CNPS Bryophyte Chapter: SO BE FREE

SO BE FREE 29 will be held Friday to Monday, May 30 – June 2, 2025, at the Mattole Camp and Retreat Center, along the Mattole River between Honeydew and Petrolia in Humboldt County, CA.

Details and link to registration are here:
https://chapters.cnps.org/bryophyte/sobefree/

SO BE FREE (Spring Outing; Botanical Excursion; Foray, Retreat, and Escape to the Environment) is a series of West Coast forays started by the Bryolab at UC Berkeley in 1996. The main focus is on bryophytes, but the foray is open to all botanists. They welcome specialists and generalists, professionals and amateurs, master bryologists and rank beginners. SO BE FREE is held each spring in the Western US, associated with spring break at universities. In 2015, CNPS created the Bryophyte Chapter, which took over the administration of SO BE FREE.