Programs

May 14, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Randi Swedenburg and her husband first started planting native plants in 1998 when they lived in semiarid Southern California. In 2007, they moved to moist Eureka, where their garden has been a changing canvas with new lessons and rewards each season. Randi will show the highlights of gardening with California natives. Attend at Six Rivers Masonic … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Adventures in California Native Plant Gardening

Wednesday, April 9, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Riparian meadows occur in low-gradient floodplains. Over 150 years of human-caused degradation has resulted in lowered groundwater—diminishing the value of meadows for water storage, baseflow, sediment capture, wildfire resistance, wildlife habitat, and carbon storage. Karen Pope (U.S. Forest Service) will tell us about a … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Restoring Mountain Meadows to Improve Forest Wildfire and Climate Resilience

Wednesday, March 12, 7:30–9:00 p.m. Land managers spend over $50 million annually seeding degraded drylands, yet less than 10% of these efforts are successful. What if native seeds are already present on site, hiding beneath the soil surface? Dr. Kerry Byrne has found that, although the aboveground vegetation may be degraded, the seed banks of the sagebrush steppe are often … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Beneath our feet: using the soil seed bank for restoration

Benjamin Crain will give the natural history of some of the orchids you might see in your travels. Dr. Crain is Research Associate at Smithsonian, North American Orchid Conservation Center and Co-Chair of the IUCN In Situ Orchid Conservation Committee. Attend at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., Arcata, refreshments at 7:00, program at 7:30 p.m., or join by Zoom, on … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Our Native Orchids

Cal Poly Humboldt grad student Sebastian Evans will show his work on how the plant community changed as ice melted in the high country. Evans is a recipient of a "mini-grant" from the Chapter. Expect a popularization of a research talk. Attend at Six Rivers Masonic Lodge, 251 Bayside Rd., Arcata, refreshments at 7:00, program at 7:30 p.m., or join by Zoom. … [Read more...] about Evening Program. Post Glacial Vascular Plant Succession in the Trinity Alps