Get a preview of the Adirondack Land Trust’s High Meadow Preserve, which is not yet open to the public, and get to know the small, primitive plants that carpet Adirondack forests with botanist Dan Spada. We are proud to offer this field trip in partnership with the New York Flora Association.
Dan will show participants how to identify 10 bryophytes—or mosses and liverworts—while enjoying a sneak peek of the preserve, which is not yet open to the public. This trip is suited for beginner naturalists and more advanced bryologists. We recommend bringing a 10x or 20x hand lens.
This field trip will take place outdoors with no access to indoor shelter or bathrooms. During the three-hour field trip, the group will travel through forested terrain and open fields on trails at least 36 inches wide for approximately 1.5 miles with less than 100 feet of total elevation gain.
This field trip is full. Please sign up below to be added to the wait list.
Dan Spada retired from the Adirondack Park Agency after a 27-year career where he led the natural resource technical division. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in environmental and forest biology from SUNY College of Environment Science and Forestry, has served as an adjunct lecturer at SUNY Plattsburgh and Paul Smith’s College on wetlands ecology and landscape scale environmental assessment. Dan has been a member of the NY Flora Association and the Adirondack Botanical Society since their inceptions.