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November 13th, Wednesday, 7:30PM.
Treasure Hunts and Databases Help Rare Plants
How many rare plant species do we have in the Northcoast? How are they doing? Is anyone keeping track of them? How does the CNPS Rare Plant Treasure Hunt Program relate to the California Natural Diversity Database (CNDDB)? Greg O'Connell, our chapter's co-Rare Plant Chair and Environmental Scientist with California Department of Fish and Wildlife, will answer these questions and more. The answers will highlight CNDDB data from the Northcoast region. The goal of CNDDB is to provide the most current information available on the state's most imperiled elements of natural diversity and to provide tools to analyze these data. Data in CNDDB help drive conservation decisions, aid in the environmental review of projects and land use changes, and provide baseline data helpful in recovering endangered species and for research projects.
Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., ArcataRefreshments at 7:00 p.m.; program at 7:30 p.m.
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.
Nov. 13, Wed. 730 p.m. "Treasure Hunts and Databases Help Rare Plants" with Greg O'Connell
Dec. 11, Wed. 7:30 p.m. Native Plant Show and Tell: North Coast Scholarship Research with Gabe Goff and Len Mazur
Jan. 8, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Butterflies of Coastal Humboldt County" with Bill Rodstrom, Robert Child, and Gary Falxa.
Feb.12, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Updated Research into Gall Wasps (Cynipidae) in Northern California" with John DeMartini
Feb. 22, Sat. Field trip
Mar. 11, Wed. 7:30 p.m. Evening program with Frank Lake
Apr. 8, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Vascular Plants of Northwest California" with Dr. James P. Smithj
May 1,2, 3, Fri.,Sat.,Sun. Spring Wildflower Show at Jefferson Community Center
May 2, 3, Sat., Sun. Spring Native Plant Sale at the chapter's nursery at Freshwater Farms
May 13, Wed. 7:30 p.m. "Botanizing the BLM Lands of the North Coast" with Jennifer Wheeler
