Malcolm Hodges will provide an introduction to lichens. He earned his BA in Biology from Rice University and a Masters in Zoology from Mississippi State. Now retired, he was Director of Stewardship for The Nature Conservancy in Georgia, serving as a biologist and land manager for the nonprofit from 1992-2020. Mr. Hodges worked with Sean Beeching and others on the Georgia Lichen Atlas Project, which documented, described, and mapped lichen species across the state. Project results may be seen online at the
Georgia Biodiversity Portal site.