A full slate of field trips have been planned to showcase the botanical offerings of Chicago and northern Illinois area. Field Trips are open to all registered attendees of Botany/Plant Biology 2007 including spouses and/or partners. All trips require pre-registration and are on a first-come and first-served basis. Fees, which will be posted in December, will include transportation, admission fees, field guides, if provided, water and where indicated, lunch. End times are approximate.

Saturday July 7^th

8:00 am 5:00 pm

FT - 1 Ferns of the Indiana Dunes Region - $85.00
FT - 2 Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie - $115.00 - Canceled
FT - 3 Eastern Prairie Fringed Orchid Site Tour - $130.00- Canceled
FT - 4 The Indian Boundary Prairies - $75.00- Canceled
FT - 5 The Mazon Creek Fossil Flora - $75.00
FT -7 Illinois Beach State Park - $50.00

8:00 am 4:00 pm

FT - 6 Chicago Botanic Garden - $35.00

Sunday July 8^th

8:00 am 5:00 pm

FT - 8 Ferns of Northeastern Illinois - $75.00
FT - 9 FENS: More than "Peat with calcareous seepage..." - $75.00- Canceled
FT - 10 Warren Woods and Mud Lake Bog, Berrien County, Michigan - $85.00- Canceled
FT - 11 Somme Prairie and Vestal Grove - $115.00- Canceled
FT - 12 Calumet Wetlands - $160.00- Canceled
FT - 13 Flora and Ecology of the Indiana Dunes -$85.00
FT - 14 The Morton Arboretum - $85.00- Canceled

1:00 pm 4:00 pm

FT - 15 The Field Museum and Botany Department - $25.00 (to be repeated as FT 17) PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK TO THE MUSEUM

Thursday July 12^th

8:00 am 5:00 pm

FT - 16 Dune Formations on Chicago's Public Lakeshore: Monitoring and Management - $85.00 - Canceled

9:00 am 12:00 pm

FT - 17 The Field Museum and Botany Department - $25.00 (a repeat of FT 15) PARTICIPANTS WILL WALK TO THE MUSEUM