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P.O. Box 1067, Arcata CA 95518

Our chapter functions thanks to many amazing volunteers. The ones that might need to be contacted from outside the chapter are listed here.

Our chapter is governed by a Steering Committee composed of the four elected officers and any other jobholders who want to be on it and are approved by the committee itself. Most of our jobholders are listed in this table. Seventeen of these are members of the Steering Committee. Election of officers is held in October of even-numbered years.

President	Carol Ralph	707-822-2015
Vice President	Greg O'Connell	707-599-4887
Secretary	Frances Ferguson	707-822-5079
Treasurer	Anita Gilbride-Read	707-839-4645
Membership	Rebecca Manion
Invasive Plants	Vacant
Native Plant Gardening	Pete Haggard	707-839-0307
Native Plant Consultation	Samantha O'Connell	707-601-0650
Plant Sale, Co-chairs	Vacant
Nursery Manager	Chris Beresford	707-826-0259
Education	Vacant
Conservation Advisor	Sydney Carothers	707-822-4316
Local Land Use Lead	Marisa D'Arpino
Evening Programs	Michael Kauffmann	707-407-7686
Hospitality	Melinda Groom Frank Milelzcik	707-668-4275 707-822-5360
Field Trips and Plant Walks	Carol Ralph	707-822-2015
Rare Plants	Dave Imper Greg O'Connell	707-444-2756 707-599-4887
Plant Communities	Tony LaBanca	707-826-7208
Newsletter Editor	Barbara Reisman	707-267-0397
Website & Publicity	Larry Levine	707-822-7190
Poster Sales	Karen Isa	626-912-5717
T-Shirt Sales	Karen Isa	626-912-5717
Workshops	Gordon Leppig	707-839-0458
Wildflower Show	Various
Chapter Council Delegate	Larry Levine	707-822-7190
NEC Representative
Econews CNPS page editor	Vacant

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Darlingtonia Logo Our newsletter, the Darlingtonia, is a wonderful resource for chapter events, local plant profiles, field trip reports, and other articles of interest. The Darlingtonia is published quarterly (December, March, June, September). Please submit for consideration articles, poems, photographs, etc. to the This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. no later than one month prior to publication. Electronic copies of our newsletter (in PDF format), with color photographs, can be downloaded below.

