Volume 10(1): Summer 2003 - The California Lichen Society (CALS)

Bulletin of the California Lichen Society 10(1), 2003
on his printer, color illustrations and all, better than photocopy quality he said.
It didn’t cost us a cent in postage, and I doubt that he could have gotten them
more quickly any other way. I can see it coming – chatroom lichen workshops
online, comparing webcam photos thru the microscope. Although workshops by
remote control may be a thing in our future for those who live far from scheduled
workshops and fieldtrips, I still urge you to organize and announce, by email lists
and otherwise, your own lichen hikes and gatherings – you may just find a new
lichen enthusiast neighbor to collaborate with.
We are also flexing our professional expertise by committing ourselves for further
field surveys. Recently we participated in the first fieldtrip of a biodiversity survey
of Tomales Bay in Marin County, and there is a potential for doing a lichen survey
in Whiskeytown National Recreation Area in Northern California.
Our Conservation Committee has now met in person, and a working structure
and procedure is shaping up under the adept guidance of our chairperson
Eric Peterson. And we have made some progress in developing a database for
members to record their collections. It turns out we find that Daniel George, a new
member who is my nearby neighbor, is adept with Microsoft Access. More on that
project later. Now to get to that backlog of unidentified lichens.
– Bill Hill
(cont. from p. 26)
Items for Sale
CALS has the following items for sale. Checks
should be made out to The California Lichen
Society.
1. A CALS mini guide to some common California
Lichens, text by Janet Doell, photography by
Richard Doell. A pocket sized book illustrating 41
lichen species, with an introduction and descriptive
notes for each photo. Designed as an introduction
to California lichens for anyone interested in the
natural world who would like to learn something
about lichens. Price $10.00 (tax included), $12.00
if mailed. To order contact Janet Doell at 510 236-
0489, or e-mail her at rdoell@sbcglobal.net.
2. CALS lichen poster. This colorful 30” x 20” poster
features 21 lichens. Photography by Richard Doell.
You can see a picture of the poster at the CALS
Web site: http://ucjeps.herb.berkeley.edu/rlmoe/
cals.html. To order contact Janet Doell as outlined
above.
3. Hand Lens. $5.00 (tax included), $7.00 if mailed.
These are Waltex 4 × 6 × 10 magnifiers (2 fold out
lenses in a single holder; they are superimposed
for the highest magnification). To order contact
Judy Robertson at 707 584-8099 or e-mail her at
jksrr@aol.com.
For lichen identification supplies, including
chemical kits, please contact Charis Bratt at 805
682-4726, ext. 152, or e-mail her at cbratt@sbbg.org.
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