The 2024 Joint Crum and Tuckerman Workshop

Overview

The 2024 joint Crum/Tuckerman Workshop will be held May 16 – 21, with May 16 as the arrival day, and May 21 as the departure day. May 17 – 20 will be for collection and identification. It will be based in Corydon, Indiana. Corydon is the county seat of Harrison County Indiana, with a population of about 3500.

The workshop will be held mainly in the Shawnee Hills & Highland Rim Natural Regions of South-Central Indiana. Most of the area was unglaciated. A couple of sites are also located in the Blue Grass Natural Region and are in an Illinoian glacial area.

Sites for this area include sand stone cliffs, mature and old growth forests, cave openings and other karst features, limestone outcrops, streams, wet flat woods, areas along the Ohio River, and knobstone escarpments. Areas are located in national and state forests, state parks, and nature preserves managed by Indiana Department of Natural Resources or The Nature Conservancy.

Who should consider attending

The Crum/Tuckerman workshop is more geared towards experienced individuals and data gathering rather than education for beginners. However, people who have the necessary equipment (see below) and have had some experience learning to key material out, and are willing to work on their own on specimens are welcomed.

It should be understood though that you should bring your own scopes (both dissecting and compound scopes for bryophytes, dissecting only for lichens). Other equipment needed would be fine pointed forceps, drop/squirt bottle, slides, coverslips, collecting bags, and appropriate floras to key specimens out.

Lodging, Food, etc. in Corydon

There are 5 hotels and one bed and breakfast located there. There are also many restaurants, grocery and other stores located in town.

Below are possibilities for lodging, camping and restaurants.

Hotels: The Hampton Inn and the Clarion Point Hotels will have a block of rooms (20 rooms each) reserved for the event until April 16 for the Hampton and May 6 for Clarion Point Hotel. Mention the Crum/Tuckerman Foray. If that changes, information will be provided as soon as possible.

Hampton Inn

Website: https://tinyurl.com/y36bmbcb Phone: (812) 738-6688 Price: 130-140 per night

Clarion Point Hotel

Website: https://www.choicehotels.com Phone: (812) 225-7406 Price: 80-90 per night

Other Lodging

There are numerous other places to stay in the Corydon/Harrison County area, including other hotels, bed and breakfast, and camping. The link provides information: https://www.thisisindiana.org/places-to-stay/

Dining

Many options for eating out, see https://www.thisisindiana.org/restaurants/

-Bill Schumacher