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NEWSLETTER OF THE DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER

CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY

CALENDAR pack a lunch. Binoculars and hand lens are

optional. To access Alder Creek, turn west off
DKY Fieldtrips and other Chapter Events:
State Highway 1 at mileage marker 22.48 and
March 15, 6:00 PM - Annual Potluck & drive to the end of the road. Parking is limited
Program: Genetically Modified Organisms. so carpooling is recommended. For further
Sponsored by the Environmental Coalition, information, call Dorothy Scherer at 882-2850.
Russian Gulch State Park Recreation Hall.
April 3, Saturday 11:00 AM - Plant Sale Work
Program begins around 7:30 PM. See Program
Party/Potluck - held at Jon Thompson’s and
Details below.
Roberta Ram’s home in preparation for the
March 21, Sunday 10:00 AM - Glass Beach October Plant Sale. If you are interested in
Bluffs - Led by Jon Thompson & Joan Curry. learning some basic propagation techniques
Come for walk along the headlands in this and having fun, please call Jon at 884-4847.
brand new State Park. Directions: At the north
April 22, Thursday 7:00 PM – Slide show on
end of Fort Bragg, turn west from Highway 1
the Plants of Mount Shasta and Shasta Lake
on Elm Street (Dennie’s Coffeeshop on nw
Area by Jon Thompson 7:00 PM at Gualala
corner). Drive approx. 2 blocks until you come
Community Center. Come and learn about the
to Glass Beach at the south end of the Old
plants of this beautiful part of our state. The
Haul Road, and park. For information call Jon
photographs were taken by Jon when he was
at 884-4847 or Joan at 937-1649.
with the Forest Service at Shasta Lake and
March 26, Friday 6:00 PM - Wildflower Mount Shasta Ranger Districts. Refreshments
Extravaganza: Gourmet Dinner and Book- will be served. For more information - call Jon
signing for Peter Stearns new book A Journey at 884-4847 or robajon@mcn.org.
in Time - Mendocino County Wildflowers. 5:00
May 16, Sunday - Gualala Estuary - Time TBA.
PM social hour, 6:00 PM dinner, 7:30 PM
Joint fieldtrip with the Milo Baker Chapter. Led
program. Community Center. Tickets are
by Peter Baye, Coastal Plant Ecologist. For
$15.00 per person, please purchase in
more information call Jon Thompson at 884-
advance. See Program Details below.
4847 or M.L. Carle at (707) 792-1823.
March 28, Sunday 10:30 AM – Fieldtrip in the
May 29, Sunday - Tentative - Wildflower walk
Alder Creek area of Manchester State Beach.
down Slaughterhouse Road to the Albion River
Led by Dorothy Scherer
in Little River. More info. in next Calypso.
The walk is moderately difficult and will focus
on plant communities. Wear sturdy shoes and
June 25-2, Saturday and Sunday - Camping
trip at Plaskett Meadows in Mendocino NF -
with DKY, Sanhedrin and Milo Baker Chapters.
Field trips may include Anthony Peak, and a
hike up Black Butte. Details TBA in next
edition of Calypso. For more information
contact Lori Hubbart at 882-1655 or
lorih@mcn.org.
OTHER EVENTS OF NOTE:
March 14, Sunday - Gualala Arts Center -
Coast Garden Exchange Group – Art Dryer will
host a tour of the plantings, amphitheater, new
development, meditation area and new walking
trails. For information call Art at 785-3580.
March 27, Saturday - Wild Flowers of Bear
Valley - sponsored by Mendocino Botanical
Gardens - Led by Bart O’Brien of Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden in Claremont.
Discover why Bear Valley is famous for its
wildflower displays. For information call (707)
964-4352 ext 16. See Program Details below.
March 28, Sunday 7:00 PM - New And
Unusual Native Plants for Your Garden.
Slideshow at the Mendocino Coast Botanical
Gardens Meeting Room. Bart O’Brien, one of
California’s most knowledgeable native plant
horticulturists, will present new cultivars and
unusual native species for the garden. Bart
O'Brien is Director of Horticulture and Curator
of the Living Collection at Rancho Santa Ana
Botanic Garden. See Program Details below.
