Natural History Wanderings

Bristlecone (Mono, Inyo and NE Kern counties) http://bristleconecnps.org/index.php
December 4, Saturday: Winter Birding at Crowley Reservoir Meet at the Green Church at 9:00 AM; if the weather is bad, meet in Bishop at the Y for birding at Tinemaha Reservoir
December 8, Wednesday, 6pm – Potluck: Eastern Sierra Audubon Holiday Potluck (6 pm) & Program- TBA (7 pm) White Mountain Research Station (3000 E. Line St.)
December 18, Saturday: The 29th Annual Bishop Christmas Bird Count and Bird-a-thon!
December 21, Tuesday: Mono Lake Christmas Bird Count

East Bay http://www.ebcnps.org/

El Dorado (Sierra foothills around Placerville)  http://www.eldoradocnps.org/chapterPages/home.html

Marin http://www.marin.edu/cnps/
December 26 Sunday 10 AM- 2PM Tomales Bay Mushrooming Jepson Trailhead parking lot about one quarter mile on Pierce Point road before the main entrance to Tomales Bay State Park.

Mile Baker (Sonoma County) http://www.cnpsmb.org/

Monterey http://www.montereybaycnps.org/

Napa Valley http://www.napavalleycnps.org/

North Coast (Eureka, Arcata and McKinleyville area)  http://northcoastcnps.org/
December 8,2010 Wednesday“Native Plant Show and Tell” – evening program, refreshments at 7 p.m. with program starting at 7:30 An informal evening for anyone to share photos, artifacts, readings, or food relating to native plants and their habitats. Contributors will include John Sawyer in the Rocky Mountains, Bill Wood looking at local flowers, Brian Dykstra illustrating poetry, and David Imper aiming at rare plants and deserts.

Redbud (Placer and Nevada Counties) http://www.redbud-cnps.org/

Sacramento Valley http://www.sacvalleycnps.org/

Stockton (subchapter of Sacramento Valley)  http://www.sacvalleycnps.org/stockton/stockton.html

Santa Clara Valleyhttp://www.cnps-scv.org/
December 2, 2010 Thursday 7:00 pm–8:30 pm Create a Thriving Ecosystem in Your Yard, a talk by Jim Howard at San Carlos Public Library

Santa Cruz http://www.cruzcnps.org/

Sequoia (Madera and Fresno counties) http://www.cnps.org/cnps/chapters/pages/sequoia.php

Shasta (Shasta, Siskiyou, Modoc, and part of Trinity and Tehama counties) http://www.shastacnps.org/
Dec 5 Saturday Mushroom outing Meet at 9 AM in the Redding City Hall parking lot, on the back (south) side of the building, next to Parkview Avenue

Willis Lynn Jepson (Solano County) http://www.cnpsjepsonchapter.org/
December 11, 2010 9:30-11:30am Saturday Pacific Coast Iris Workshop Botanic Garden, Benicia State Recreation Area

Yerba Buena (San Francisco/Northern San Mateo) http://www.cnps-yerbabuena.org/