took them with him back to Canada where he reared some
for further identification and for specimens.  He died a few years
later and I have no idea what became of any of the specimens or where
he might have deposited them.  I think I remember him saying they
would go to the Canadian Royal Museum?  He also had other experts he
worked with – in Ohio, I seem to remember? – and they could have ended
up in a museum there as well.

I also don’t know what Ken Hotopp might have collected on surveys of
the area from that time and subsequent trips.

I’m copying Jim Long, Marc Imlay, and others here who may know more on
voucher specimens.   

All the best,  

Rod

From: Steury, Brent [mailto:brent_steury at nps.gov]
Sent: Wednesday, August 27, 2014 8:50 AM
To: Rod Simmons
Subject: Re: Two new papers concerning Arlington County Natural
resources

 Rod:

Thanks for the paper. There are some nice snail finds reported here -
 if accurate. Do you know if specimens were collected and if so who
has them? Discus patulus and Xolotrema fosteri would seem to be
unmistakable if they had good material. The Ventridens may have been
misidentified. The others are listed in my report from the Piscataway
area.


Brent Steury

Natural Resources Program Manager

700 George Washington Memorial Parkway

Turkey Run Park Headquarters

McLean, VA  22101

Ph. 703-289-2541

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Reply from Marc Imlay:
Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2019 13:36:28 -0500
From: Marc Imlay <ialm at erols.com>
To: 'Rod Simmons' <Rod.Simmons at alexandriava.gov>,
     'Jane Hill' <janefhill at verizon.net>

  My malacological friend, Wayne Grimm, worked for Canada on Snails and 
the specimens could well be where he worked. One species was globally 
endangered although it was not on the Federal or State list of endangered 
species at the time. This helped us justify saving Chapman Forest from 
becoming a city as big as Annapolis. When I called him in Canada he told 
me his wife had a vision that he should come and help us find the snail 
where he had seen it when he was in high school studying all the snails of 
Maryland as a hobby. So he came and found the globally endangered species 
at Chapman Forest  before it was developed. Marc