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September 13 we return to our monthly evening programs:
"Understanding California’s Rarest Conifer"
with Michael Kaufman
California is a world hotspot for conifer diversity and home to over 50 species of this ancient lineage. Michael Kauffmann, local educator, author, and ecologist, spent time in the summer of 2017 mapping and monitoring what might be California’s rarest conifer. The yellow-cedar (Callitropsis nootkatensis) survives at the southern extent of its range in northwest California’s Siskiyou Mountains. The California Native Plant Society, in collaboration with the Klamath and Six Rivers National Forest, surveyed the Siskiyous to assess the health and extent of this amazing species and how climate change is affecting it across its range. Join us for a photographic journey about an ecological outlier surviving (and thriving) at the southern extent of its range.
UPCOMING EVENTS
All events are open to the public; most are free; more will be added. Click on dates to get more info., or visit our complete calendar. You can also be notified of events by e-mail.
Evening programs are the second Wednesday of each month, Sept.-May, at the Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., Arcata. Refreshments at 7:00 pm.; program at 7:30 p.m.
Sept 13, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Understanding California's Rarest Conifer" with Michael Kauffmann
Sept 23, Sat. 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Fall Plant Sale at the chapter nursery, Bayside. 826-0259
Oct. 8, Sun. Inland, Fall Day Trip. 822-2015
Oct. 11, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "The Wonderful World of Geophytes" with Dave Imper
Nov. 4, Sat. Patrick's Point Day Hike. 822-2015
Nov. 8, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Ancient but Still Evolving: the Ferns among Us" with Carl Rothfels
Dec. 13, Wed. 7:30 p.m. Native Plant Show and Tell