April and May - "Wildflowers" will be the theme
of a display at Ford House Visitor Center in
Mendocino Headlands State Park during the
months of April and May. Featured will be
displays of local coastal wildflowers and
wildflower photography by Laura House. For
information call the Ford House at 937-5397
April 17, Saturday - Redwood Coast Earth Fair
at Gualala Arts Center. DKY will have a
display/information table and will also be selling
some plants. For more information call Jon at
884-4847.
April 24-25, Saturday & Sunday - Anderson
Valley Wildflower Show - Up to 400 wildflower
specimens will be collected and identified for
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viewing. Native plants, books, and cards will be
available for purchase. A light lunch and
refreshments may be purchased from the tea
room. June Building, Mendocino County
Fairgrounds, Highway 128, Boonville, CA,
9AM-5PM rain or shine. Admission is free.
Contact Ginger Valen (707) 895-9424. See
Program Details below.
May 8, Saturday - The Spring Wildflower
Festival - A Milo Baker Chapter event at the
Luther Burbank Center for the Arts. Hwy 101 &
River Road, Santa Rosa 10:00 A.M. to 4:00
P.M. Native Plant Sale, seminars by local
experts on native plant gardening, propagating,
botany for gardeners, botanical illustration,
butterflies, baskets, bird houses, and more.
$5.00 admission fee payable at the gate.
PROGRAM DETAILS
Annual Environmental Potluck, Monday, March
15, 6:00 PM
Russian Gulch Recreation Hall - Russian Gulch
State Park. Program: Genetically Modified
Organisms An always popular event, it is
sponsored by the Environmental Partnership:
CNPS-DKY Chapter, Mendocino Coast
Audubon Society, Mendocino Land Trust, and
the Mendocino Area Parks Association.
Mendocino Land Trust is hosting this year’s
potluck, but they could probably use help
setting up! Bring your own dishes, silverware,
beverage and a tasty appetizer, main dish,
salad or dessert to share. There will be a cover
charge of $2.00, plus if you wish, $3.00 for
wine and $1.00 for soft drinks. To get to the
meeting site, go two miles north of the town of
Mendocino, turn west at the Russian Gulch
State Park entrance sign, turn left onto Point
Cabrillo Drive, and follow the signs to the Rec.
Hall. If you can’t make the dinner, please join
us at 7:00 for the program.
Wildflower Extravaganza: Gourmet Dinner &
Booksigning, Friday, March 26, 5:00 PM,
Gualala Arts Center.
The DKY Chapter is proud to present a special
dinner, book signing, and wildflower slide
show, featuring Peter W. Stearns. Mr. Stearns
is a photographer, and author of the very lovely
new book, A Journey In Time - Mendocino
County Wildflowers. Mr. Stearns’ photographs
will be on display during the event. 5:00 -Social
hour with wine, hors d’oeuvres and book
signing; 6:00 Dinner - A Cajun feast, with
delectable, traditional food of the Louisiana
Bayou country. Our chef and chapter member,
Subir Sanyal, has a most delectable menu for
us: Shrimp-okra gumbo; Jambalaya with
andouille sausage and peppers; Glazed
mirliton squash; Mamou crustless pumpkin pie;
7:30 Slide show, with Peter Stearns and his
exquisite photographs.
Tickets are $15.00 per person - available at the
Dolphin Gallery in Gualala (near the post
office), or from Lori Hubbart, P.O. Box 985,
Point Arena, CA 95468 - 882-1655. Since we
will be encouraging the public to attend this
event, chapter members should buy their
tickets early! Your Chapter Needs YOU! Help
Make Our Wildflower Dinner Event A Success!
Please sign up now to help out . Kitchen
helpers get a free lesson in Cajun cooking!
Non-cooks can sign up to serve food and wine,
decorate, and help clean up. Please call Lori
at 882-1655. Worker bees should show up at
Gualala Arts at 2:00 PM.
