Preregistration is requested. Please email Carol Schneier at: Field Trip Leader: Carol Schneier Description: We will explore a cove forest above Big Creek for a couple of hours, identifying overstory trees, midstory and shrubby plants comprising this mesic forest, as well as discussing its dynamics over time. Location & Directions: GA-400N Exit 6; […]
Saturday, May 9, 2026, 10:00 am, West Wolf Creek Road, Union County
NOTE: Preregistration is required. Trip limited to 15 people. Please email Rich Reaves at: Field Trip Leader: Rich Reaves Description: will start by walking along the road to view some wildflowers, including pink ladyslippers. Then we will start the main hike along an old Forest Service road. Here we expect to see a lot of […]
Sunday, May 17, 2026, 10:00 am, Canoe Trip to See Shoals Spiderlilies on the Flint River, Upson County
NOTE: Preregistration is required. Description: The purpose of this paddle on the Flint River will be to get up close and personal with the shoals spiderlily, or Cahaba lily, Hymenocallis coronaria, a Threatened species in Georgia. At normal water levels, the lilies are difficult to reach by wading into the river, so we are going […]
Saturday, May 23, 2026, 10:00 am, Reed Branch Wet Meadow, Towns County
NOTE: Preregistration is required. Please email Hal Massie at: Field Trip Leaders: Hal Massie, Rich Reaves, Bruce Roberts Description: Reed Branch Wet Meadow is a Nature Conservancy Preserve that protects the only natural population of Federally Endangered green pitcher plant, Sarracenia oreophila, in Georgia. It is also the last example in Georgia of a […]
Sunday, May 24, 2026, 9:00 am, Brasstown Seeps, Towns County
NOTE: Preregistration is required. Please email Rich Reaves at: Field Trip Leader: Rich Reaves Description: This trip will be mostly off-trail, as we visit the site where we come for large-leaf grass-of-Parnassus in early October. We should see leaves of this species, but the blooms are months away. We will work our way up […]
Tuesday, June 2, 2026, 1:30-3:30 pm, Chattahoochee River Natl Recreation Area, Cochran Shoals, Columns Drive: Meadow Wildflowers, Cobb County
Preregistration is requested. Please email Carol Schneier at: Field Trip Leader: Carol Schneier Description: We will explore a meadow along a pipeline right-of-way near the Chattahoochee River. Location & Directions: I-285 Exit 24, North on Riverside Dr NW about 2.25 mi; Left on Johnson Ferry Rd NW; 0.2 mi to Left on Columns Drive SE; then […]
Saturday, June 13, 2026, 10:00 am, Soapstone Mountain, Stephens County
NOTE: This trip is limited to 15 participants, and preregistration is required. Parking is limited, please carpool if you are able. To register, email Jess Riddle at Field Trip Leaders: Jim Sullivan, Sam Taylor, and Jess Riddle Description: Soapstone Mountain outside of Toccoa doesn’t have any soapstone. Instead, the amphibolite that makes up […]
Tuesday, July 7, 2026, 1:30-3:30 pm, Chattahoochee River Natl Recreation Area, Johnson Ferry North: Grassland Wildflowers, Cobb County
Note: Preregistration is requested. Please email Carol Schneier at: Field Trip Leader: Carol Schneier Description: We will explore a grassland along a pipeline right-of-way near the Chattahoochee River. Location & Directions: I-285 Exit 24, North on Riverside Dr NW about 2.25 mi; Left on Johnson Ferry Rd NW; 0.2 mi to Right (North) into the […]
Saturday, July18, 2026, 2:00 pm, Summer Oak (Quercus) Tree ID Workshop (Zoom Session)
Note: Preregistration is required. Email Richard at Instructor: Richard Ware Description: We will examine the characteristics used to identify the major oak trees found in Georgia. We will concentrate on leaf characteristics but may also use bark, acorn, twig and bud features. There will be a Power Point Presentation with diagrams illustrating the […]