Natural History Wanderings

California Native Plant Society Chapters:

Bristlecone (Mono, Inyo and NE Kern counties) http://bristleconecnps.org/index.php
August 14, Saturday – CNPS Field Trip: Aspens. Leaders: Richard Potashin and Nancy Hadlock.

El Dorado (Sierra foothills around Placerville)  http://www.eldoradocnps.org/chapterPages/home.html
August 21: China Flat, Eldorado National Forest

Marin CNPS http://www.marin.edu/cnps/
August 22 Field Trip Tomales Bay State Park, Jepson Loop

Monterey http://www.montereybaycnps.org
August 27  Botany Backpack (two nights)

North Coast (Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville area) http://northcoastcnps.org/
July 31, 2010 (Saturday), 10 a.m.-12 p.m. – “Orchids in the Dunes”

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Redbud (Placer and Nevada Counties) http://www.redbud-cnps.org/
Jul 31-Aug 1, 2010 Rare Plant Treasure Hunt  Trip Leader Training and Treasure Hunt Tahoe National Forest

August 4 (Wednesday)Tree Walk at Rock Creek Nature Trail—Meet at the Rood Center at 9:00 AM or at the trailhead at 9:45 AM

Santa Clara Valley http://www.cnps-scv.org/
Wednesday, August 4, 2010 Native Plants for Containers, a talk by Pete Veilleux 7:00 pm–8:00 pm at Millbrae Library

Thursday, August 5, 2010 Deer-resistant Native Plants for the Landscape, a talk by Melanie Hopper 7:00 pm–8:30 pm at San Carlos Public Library

Wednesday, August 11, 2010 Birds in the Garden, a talk by Toby Goldberg & Arvind Kumar 7:00 pm–8:30 pm at San Carlos Public Library

Wednesday, August 18, 2010 The Plants and People of Native California, a talk by Marianne Schonfisch 7:00 pm–8:30 pm at San Carlos Public Library

Shasta (Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and part of Trinity and Tehama counties) http://www.shastacnps.org/
Aug 14 Saturday Field trip in the Klamath Mountains: Marla Knight, botanist

Aug 21 Saturday Field trip to Paradise Meadows,

Willis Lynn Jepson (Solano County) http://www.cnpsjepsonchapter.org/
August 7,10am,Basic Drip and Low-Pressure Irrigation

August 28,9am,Plant Portraits and Garden Images Photography Workshop

Yerba Buena CNPS (San Francisco/Northern San Mateo) http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/
Thursday, August 05, 2010 starting at 7:30pm Program: San Francisco Botanical Garden Native Plant Garden

Saturday, August 14, 2010 10:00am to 1:00pm Walk: San Bruno Mountain: Owl & Buckeye Canyons

If you are interested in information on other chapters go to: http://www.cnps.org/cnps/chapters/