Issue	Highlights
Darlingtonia Summer 2020	Tallamy's latest Book Review Curbside pickup plant sale Virtual Wildflower Show in the time of Covid-19
Darlingtonia Spring 2020	Spring Wildflower Show and Native Plant Sale Field Trip Reports: Spike Buck Mountain, Stone Lagoon north end Scholarship Award reports
Darlingtonia Winter 2020	Field Trip Reports: Tangle Blue Lake and Lost Man Creek North Coast Chapter 50 Year Anniversary Book Review: Vascular Plants of Northwestern California
Darlingtonia Fall 2019	Native Plant Sale Field Trip Report: Five Lake Weekend Jefferson Pollinator Garden
Darlingtonia Summer 2019	Where do all the wildflowers go after the show? Field trip reports: Horse Linto campground, Coyote Creek
Darlingtonia Spring 2019	Spring Wildflower Show and Native Plant Sale Field Trip Report: Skunk Cabbage Trail Native Plants for Baby Caterpillars
Darlingtonia Winter 2019	Field Trip Reports: Dead Lake, The Lassics, Bear River Ridge Articles: Restoring Nature One Garden at a Time, A Beautiful Weed
Darlingtonia Fall 2018	Field Trip Reports: Crogan Hole, Sugar Lake, Hidden Springs Nursery Thanks, Help Needed Fall Plant Sale photos
Darlingtonia Summer 2018	Field Trip Reports: Stony Creek and East Fork Willow Creek Articles: Mistaken Identity and Wildflower Show
Darlingtonia Spring 2018	Field Trip Reports: Rohner Park and Humboldt Botanical Garden Articles: Wildflower Show & Native Plant Sale, Kneeland Glen Farm Stand Sells Our Plants, CNPS 2018 Fellow - Larry Levine, Azalea Update, Big Day at Ceremonial Rock, Nursery News, Report from the CNPS Conservation Conference, Doug Tallamy at the CNPS Conservation Conference, Conservation Corner
Darlingtonia Winter 2018	Field Trip Reports: Highway 299 Fall Tour and Patrick's Point State Park Articles: Conservation Corner-This is Bigger than Climate Change and In Memory of Daniel Howard Norris
Darlingtonia Fall 2017	Field Trip Reports: Mattole River and Lost Coast Trail, Ruth Lake, Clover Gulch, and Boundary Trail, and Point St. George Articles: A New Rubus Among Us, Ballot for Chapter Officer Elections
Darlingtonia Summer 2017	Field Trip Reports: Jacoby Creek Forest Redwood Ecology Hike - A Walk Amongst the Fairy Rings and Western Azaleas at their Prime, and a Bonus at Dry Lagoon Articles: Take Action: Lassics Lupine, Spring Plant Sales Thank You's, Plant Nursery Thank You's, Plant Nursery Update, Time to Plan...Time to Plant!, Recipe for a Wildflower Show, Call for Chapter Officer Nominations
Darlingtonia Spring 2017	Field Trip Reports: The Back Side of Freshwater Lagoon on the Old State Highway Articles: To the Rescue: Western Azaleas, The Hikshari' Trail Wildflower Show & Plant Sale Flyer
Darlingtonia Winter 2017	Field Trip Reports: Carrother's Cove Trail, Cold Spring on Day of Dispersal, Scenes from Groves Prairie Articles: Protecting Western Azaleas, Learn About Azaleas and Other Rhododenderons, Oak Woodland Restoration North Coast CNPS Research Grant (double-sided flyer) Sedge Workshop (double-sided flyer)
Darlingtonia Fall 2016	Field Trip Reports: Burnt Ranch and Grays Falls, Del Norte Weekend on the South Fork Smith River Articles: Native Gardens, North Coast Rare Plant Treasure Hunts Summary, New McKinleyville Trail
Summer 2016	Field Trip Reports: Arcata City Trail: bioswales and blackberries, Bryophytes in Arcata Community Forest, Dunes and Dunes Forest from Lanphere to Ma-leï¿½l, Schatz Demonstration Tree Farm in Maple Creek Articles: Native Plant Garden at Humboldt State, Got An App For That?, The Spring Plant Sale: a Parade of Plants, In Appreciation: the 34th Spring Wildflower Show, Fall Plant Sale Advertisement, Chapter Year End Financial Report, Chapter FY 15-16 Activities, Chapter Native Plant Nursery Update, Neonicotinoids in Your Garden, Nursery Thank Youï¿½s from Chris
Spring 2016	Field Trip Reports: East Boulder Lake and Scott Mountain Botanical Area Articles: Hands-on Phenology at the Wildflower Show, Save Our Local State Parks from English Ivy, Wildflower Art Show, Wildflower Show Information, Plant Sale Information, Native Plant Week Events, Rock the Redwoods II, Native Plants the Designer Way, Rare Plant Conservation Decisions
Winter 2016	Field Trip Reports: Elk River Spit and Pine Ridge Articles: Nursery Update, Lawn Gone in Eureka, and Update on Lassics Lupine
Fall 2015	Field Trip Reports: Coastal Trail, Hidden Beach Section from Requa to Lagoon Creek; Pink-margined Monkeyflower Rare Plant Treasure Hunt; Snow Camp Mountain; The Cusp of Horse Mountain; King Range Articles: Native Sidewalk Garden Spear & Alliance; Digital California Plant Portal Hits Record Number of Specimens; Revised Wildflowers of California's North Coast Range; Wildflowers at Clarke Museum; Chapter Financial News; Wiyots & County Aid Coastal Checkerbloom; First State Lichen in US
Summer 2015	Field Trip Reports: Flint Ridge Trail, Two Azalea Preserves Articles: Water Conservation Issue (Statewide Ditch Your Lawn Workshops, Catching the Rain at Trinity Valley School, CNPS Drought Resources), Conservation Corner, Nursery News, Ocean Friendly Gardens, Spring Plant Sale Thank Yous, Wildflower Show Musings
