[447] MTSU Faculty Lead May 1-2 Cedar Glade Workshops

Release date: April 29, 2009


News & Public Affairs contact: Randy Weiler, 615-898-2919 or jweiler@mtsu.edu
MTSU Center for Cedar Glades contact: Dr. Kim Cleary Sadler, 615-904-8283


MTSU Faculty Play Key Roles in Cedar Glade
Wildflower Festival May 1-2 Near Lebanon


(MURFREESBORO) — MTSU faculty will play a key role in the 31st annual Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Wildflower Festival May 1-2 at Cedars of Lebanon State Park near Lebanon.
Dr. Kim Cleary Sadler, associate professor in biology and director of the MTSU Center for Cedar Glade Studies, will oversee the center’s third Research Roundtable from 1 until 5 p.m. Friday, May 1, in the park’s Assembly Hall.
Dr. Kurt Blum, professor in biology, will be a co-leader in two walks to the cedar glades on Saturday, May 2.
Dr. Vince Cobb, biology professor, will discuss “Snakes of Middle Tennessee” during a 10 a.m. May 2 talk in the Assembly Hall.
Most of the activities will take place May 2, Sadler said. These include bird walk starting at 7 a.m.; a talk and cave trip starting at 12:15 p.m.; a talk about flowers of the glades at 3:30 p.m.; photography tips at 12:15 p.m.; and talks and walks related to butterflies (1:30 p.m.) and nonflowering plants (4:30 p.m.) of the glades
All programs are free and will be held rain or shine, said Sadler.
The Elsie Quarterman Cedar Glade Wildflower Festival is a weekend of nature study. All activities will be held in and around one of the few remaining natural ecosystem in Middle Tennessee, the Limestone Glades of the Central Basin.
The park and center have collaborated to bring together an outstanding group of ecologists, botanists and naturalists in the country to present the beauty and uniqueness of the glades in the spring.
For more information about Middle Tennessee Cedar Glades, visit the Center for Cedar Glades Web site at mtsu.edu/~gladectr.
For park information, contact Wayne “Buddy” Ingram (wayne.ingram@tn.gov), 328 Cedar Forest Rd., Lebanon, TN 37090, or call 615-444-4565 or 443-2769

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