Aton Forest Lichens: 70 Years of Change

Free Event, Saturday, September 10, 2022 at 10:00 am at Aton Forest Headquarters, 270 North Colebrook Road.

Join Steve Messier, lichenologist, at Aton Forest, Norfolk, CT for a workshop on the lichens of Aton Forest and the work of Mason Hale here.

A lecture starts the program, then venture into the field for identification opportunities. Total time: 2 hours.

Learn about local Colebrook resident and profilic lichenologist Mason E. Hale, Jr. who collected lichens at Aton Forest for over 40 years and wrote hundreds of scholarly articles focused on the taxonomy of the family Parmeliaceae.