All:

I still have tons of Maryland 7.5 minute topo sheets to give away, but I 
do not want to give them out a sheet at a time...rather I would like to 
have someone representing a larger group who will take them to meetings 
and let people paw through them....in other words, its all of them or none 
of them...and because they are so heavy you need to come and pick them up 
too!    I know, what a grump, but free is free.

There are  a number of historic quads and 15' sheets too.

Thanks

sam

 
Sam Droege   
w 301-497-5840 h 301-390-7759 fax 301-497-5624
USGS Patuxent Wildlife Research Center
BARC-EAST, BLDG 308, RM 124 10300 Balt. Ave., Beltsville, MD  20705
Http://www.pwrc.usgs.gov

Conversation with an Oak Tree

Through all seasons - year in, year out
Tell me secrets since your birth
As you've grown tall, and gained that girth.
Oh, giant oak with open arms
And frayed gray coat so slowly grown,
How many winters have you known?

When snows lay deep through endless nights
In crisp, cold days, did life lack hue,
And had you high, happy times, too?
How many acorns have you made
For bugs, woodpeckers, deer, wild boars?
Are any of these young trees yours?

Were you sunburnt generation's
Jungle gyms and pirates' stations
Via youths' imaginations?
What have you seen in these fair hills
During your stay right here: Wild? Tame?
Please! Share your secrets. Are you game?

- DeLoy Esplin





P Bees are not optional.