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Field Trip,
Saturday, March 27 7:00 AM
A visit to Colusa County’s Bear Valley
wildflower meadows. Led by Bart O’Brien of
Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden in
Claremont. Discover why Bear Valley is
famous for its wildflower displays. With luck,
there should be acres of Fritillaria pluriflora in
bloom. Meet at 7:00 AM in the Botanical
Gardens parking lot. Those wanting to ride in
the Gardens’ van are asked for a donation of
$20.00. All others will carpool. Bring lunch,
beverages, sunscreen, dress in layers. This is
an all day trip. Space is limited on the van, so
be sure to specify if you want to ride in it. To
sign up, call MCBG at 964-4352 ext.16.
New And Unusual Native Plants for Your
Garden, Sunday, March 28, 7:00 PM
Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens Meeting
Room. Speaker: Bart O’Brien
One of California’s most knowledgeable and
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enthusiastic native plant horticulturists will give
a slide show about new cultivars and unusual
native species for the garden. Bart O'Brien is
Director of Horticulture and Curator of the
Living Collection at Rancho Santa Ana Botanic
Garden. Before moving to Southern California,
Bart was the manager of the Yerba Buena
native Plant Nursery in Woodside, following his
career as a landscape architect. Bart’s work
includes development of new native plant
cultivars and testing native plants for garden
suitability. He is interested in plants from all
over the world, and participates in the “Pacific
Plant Promotions” program to introduce new
ornamental plants to Western gardeners.
Anderson Valley Wildflower Show, Saturday-
Sunday, April 24 & 25, 9AM-5PM
June Building, Mendocino County Fairgrounds,
Highway 128, Boonville.
Many flowers, shrubs and grasses will be
collected by members of the Garden Section of
the Anderson Valley Unity Club for the annual
wildflower show. Both native plants and
“invader aliens” will be on display and will be
identified with both common and scientific
names. Experts will be available to discuss
native plant environments, collection
techniques, as well as eradication methods for
non-native plants. No endangered plants will
be gathered for display. Plants believed to be
effected by SOD (Phytophora ramorum) will be
on display for education purposes. Botanists
are invited to come in Saturday to assist in
identification and labeling of specimens. The
public is asked not to bring in specimens for
identification. Admission is free and free
parking is available. For more information
contact Ginger Valen (707) 895-9424
PRESIDENT'S CORNER
by Jon Thompson
We Have a DKY Chapter Website:
@www.dkycnps.org!!!.
Thanks to a new and very gracious DKY
member, Norm Jensen, our chapter is “on-
line”! Norm is our web designer and he has
done a great job creating our very own
website. I am excited that we now have a
place where members and non-members alike
can access valuable information on local native
plants, conservation issues and related
subjects. Our chapter can now reach out
across the world and interact with the many
nature enthusiasts out there in cyberspace.
The website has a section for photos and
sightings of currently blooming plants, chapter
activities, and a link to the online Calypso
Newsletter. It also has information such as
links to neighboring chapters, the state CNPS
web site and native flora web sites. Soon there
will be a section with local plant lists.
If you have any suggestions or information you
would like to have posted on the website,
please contact Norm by clicking on the Calypso
flowers (contact the webmaster @dkycnps.org)
at the bottom left hand corner of the webpage
or contact Jon Thompson at 884-4847 or
robajon@mcn.org
Meet the webmaster - Norm Jensen
Now retired, Norm is a former California public
school teacher who became a self-proclaimed
computer nut employed in programming and
network installations. He has had a lifelong
interest in science, natural history and botany.
Norm lives near Ashland Oregon and is a
member of that states’ native plant society as
well. He spends much of his time exploring the
flora of that area, particularly the serpentine
adapted plants of the Siskiyous and adjacent
northern California. He has walked with the
local hiking group the Thursday Ramblers and
knows DKY chapter member Mary Sue Ittner
through their mutual interest in photographing
the wildflowers of California's northern coast.
He has done volunteer work with the Forest
Service, BLM, the National Park Service
(NPS), and the Nature Conservancy. He
primarily participated in plant monitoring and
surveying. Currently, he is in the midst of his
own project that involves photographing as
many of the rare (and not so rare) plants of
South West Oregon and northern California
that he can find. The truth be told, he will
photograph plants wherever he finds them. The
Forest Service, the Nature Conservancy, and
the NPS have used some of Norm’s photos for
their internal projects and public displays. Be
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sure to check out some of his photos in the
“Now Blooming” section on our website.