Spring 2015	Field Trip Reports: Eel River Estuary Articles: Shelter Cove Workshop, Rare Plant Treasure Hunt Program, State Parks Second Saturday Workdays, Native Plant Week Activities, Big Day of Giving, Wildflower Show & Spring Plant Sale Advertisement, Enhancing the Hikshari' Trail, Conservation Conference Event Summary, State Parks New Invasives Early Detection Program.
Winter 2015	Field Trip Reports: South Fork Janes Creek Articles: Our New Plant Nursery, Book Review: Eat the Wild, Officer Election Results, Fall Plant Sale Thank You, Southern Humboldt Fern Project, Horse Mountain Botanical Area Clean-up Project, and Winter Garden
Fall 2014	Field Trip Report: Rare Plant Treasure Hunt: Oregon Fireweed, Big Lagoon Bog & Environs, and Wetlands & Cascade Mountains in Rocky Point, Oregon Articles: Native Plant Gardening News, In Memory of Rick Storre
Summer 2014	Field Trip Reports: Patrick's Point Rare Plants, South Spit Rare Plants, Trinidad Rare Plants Articles: CalFlora's Observer Software Applications, Chapter Fiscal Report, Wildflower Show Summary
Spring 2014	Field Trip Reports: Horse Mountain and Cold Spring Articles: Rare Plant Treasure Hunts and Big Days, Celebrate Native Plant Week, Celebrate 50th Anniversary of the Federal Wilderness Act, Wildflower Show & Plant Sale, Humboldt Genetic Contamination Prevention Ordinance, Siskyou Field Institute Classes, Humboldt Botanical Garden Native Plant Tours.
Winter 2013	Field Trip Reports: Gold Bluff Beach Wetlands, Mt Elijah, Bigelow Lakes, and Oregon Caves, and Russ Park, Ferndale. Articles: New and Improved California Rare Plant Ranks, Stems Clear and Shining: New Invasive Geranium, Bulbs on the Move
Fall 2013	Field Trip Reports: Horse Linto, Swift Creek, Lady Bird Johnson Loop Articles: Chapter Council Hosting Report, Fall Plant Sale, Autumn Haiku
Summer 2013	Field Trip Reports: The Dunes from Mad River to Lanphere and Craig's Creek Trail Articles: A Garden Mistake: The Viola Interloper, New Plant Names, Revisiting the Spring Wildflower Show, CNPS Chapter Council in Arcata, Chapter's Financial Report, Science Fair Winner, State Parks Volunteer Restoration Events
Spring 2013	Field Trip Reports: Rohner Park & Hikshari Trail, Mad River Wetlands, Berry Glen Trail Articles: Rare Plant Treasure Hunt, Spring Plant Sale & Thank Yous, Spring Wildflower Show & Plant Sale
Winter 2013	Field Trip Reports: Umbellifer Quest, Looking for Lichens at Cold Spring, Jacoby Creek Forest Articles: California Bay Laurel, Mad River Beach Restoration Project
Fall 2012	Field Trip Reports: Sanger Lake and Youngs Valley Articles: John O. Sawyer-Kin to the Earth, Thank you-City of Arcata, How to Introduce Native Plants into an Urban Garden, Native Plants Come to Old Town Eureka (Part 2), Ballot for Chapter Officers, Proposition 37 Endorsement.
Summer 2012	Field Trip Reports: Bluff Creek and E-Ne-Nuk, Walker Ridge / Cache Creek, Mad River-Blue Lake / West End Road Articles: Native Plants Come to Old Town, Native Plant Gardeningï¿½Part 3 in a Series: Lessons of a Laissez Faire Gardener, Spring Wildflower Show Recollected, Conservation Update
Spring 2012	Field Trip Reports: Patrick's Point Articles: Madrone Leaf Blight, Pruning Tips for Natives, More about Phenology Project, California Native Plant Week, Dynamic Concordance: Help from Taxonomists, Gilded Darlingtonia Award, Conservation Conference Results, Budding Young Scientists, Recycling Botanical Books, Humboldt Weed Management Area Annual Report, Spring Garden Walk, Native Plant Sale, 30th Annual Wildflower Show, Walker Ridge
Winter 2012	Field Trip Reports: Articles:
Fall 2011	Field Trip Reports: Cook and Green Pass, Looking for Lewisia Articles: Discover Native Plant Gardening, Butterfly Gardening, Cook and Garden Poem, Arcata Plaza Plant Bed
Summer 2011	Field Trip Reports: Benbow to Garberville, Mattole Rd, Brown Creek Articles: Value of Native Plants and Local Volunteers, Trails on Horse Mountain, Wildflower Show Memories, Ivy Bash
Spring 2011	Field Trip Reports: Trinidad Head to Elk Head Articles: Humboldt County "Pioneer" Survives, Native Plant Week, Discovery of the Little Prince's Pine, Kalmiopsis Leachiana-Survival in a Land of Extremes, Native Plant Brain Teaser, Native Plant Propagation Workshop Summary, Pritzlaff Conservation Award Winner-John O. Sawyer, General Plan Update: Open Space and Biological Diversity
Winter 2011	Field Trip Reports: Articles:
Fall 2010	Field Trip Reports: Mendocino Coast, Poker Flat Articles: Brewer Spruce, General Plan Update, Chapter Financials, Conservation News, Focus on Grasslands
Summer 2010	Field Trip Reports: Articles:
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Winter 2009	Field Trip Reports: Horse Mountain, Lake Earl / Tolowa Articles: Spartina Eradication, Horse Mountain Trail Group Update, New Plant Species Found in Six Rivers, Illiama (Globe Mallow) Fencing Project Update, Humboldt in 2050, California Invasive Plant Council Symposium Report, Weed Alert: Panic Veldt Grass
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To Join

