Calcareous Soils and Vegetation in Western Connecticut, A Wetland Delineation Exercise

INFORMATION FOR WORKSHOP:

Map of Meeting Location - 10 Gay Street, Sharon, CT at the Sharon Farm Market meet by 8:30 (MAP LINK)

We will meet at the Sharon Farm Market parking lot on Rt. 41 in Sharon, CT at 8:30 AM. Field Stop 1 is a wet till site at Tory Hill Nature Preserve on 41 a few miles north. Bring your own brown bag lunch is at junction of Rt. 63 and Rt.7 in South Canaan, CT at a small gas station, with picnic area. Field Stop 2 after lunch, on Page Road, park in day care lot, site is across the road on TNC land on the south end of Robbins Swamp. Good outwash site in a wet meadow, shrub wetland. Questions - contact Don Parizek at (860) 871-4044

If you miss the meeting spot and want to head directly to the pits - use this google Map of sites: https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en_US&app=mp&mid=zpnpWCbaOKuY.kKOF3i4PilTQ

All last minute updates will be posted on www.twitter.com/SoilSNE and www.fb.com/SoilSNE (there is a rain date for the 26th but only if there is a real bad day forcasted.

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A field workshop jointly sponsored jointly by the Society of Soil Scientists of Southern New England and the Connecticut Association of Wetland Scientists. Friday September 25, 2015 8:30 am-4:00 pm (Raindate: Saturday 9/26/15)

Location: Sharon and Salisbury Connecticut, exact locations TBD, registrants will be notified of meeting location.
Topics to Include:

·         How to know whether a site contains calcareous soils
·         Why the expression of redox features is muted in calcareous soils
·         Applying Connecticut Wetland Methodology
·         Detailed Soil Descriptions
·         Criteria for distinguishing hydric from non-hydric calcareous soils
·         Indicator plants associated with calcareous soils

Cost: $75 for SSSSNE or CAWS members, $85 for non-members Workshop includes morning snack, but not lunch—bring your own lunch.

Please email soils@cox.net if you are going to be registering for this workshop which is limited to first 50 people who register.

Payment can be made by sending a check to PO Box 258, Storrs CT. 06268 - include name, email, address, and contact number or Using our SECURE payment via credit card (PayPal or other credit card):