The combination of Norm’s interests and
talents mentioned above make him the perfect
web designer for our chapter. We are very
lucky to have such a valuable, and nice person
in our chapter. Thanks Norm!
CONSERVATION
BLM /Stornetta Ranch Meeting
by Jon Thompson
Conservation Chair, Lori Hubbart and I
attended the Bureau of Land Management’s
Northwest California Resource Advisory
Council (RAC) meeting at Rollerville Junction
on Friday, February 5 for a tour and review of
the Stornetta Ranch acquisition. Further
discussion was continued at the Point Arena
Lighthouse on Saturday, February 6th. BLM
employees, consultants and representatives
from various nonprofit organizations such as
the Wilderness Coalition, Sierra Club and the
Audubon Society also attended, as did several
local private citizens.
This proposed acquisition has the potential to
protect natural resources, farmland, and the
scenic corridor along Highway 1, while allowing
increased public access and continued
agricultural use of a historic North Coast farm.
The property is adjacent to Manchester State
Beach and surrounds the Point Arena
lighthouse.
The first day included a discussion of various
areas within the Stornetta Ranch and
excursions to several places within the
proposed preserve to see overviews of the
property from various vantage points.
Our first stop was at the old Loran Mast Coast
Guard Reservation, which is currently used by
the College of the Redwoods. We walked
north towards the bluff and took in the beauty
of the coastline. All who were present
marveled at a wide waterfall from an unnamed
creek that flows over the bluff into the ocean.
Lori and I noticed that grazing is definitely
evident. However, we feel that if cattle were

Lori Hubbart overlooking Stornetta Ranch parcel.
Photograph by Julie Verran, Independent Coast Observer
out of the equation at this stage of the game
there would most likely be an overgrowth of
the non-native grasses. This could spell the
end for the already compromised coastal bluff
vegetation that has, so far, been able to
survive the grazing. Rich Burns, Fields Office
Manager for the BLM, believes that the cattle
have not overly abused the area due to proper
rotation and timing of the grazing.
The second stop was along the way to the
lighthouse. We overlooked the river valley and
viewed the 90 acre Stornetta compound, which
will remain under family ownership. We also
could see the Garcia River Flats, which is
relied upon by many birds, including tundra
swans. Food crops will continue to be grown
here under a conservation easement
arrangement.
The third stop was at the Point Arena
Lighthouse where we walked to the mouth of
the Garcia River and viewed the south-west
corner of the Stornetta Ranch. A large
population of the very invasive European
beach grass (Ammophila arenaria) inhabits the
dunes north of the river’s mouth and extends
into Manchester State Park. We hope the BLM
will develop long term restoration plans for this
area.
On Saturday, at the lighthouse, we learned that
a monitoring plan and a draft interim plan have
been developed but the acquisition of the
Stornetta Ranch is in the early stages of
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planning and nothing has been finalized or
signed yet. BLM rangers, Mendocino Sheriffs
and the Department of Fish and Game will
initially cover Law enforcement. Only day use
will be allowed to limit possible illegal activities.
Our chapter will be writing BLM a letter
containing management recommendations and
other suggestions once the purchase and
conservation easement are finalized. Some
issues we have are weed control/eradication
on Miner Hole Road and on the dunes north of
the Garcia River as well as protection of
riparian corridors and rare plants.
We will recommend that a thorough botanical
survey and report be completed to identify the
presence and locations of rare plants as well
as other sensitive areas which will have to be
carefully considered in the development of a
management plan for the property. We also
will recommend that any restoration of native
vegetation use local resources for collecting
and growing the native plants that would be
used in such efforts.
Another concern is the placement of the
Coastal Trail proposed by Coast Walk. We
hope to influence them to take care with the
placement of the trail so as to lessen or avoid
its impact on sensitive plant, bird, and other
wildlife habitat. Placement of the trail should
be at a reasonable distance from the bluffs to
avoid hastening their erosion.
