Re: [vernalpool] Vernal Pool Construction Workshop

A wee bit too far from MA, but hope you'll send updates on the modified pool. How many years have you noticed the pool drying out too soon? Interesting that the creatures think it smells like a pool, looks like a pool, yet doesn't function like a pool.....
Janet DeLonga, Holbrook

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From: Nicole Hamilton <nicole@gilandnicole.com>
To: vernalpool@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 12:44 PM
Subject: [vernalpool] Vernal Pool Construction Workshop

For those in the Northern Virginia area, Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy and
Morven Park are partnering to put on a Vernal Pool Construction Workshop in
October. We're limiting the attendance to 30 people and there's a fee of $80
per person to attend. During the workshop, Mike Hayslett will discuss
vernal pool habitats, and species that use them, and the ins and outs of
restoring or constructing a vernal pool. Heavy work will be done by machine
but there will be some hands on pieces too.

Morven Park (located in Leesburg, VA) is a great spot with a rich complex of
vernal pools. Through the Loudoun Wildlife Conservancy amphibian monitoring
program we have monitored the pools for more that 10 years and have
documented Jefferson Salamanders, Spotted, Marbled, and Wood Frogs. Some of
the pools were created more recently by road ruts when timbering was done.
Our plan is to modify one of these road rut pools as a demonstration project
as it has been used by various species but unsuccessfully due to the pool
drying out too soon.

If you have any questions, let me know.

Nicole Hamilton

Here's the write-up on it:

Vernal Pool Construction Workshop at Morven Park ¯ Saturday and Sunday,
October 27 & 28, (rain date November 17 & 18) Morven Park, a 1,200-acre
historic site just outside Leesburg, is partnering with Loudoun Wildlife
Conservancy in a project to teach people how to restore or construct vernal
pool habitats. Two of the Eastern seaboard's leading experts in vernal pool
habitats will lead the workshop: Mike Hayslett, director of the Virginia
Vernal Pools Program and Marc Seelinger, director of The Swamp School in
Raleigh, N.C. The workshop at Morven Park begins with a classroom session,
followed by a day and a half of outdoor, "hands-on" experience. Participants
will visit educational stations to learn about vernal pool habitats and
amphibians, see the equipment and techniques for constructing a pool, and
support the pool restoration itself by helping shape clay pool base of
sufficient depth and slope to support amphibian life, and reposition plants
and natural material to help the pool flourish. Educational handouts will be
provided. Registration required: A limited number of scholarships are
available for educators, while the fee for all other participants is $80.
Pre-registration is required by going to http://vernalpools.eventbrite.com/.
Educators should apply by calling 703-777-2414, ext. 6617.

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