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Bark & Winter Tree ID with Michael Wojtech Collaboration with Adventure East Tuesday, March 12 6:30 pm class, located at Hitchcock Center Sunday, March 17 10 am – 12:30 pm class, outdoor field location TBD Sliding Scale Tickets: $45, $60, $75 Space is limited, register now! There is no better local naturalist to teach you about winter tree identification. Michael wrote the book, literally. Join Michael Wojtech, author of BARK: A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast for a two part class, a Tuesday evening classroom presentation followed by a Sunday morning in the field. The traits typically used to describe trees—leaves, twigs, and buds—are often hard to see or seasonally absent. Join Michael for an exploration of bark, which is always visible, in any season. As you hone your perceptive abilities you will learn about a system for identifying tree species by their bark, and discover why such a variety of bark characteristics exist. Why do some species have smooth bark, while on others it is thick and broken? Why does bark peel?