Future roles for CNPS may include
collaboration with BLM in weed eradication and
management planning as well as actual weed
removal and restoration efforts. Properly
managed, the Stornetta ranch will be a
wonderful asset to the public and wildlife alike.
CONSERVATION ISSUES
by Lori Hubbart
February brought lots of welcome rain, but it
also seems to be raining conservation issues.
Here are some of the highlights:
Fort Bragg Golf Course - This project of the
Mendocino Coast Recreation and Park District
is planned for an area off Highway 20, south of
Fort Bragg. The property contains pygmy
forest and a small sphagnum bog, and is
adjacent to the larger sphagnum bog owned by
College of the Redwoods. After the first
Environmental Impact Report (EIR) was
certified and then de-certified, the Rec. District
re-worked the whole project.
A new, and much better botanical survey, and
a realigned park and golf course outline were
presented to the public at a scoping session.
The property had been owned by timber
companies that did a very poor job of
managing the land. It is plagued by mega-
weeds, erosion from badly maintained roads,
and various illegal activities like trash dumping,
vehicle dumping, arson, and firearms
discharge. Walking on the site is like entering
a third world war zone.
There are many opportunities for mitigation
here, including several acres of potentially
restorable pygmy forest, literally buried by
Caltrans about nine years ago. The question
for CNPS is whether this property would be
better off with this project than without it. The
golf course site is a recovering forest that has
little in the way of rare species, but the golf
course would totally fragment the habitat. Can
the Rec. District really engineer a system that
will carry nutrient-laden runoff away from the
special habitats, i.e., pygmy forest and
sphagnum bog? We’ll know more as project
planning progresses, and design details
emerge.
Jackson Demonstration State Forest - As you
probably know, local citizens have been
challenging the management practices at the
Jackson Demonstration State Forest (JDSF),
which comprises over 50 thousand acres.
Legal actions have actually stopped logging in
the forest, and its Management Plan was found
to be inadequate. At issue are wildly diverging
interpretations of terms like “forest
management” and “sustainability.” Many locals
want to see a better balance between logging,
research, habitat preservation, and recreational
uses. For the Campaign to Restore Jackson
State Forest viewpoint see:
http://www.jacksonforest.com/. It seems most
conservationists do not want logging to stop in
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the forest, but believe that truly sustainable
logging would result in a decrease in timber
cutting.
A “facilitated scoping meeting” was held in Fort
Bragg, with the State Board of Forestry in
attendance. It featured presentations by
people thought to represent various
stakeholder groups. However, they were
overwhelmingly in favor of business as usual at
JDSF, giving the impression that these people
represent the majority opinion in the
community. Jon Thompson and I attended this
session, along with a spectrum of
environmentalists and timber professionals.
During the public comment period, I stressed
the need for preserving biodiversity, and asked
for better management of JDSF’s 600 acres of
pygmy forest. We will be submitting a detailed
comment letter, since scoping comments
should cover all issues that the writer will
address when responding to a subsequent
EIR.
If the California Department of Forestry and
Fire Protection, the Board of Forestry, and the
management of JDSF fail to produce a clear,
science-based EIR and Management Plan,
local activists will again bring legal action, and
the battle will continue. Meanwhile, State
Senator, Wes Chesbro, has introduced a bill,
SB 1648, that would reform the very charters
behind California’s demonstration forests. View
the text of this bill on the California Senate
website at: http://www.sen.ca.gov/ click on
Legislation and search on SB1648 .
Glass Beach - Ambitious restoration plans are
under discussion, with a first meeting that
included representatives of State Parks, the
Glass Beach Access Committee, local botanist
Teresa Sholars, and two people from the
Circuit Riders ecological restoration firm. Plans
include a boardwalk system with interpretive
signs, similar to those at the Asilomar dunes.
The off-boardwalk areas would then be
restored to native vegetation. Native plants will
have a chance when weeds, like ice plant, are
removed. We also hope State Parks will
address some immediate concerns, such as
the erosion now occurring on the fill portion of
the toxics remediation area.
The Glass Beach Access Committee could
morph into a nonprofit organization that would
raise funds for restoration and interpretive
projects along the coast. There is a great need
for this, as coastal bunchgrass prairie habitat
has almost disappeared, and intact northern
coastal bluff scrub is also quite rare.

