Fern Hike at Van Vliet Hemlocks
07/26/2014 09:00 AM - 11:00 AM CT
Admission
- Free
Location
Van Vliet Hemlocks SNA
Summary
Join DNR Forestry Specialist, Coleen Matula on a fern hike. Sponsored by the Friends of Van Vliet.
Description
Join us for a hike with Colleen Matula, a DNR Forestry Specialist, on the topic of ferns. The hike is scheduled for Saturday July 26th at 9 AM at the entrance to Van Vliet Hemlocks State Natural Area, on E. Van Vliet Road.
Van Vliet Hemlocks SNA protects an ecologically significant stretch of undeveloped lake frontage and harbors one of the largest, old-growth hemlock-hardwood forests in this region. Van Vliet is owned by the DNR and was designated a State Natural Area in 2013 and maintained by the Friends of Van Vliet group. For more information about this area, and the friends group, please go to: http://www.discoverycenter.net/van-vliet-hemlocks.html
Admission is free, donations are always welcome!