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April, 2024

Monday
8
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We will meet at Entergy Park at the large portico starting around 10am to prepare for and then observe the solar eclipse. Jerry Simmons and Randy Rowland will lead discussion and observation, including the use of telescopes, and ensure we know safe viewing practices. Lunch will be provided. Bring water, eclipse glasses, and bug repellent.
Thursday
11
Hot Springs Intracity Transit Depot
2:00 PM
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Monthly chapter meeting, followed by a presentation on the ASMSA Pollinator Garden. Lindsey Waddell and Allyn Dodd and students will give us an update on the garden which they discussed last summer.
Saturday
13
St. Luke's Episcopal Church Parish Hall
9:00 AM
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An Introduction to Mosses and Ferns
Saturday
27
Arkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences and the Arts (ASMSA)
9:00 AM
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Around 75% of the world‘s flowering plants rely on animal pollinators, with over 200,000 pollinator species involved. One in every three mouthfuls of food we eat are delivered by pollinators! Join DLAMN Master Naturalist Karen Hicks as she explores the hidden world and importance of pollination. You will view pollinators up close, learn fascinating facts about the plant/pollinator connection, and focus on how we can protect this valuable resource for the future. This class will take place in the board room at the Arkansas School for Math, Sciences, and the Arts. Following the class, we will take a tour of the school‘s student developed pollinator garden, led by Dr. Allyn Dodd, biology instructor.

May, 2024

Thursday
9
Hot Springs Intracity Transit Depot
2:00 PM
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Chapter meeting followed by a presentation by Stephen Hedges from the Arkansas Health Dept. He will discuss tick borne diseases and prevention.
Saturday
11
West Mountain Overlook Hot Springs National Park
9:00 AM
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We‘ll work with Hot Springs National Park (HSNP) team to remove invasive shrubs and plants on West Mountain Sunset Trail. We will meet at the West Mountain loop/lookout (link below as location website). HSNP will provide tools, but bring your gloves, and heavy duty loppers and pruners if you have them.
Saturday
18
Lake Ouachita State Park
9:00 AM
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Arkansas is home to some of the most diverse plant and animal life in the United States. This is no less true for the diversity of the state‘s geology. Here is your chance to learn firsthand about the fascinating geological processes that produced Arkansas and has such a profound effect on its flora and fauna. Our class will be led by Angela Chandler, Assistant Director of the Arkansas Geological Survey. After her classroom presentation, Angela will lead us on a float trip to explore the unique geology of Lake Ouachita, with the assistance of Emily Stubblefield with Lake Ouachita State Park. What an exciting way to see and experience the geology of Arkansas.

June, 2024

Saturday
22
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Novaculite has been a long sought after mineral as a hone to sharpen cutting tools. Garland County produces some of the finest whet stones in the world and is home to several whet stone quarries and the companies that market those stones worldwide. However, it is not as well known that the native peoples of the southeast United States and beyond prized Arkansas novaculite for making blades and arrowheads. In fact, there are still remains of these Native American quarries in Garland County. Dr. Mary Beth Trubit, of the Arkansas Archeological Survey, will lead a class on early novaculite quarries in Garland County. Dr. Trubit is the director of the Caddo Center, located on the campus of Henderson State University. Following the class presentation, we will have the opportunity to hike to one of the Native American quarries located in Gulpha Gorge, weather permitting.

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