Nature Trails
Published by the Eugene Natural History Society
Volume Thirty-three, Number Eight, November 1999


Table of Contents

Feature: This month's speaker: Mel Aikens

President's column: "Depths of joy: To dive like a seal," by Nathan Tublitz

Graphic: This image, with the explanation "These are the bugs found in newly fallen logs," is found in the following paper: Invertebrates of the H.J. Andrews Experimental Forest, Western Cascade Range, Oregon. V: An Annotated List of Insects and Other Arthropods by Gary L. Parsons, Gerasimos Cassis, Andrew R. Moldenke, John D. Lattin, Norman H. Anderson, Jeffrey C. Miller, Paul Hammond, and Timothy D. Schowalter. General Technical Report PNW-GTR-290, November 1991.


Mystery Object: The mystery object in October Nature Trails is a liverwort from 200' deep in Waldo Lake!

A n n o u n c e m e n t s
Mount Pisgah Arboretum activities December 5, Sunday, 10-noon: Fire Ecology Walk at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum. Led by Timothy Ingelsby, Fire Ecologist, University of Oregon, this will be a fairly strenuous hike to the summit to view the effects of the August wildfire and signs of new growth. Meet at the Arboretum's Visitor Center. Suggested Donation: $3 (members free). Call 747-1504 for details.	Emerald Chapter, Native Plant Society of Oregon Nov. 22, Monday 7:30 p.m. Room 110, Science Building, LCC main campus. Dr. Nan Vance will talk on "Important Species which provide non-timber forest products- what are the issues of sustainability?". Directions: Due to construction around the LCC Science building where our meetings are held , you will have to follow a new access route. Please allow a few minutes extra time to get to our meeting room. Park in the southeast corner of the south parking lot, walk down the pathway at east end of parking lot to east end of Science building.	Museum of Natural History, University of Oregon 1999-2000 exhibit series at the UO Museum of Natural History... CARRYING THE SONG Survival of Native Cultures in the Pacific Northwest Exhibits and Museum Store now open SIX DAYS a week Tuesday - Sunday, 12 - 5 p.m.

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