VEGETATION SAMPLING
by Bill Maslach
On January 7th Julie Evens, CNPS vegetation
CNPS vegetation sampling crew: (Clockwise from top) Jon
ecologist from Sacramento came to the Thompson, Mary Rhyne, Mary Hunter, Lori Hubbart, Teresa
Gualala Ridge to give a workshop on the Sholars and Julie Evens.
CNPS Relevé and Rapid Assessment
hierarchy of vegetation classification, an
Protocols. The purpose was to use simple
alliance can be defined by the relevé method
"semi-quantitative" sampling techniques in
when a vegetation type is consistently
describing the dwarfed Mendocino cypress
represented on the landscape or throughout a
(Cupressus goveniana subsp. pygmaea)
region. It is a repeatable pattern of vegetation.
forests in the Gualala Ridge area. Both
techniques rely on visual estimates of plant Once an alliance is defined the variations
cover rather than actual "points" along a within it lead to the description of an
transect. association. For example, a Mendocino
cypress forest alliance can occur along the
The "pygmy forests" of southern coastal
Mendocino County coast with a Mendocino
Mendocino County are quite different than
cypress-Bolander pine association in the north
those of the north. Primarily, Bolander pine
and a Mendocino cypress-Bishop pine
(Pinus contorta subsp. bolanderi) is absent
association in the south.
from the forests in the south.
By using the relevé protocol to describe the
From the picture above it is evident the
Mendocino cypress forests of southern and
Mendocino cypress are dwarfed or "pygmy,"
northern coastal Mendocino County, the DKY
but the pine component in these forests is
chapter intends to demonstrate that a
bishop pine (Pinus muricata). Chrysolepis
quantitative difference in forest composition
chrysophylla, Horkelia tenuiloba (CNPS 1B),
exists between the two forests. This will put
Arctostaphylos glandulosa, Ceanothus
the Gualala Ridge cypress forests on the map
gloriosus var. exaltatus are some of the plants
and, at the same time, increase the rarity and
that are more common or only occur in the
uniqueness of the northern pygmy forests.
southern part of the county.
The geology, soil structure, and water regime FURTHER SAMPLING TRAINING
are also quite different. Imagine coming
A second weekend of training in CNPS
across a boulder in the Jughandle Reserve
sampling methods will be scheduled as
pygmy forest the size of the one behind Jon
weather permits during March or April. Julie
Thompson in the photo. Boulders like this
Evens, Vegetation Ecologist from the State
might keep the motorcycles out!
CNPS office in Sacramento will again train
The two sampling protocols rely on a stand as DKY members in the use of both the Relevé
the basic unit of vegetation. A stand is defined and Rapid Assessment protocols. These
by its composition and its structure. In the methods are also used by other local and state
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agencies including the California Department of
Fish and Game. If you enjoy being out in the
field with the plants, this weekend of training
may be for you. For further information or to
sign up, call Dorothy Scherer, Vegetation
Chairperson, at 882-2850.
CHANGED ROLE FOR BILL
Due to the increasing demands of his
professional life, Bill Maslach will not be able to
continue as chapter vice president. He will stay
involved with vegetation surveys, plant science,
and writing articles for the Calypso. We'd like to
extend a hearty thank you to Bill for serving as
VP for the last two years. DKY volunteers look
forward to working with Bill on special projects,
where his expertise in botany,
ecology, and GPS, as well as his amiable
personality are a great asset.
THANK YOU EMILY ROBERSON
The DKY Chapter wishes to thank Dr. Emily
Roberson for her informative presentation on
the current administration’s Anti-Environmental
Agenda given on January 29th and 30th in
Gualala and Mendocino. She spoke of current
federal policies that favor extreme pro-
consumption ideologies, contribute to a
weakening of protections for species and
ecosystems, and further the decline in air and
water quality. Emily Roberson is a Senior
Policy Analyst for the California Native Plant
Society and Program Director of the Native
Plant Conservation Campaign (NPCC). You
can view her CNPS Federal Issues webpage:
An Eye on Bush Administration Policies >
Administration Policies Threaten California's
Natural Resources, Environment and Public
Health. She encourages us to become
advocates for environmental quality and native
plant conservation by communicating with our
local, state and federal representatives. View
sample letters, issue lists and links
@cnps.org/federalissues/ and check out the
NPCC website @ cnps.org/NPCC/. You may
contact Emily Roberson at 2707 K St. Suite 1,
Sacramento, CA 95816, (415) 970 0394,
emilyr@cnps.org.
