Hello,

I wanted to let project members know about a workshop on mid-Atlantic serpentine barrens being sponsored by Pennsylvania Botany on May 31. The workshop will be run by @rogerlatham, well-known for his leading role over the past several decades in researching, understanding, and restoring mid-Atlantic serpentine barrens and other Pennsylvania grasslands.

Please take a look at the workshop and consider registering, and send it to friends who may be interested.

I've also added Rock Springs Serpentine Barrens, a property of the Lancaster Conservancy, to iNaturalist and included it in the list of areas for this project. Gordon Bosler is undertaking to start restoration here as a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist project, working in conjunction with the Conservancy and the Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens. Accordingly, we'll start collecting data to build species lists and find locations of particular interest there.

Chris Hoess
Chair, Friends of the State Line Serpentine Barrens