{"id":35718,"date":"2020-11-24T12:19:22","date_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:19:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=35718"},"modified":"2020-11-24T12:19:24","modified_gmt":"2020-11-24T20:19:24","slug":"course-winter-tree-and-shrub-identification-for-western-wa-puget-lowland-habitats-department-of-ecology-virtual","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/course-winter-tree-and-shrub-identification-for-western-wa-puget-lowland-habitats-department-of-ecology-virtual\/","title":{"rendered":"Course: Winter Tree and Shrub Identification for Western WA Puget Lowland Habitats, Department of Ecology (Virtual)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><!--more--><\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"pageTitle SystemPageTitle\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Winter Tree and Shrub Identification for Western WA Puget Lowland Habitats<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Register here:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.coastaltraining-wa.org\/event-4060383\">http:\/\/www.coastaltraining-wa.org\/event-4060383<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">This 2-day virtual class\u00a0will emphasize field character identification of the wetland species and associated upland buffer species found in the Puget lowland region of Washington (approximately 12 trees and 60 shrubs, including willows).<span style=\"font-family: Tahoma, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif, WaWebKitSavedSpanIndex_0\">\u00a0<\/span>The taxa examined will include common lowland, freshwater (and a few estuarine) species. Winter characteristics (buds, leaf scars, pith, and bark) will be covered. The class instruction will be oriented towards the needs of shoreline planners, delineators, OHWM determinations, and restoration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">The course will be a mix of lectures and hands-on learning. Zoom will be used to host the class. Additionally, samples we be mailed to the\u00a0participants\u00a0in advance so that the participants can follow-along while at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Participants\u00a0will be expected to have a\u00a0<strong>hand lens<\/strong>\u00a0or\u00a0<strong>simple dissecting microscope<\/strong>\u00a0to examine the features on the samples.\u00a0 Slides of the characteristics will be displayed virtually with instruction on what to look at.\u00a0 A digital syllabus with drawings and pictures will be provided.\u00a0(6 CM AICP Credits\/CEP Points)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Tech check held on 2\/4, 9am-9:30am, or 3pm-3:30pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Suggested\u00a0texts: Cooke. 1997.\u00a0<em>A Field Guide to the Common Wetland Plants of Western Washington and Northwestern Oregon<\/em>. Seattle Audubon. Available through University Books Store, Audubon Books Store and Amazon.com.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Not required but recommended. Gilkey, Halen. Winter Twigs. revised Edition: A Wintertime Key to Deciduous Trees and Shrubs of Northwest Oregon and Western Washington.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Instructor:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Dr. Sarah Cooke<\/strong>\u00a0specializes in wetland creation, restoration and enhancement projects, both in design and implementation. She excels in permitting assistance on the local, state, and national level. She has conducted scientific research on wetland ecosystems for the Puget Sound Wetland and Stormwater Management Manual.\u00a0Her expertise includes restoration designs, wetland inventories, wetland delineation, OHWM studies, baseline studies, impact assessments, monitoring programs, rare plant surveys, soil surveys, vegetation mapping, and watershed analysis in the region.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8699,"featured_media":34062,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[1],"tags":[4,59,40,7,9,60,39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8699"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35718"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35719,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35718\/revisions\/35719"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}