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Jepson Herbarium Weekend Workshops in
2004
The Friends of the Jepson Herbarium are
pleased to present a broad range of topics for
this year's weekend workshop series. For
information on workshops, or to register,
please consult
http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/jepwkshp.html or
phone Cynthia Perrine, Public Programs
Coordinator at the Jepson Herbarium, (510)
643-7008.
Feb 21-22: Bryophytes; Feb 28-29: Molecular
Phylogenetics; Mar 6: Describing New Species;
Mar 6-7: Flowering Plant Morphology and
Identification; Mar 13-14: Basics of Botanical
Illustration; Mar 20-21: Digital Photography at
Close Range; Mar 27-28 and April 3-4: Fifty
Plant Families in the Field; April 8-11: Death
Valley Flora; April 23-25: Mt. Diablo Flora; April
24-25: Poaceae; May 1-2: Plant Evolution; May
6-9: Kern County Flora; May 8-9: Angiosperm
Phylogeny; May 12-16: Painting Klamath
Wildflowers; May 15-16: Basic Field
Techniques; May 20-23: Big Bear Valley; June
4-6: Fire and Oak Ecology; June 17-20: Spring
Mountains (Nevada) Flora; July 22-25: Mt.
Lassen Flora; Sept 8-12: Vegetation Mapping
and Classification in Yosemite.
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS at California
State University, Chico
All classes held in Holt Hall room 129 at CSU
Chico. For more information or directions
please call the Herbarium at (530) 898-5381.
Botanical Illustration
Saturday, March 27, 2004, from 10:00 a.m. to
4:00 p.m.
Local illustrator and teacher, Judy McCrary, will
lead this one day workshop on botanical
illustration. Fee is $40.00 ($30.00 for students
& members of Friends of the Herbarium);
contact Judy McCrary at (530) 589-1418.
Introduction to Flowering Plant Identification,
Terminology & Techniques for Beginners
Saturday, April 3, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30
p.m.
This workshop led by botanical consultant John OF INTEREST
Dittes and is designed to introduce beginners
Check out the link on the DKY webpage
to the techniques for identifying flowering
(dkycnps.org) displaying DKY members, Mary
plants using The Jepson Manual. Fee is $40.00
Sue Ittner and Bob Rutemoeller’s excellent
($30.00 for students).Contact John Dittes at
photographs at her webpage on the Pacific
(530) 384-1774.
Bulb Society wiki. Wiki, a Hawaiian word
Identification of Plants from Vernal Pools and meaning “quick, quick”, is server software that
Other Seasonal Wetland allows interactive use of a webpage.
Saturday, April 24, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. SPRING BOOK SALE
This one-day workshop is designed for those
DKY Chapter has a few books remaining for
who already have a beginning understanding of
sale:
the terminology used in plant identification and
the use of The Jepson Manual. Fresh and Redwood Empire Wildflowers
pressed specimens of local plants will be by Dorothy King Young $6
provided for participants to key out. This Ecology and Restoration of Northern California
workshop is led by John Dittes and Josephine Coastal Dunes
Guardino. Fee is $50.00 personal, $80.00 by Andrea Pickart and John Sawyer $20
business For information contact John Dittes California’s Changing Landscape
or Josephine Guardino at jcdittes@aol.com or by Barbour, Pavlik, Drysdale & Lindstrom
(530) 384-1774. $22 (special for $20)
Rare Lilies of California
Liliaceae: What’s Happening to the Lilies?
by Peggy Fiedler $15 (on sale)
May 8, 2004, Saturday
Wildflowers of the Sea Ranch
The new edition of The Jepson Manual will
by Elaine Mahaffey $7
present a whole new face to the Liliaceae.
