CURRENT CHAPTER EVENTS:

Sacramento Valley Chapter Meeting
Next meeting:
April 8, 2009, 7:00 p.m.

April 2009


Meeting location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, McKinley Park
 3330 McKinley Blvd (the eastern extension of E Street) 95816


Our chapter meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Each meeting includes a “Know Your Natives” Plant Identification Challenge.
Books, wildflower seeds, and Sacramento Valley Chapter t-shirts will be available for purchase at the meeting. Refreshments too!

Contact information:
Mary Maret, Programs Chair, 961-4057


 

Current News:

 

CNPS won the Congregate (Pine Hill rare plant/El Dorado County) lawsuit!
The Sacramento Valley chapter and several of your members were key to our success in supporting the work.  We thank you all heartily for that. 
You can download the full opinion here:
http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/opinions.cgi?Courts=C

 

 

SAVE THE DATE!

Sac Valley CNPS Wildflower Wonders &
Spring Plant Sale
at Earth Day 2009
Sunday, April 25

 

Our latest Hibiscus newsletter - March 2009, is here!

 

Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery

Fulfilling CNPS' mission!
 - A PowerPoint Presentation -

- Where in the World is Elderberry Farms -

 

CNPS 2009 Conservation Conference: Strategies and Solutions
Held on: January 17 – 19, 2009
Details on meeting, see: http://cnps.org/cnps/conservation/conference/2009/about.php

 

Our chapter has received the "River City Run" grant applied to the CNPS Chapter Nursery!

 

Please see our calendar page for many upcoming hikes in and around El Dorado county.

 

Welcome to Celebrating Wildflowers! - hosted by USDA Forest Service
 (http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/index.shtml)
Celebrating Wildflowers is dedicated to the enjoyment of the thousands of wildflowers
 growing on our national forests and grasslands,
 and to educating the public about the many values of native plants

 

California Native Plant Society Sacramento Valley Chapter
will be holding workdays (2nd Saturday of each Month!)
at the Elderberry Farms Native Plant Nursery

 

California Endangered Species and Habitat Alliance - News

Interactive key to wetland
monocots of the US (ca. 2400 taxa), keys (by state) to grass (Poaceae)
species in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the
US Virgin Islands, as well as a new key for all gymnosperm species in
the US, are now available on the USDA NRCS PLANTS website
(http://plants.usda.gov). See
(http://npdc.usda.gov/technical/plantid_wetland_mono.html) for details.
  

Thanks to all for a very successful 2008 Native Plant Sale!

 

CNPS Wins a Big CEQA and State Planning and Zoning Lawsuit Victory

 

Sunday April 26 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. Southside Park

[Google map]
 


The 2009

Sacramento Earth Day's

Wildflower Wonder

 


Here are some photos and information to share from:
Wildflower Weekend, 2008

 


 Members:
Please contact: Jennifer Stock (916 443-3484 or jstock2409@sbcglobal.net)
to inquire and learn more about open board positions.


Why did CNPS File a Lawsuit to Protect the
Endangered Pine Hill Ceanothus in El Dorado County?

(see also: http://www.eldoradocnps.org/lawsuit.html)

California Prairie (grasslands) Matters!

CNPS Vegetation Monitoring

 
Habitat 2020
 A committee of environmental organizations collaborating on common issues in and affecting Sacramento County. The mission of Habitat 2020 is to protect the lands and waters where our wildlife and native plants live in Sacramento County.
click here to learn about the California Heartland Project !

 

  SACRAMENTO COUNTY GENERAL PLAN UPDATE:
 "Who Wants to be a Planner?" Web Game
In addition to the 10 workshops, Sacramento County has also created a web
based game to allow online participation and input on the General Plan
Update. This interactive game is not only fun, but the answers that you
submit will be reported directly back to the Board of Supervisors in the
fall. Whether you plan on attending a workshop or not, this is an
entertaining and important way to make your voice heard! To play the game,
click here: http://sacgame.migcom.com/
For more information, click here: Sacramento County General Plan

 

VIEW OUR CALENDAR   •    Native Plant Propagation Workshop was a huge success!  •  Longview Oaks Update:  Recruiting Volunteers for a New Field Season!   •  Local Tours, Meetings, Hikes, and Classes    •  A CNPS-Sacramento Native Plant Nursery? 

 

Carol W. Witham's excellent new 
Field Guide To The Vernal Pools Of Mather Field
is selling like hotcakes!!!

Get yours now!

             


Kate Mawdsley, winner of the `05 Brinley Plaque

•  Butterflies Love To Visit Graceful Lavatera Shrub   •  Carol Witham interviewed on the  Vernal Pool Critical Habitat lawsuit.  •  Bart O'Brien's beautiful new book Native Plants For The Garden  •  Barbara J. Euser shares her appreciation of Fuchsias  •  CNPS joins other environmental groups in a lawsuit to appeal the US border fence ruling  •  Carol Witham details why CNPS joins with the Cattlemen's Association concerning Central Valley rangelands  •  Amy Stewart promotes Ornamental Grasses   •  David Magney interviewed about "Space Invaders"   •  Mary Anderson discusses Native Salvias & Artemisias   •   CNPS joins in lawsuit to stop Yosemite spraying   •   "Blades Of Glory"  ornamental grasses   •    News Article Archive

Job postings

News Article Archive  •   Planning your garden with wildlife in mind  •  Sac Splash In The News Again!  •  To Learn More About Native Plants, Just Dig Right In  •  CNPS Helps To Revitalize The Los Angeles River  •   Our Very Own Drs Thorp & Harrison Cited In National Geographic's "California's Wild Crusade"  •   Former foes pen resolution for working landscapes   •   Steve Stocking shares his knowledge of how Residents Helped Reshape Valley's Landscape   •    Kate Mawdsley in the Davis Enterprise   •   The Native Plant Demo Garden in the Sacramento News & Review  •  Jennifer Morey tells about how Ferns Add To Beauty Of Local Forests, Gardens  •  Abbie Blair comments on Native Plants & Kids   •   Master Gardener Mary Anderson discusses the "Sleeping Beauty Syndrome" of native plants   •  

Eva Butler accepts the Governor's Award for Sac Splash


The mission of the California Native Plant Society is to increase understanding and appreciation of California's native plants and to conserve them and their natural habitats through science, education, advocacy, horticulture and land stewardship.