Conifers of California
Numerous examples of the families
by Ronald Lanner $20
represented in the California flora will be
A Manual of California Vegetation
presented and their characters discussed. Led
by Sawyer and Wolf $28
by Dale McNeal, Professor Emeritus of botany
If you wish to purchase one of these titles,
at the University of the Pacific and author of
please call or write Cecilia Moelter. Your book
Allium in the newly released Volume 26 of
will be sent by mail.or you may order a book,
Flora of North America. Fee is $50.00
then pick it up at the DKY Chapter Dinner and
personal, $80.00 business .Contact Dale
Peter Stearn’s Book Signing on March 26th at
McNeal at dmcneal@pacific.edu
the Gualala Arts Center.
Introduction to Identification of the Grasses For information call 785-3537 or write Cecilia
(Poaceae) Part 1: Moelter, POB 1499, Gualala 95445.
Spring-season grasses of the northern
Sacramento Valley and adjacent foothills
Saturday, May 15, 2004, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 MEMBERSHIP
p.m. This workshop is the first in a two-part New Member: Dot Johnson, Fort Bragg
series designed to introduce participants to
basics and nuances of grass identification,. Total Members for DKY Chapter: 159
Basic terminology, morphology and techniques
will be emphasized using keys in The Jepson - submitted by Bob Rutemoeller
Manual. Fee is $50.00 personal, $80.00
business Contact John Dittes (530) 384-1774.

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 DKY Chapter Board Meeting:
STANDING COMMITTEE
CHAIRPERSONS The next Chapter Board meeting will be held April
15, 2004 at 3:30 PM in the Record Building at Point
AT LARGE Patricia Bauer 937-4052 Arena. Call Greg or Lori at 882-1655 for details.
CAMPING OPEN
CONSERVATION Lori Hubbart 882-1655
fax:882-1645;
Greg Jirak 882-1660 W CNPS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
EDUCATION Heidi Marshall 884-383 DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER
FIELDTRIPS OPEN
HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 Membership in the California Native Plant Society is open to
HOSPITALITY: all. The task and mission of the Society is to increase
North Coast Pat Howard 937-4052 awareness, understanding, and appreciation of California
South Coast Beverly Sloane 785-3134 native plants. The challenge is to preserve their natural
Roberta Rams 884-4847 habitat through scientific educational, and conservation
INVASIVE EXOTICS Joan Curry 937-1649 activities. Membership includes subscription to the quarterly
Fremontia, as well as our local chapter newsletter, the
JUBATA ERADICATION OPEN
Calypso.
LEGISLATION OPEN Name ____________________________
MAILINGS Bobbie Penney 785-9302 Address ___________________________
MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 City _________________ Zip _________
NEWSLETTER Julia Larke 964-2845 Tel ____________ e-mail ______________
PLANT SALE Jon Thompson 884-4847
PLANT WATCH Heidi Marshall 884-383 I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter _______
POSTERS Mary Hunter 785-1150 Or, other chapter _____________________
PROGRAMS OPEN; Lori Hubbart (pro tem)
PUBLICITY OPEN (Please check, or name one, or Society will make assignment
RARE & ENDANGERED: if none is specified by applicant.)
North Teresa Sholars 962-2686 W
Inland Clare Wheeler Sias 895-3131 MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY
Student, Retired, Limited Income $20
Sea Ranch Elaine Mahaffey 785-2279
Individual $35
Sonoma Co. Dorothy Scherer 882-2850 Family, or Group $45
South Coast Mary Rhyne 884-3043 Supporting: $75; Plant Lover: $100; Patron: $250; Benefactor:
VEGETATION Dorothy Scherer 882-2850 $500; Bristlecone: $1000
WEBMASTER Norm Jensen Make Check out to the California Native Plants Society, mail
webmaster@dkycnps.org check and application to:
Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee
All phone numbers are area code 707 except
DKY Chapter, CNPS
where otherwise noted. PO Box 577
Gualala CA 95445

OFFICERS 2004
President Jon Thompson
884-4847
Vice President Pat Howard
(Acting) 937-4052
Secretary Claudia Hillary
882-3664
Treasurer Mary Hunter
785-1150

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