1. Send your name, address, and check (payable to CNPS) to CNPS, 2707 K St., Suite 1, Sacramento, CA 95816.

Membership fees: Individual $50; Plant Lover $120; Sudent or Limited Income $25. Higher levels available; see the state web site.

2. Join online by going to the state's web site cnps.org (link in top of left column of this page).

Your membership makes us a larger organization, so legislators, other politicians, agency workers, and the public will listen when we talk.

Your membership provides financial support to the organization doing the most to preserve California's rich native flora.

Your membership makes you part of a group of like-minded people interested in, enthused by, and appreciating native plants.

Your membership gives you a way to share and spread your appreciation of native plants.

Your membership brings you our quarterly chapter newsletter Darlingtonia (on paper or online), the thrice-yearly state journal Fremontia, the quarterly Flora, and discounts at local and state plant-related retailers (See the most recent newsletter and the state web site for details.).

Membership is not necessary for attending our events, participating in our activities, or even reading our newsletter online. We think it is important to educate as many people as possible, so we offer these to the public free or low cost. We think people join our organization for what it does, not for what they get.

The North Coast Chapter is a member organization of the Northcoast Environmental Center (NEC), a valuable voice for conservation in our area. We have a seat on their board of directors. The NEC is the only organization with which we share our mailing list. We think it is important that our members receive Econews, an informative publication about local conservation issues. If you are not a member of NEC, we pay for you to recieve Econews. You can reduce this cost to our chapter by joining NEC at www.yournec.org or requesting your Econews be electronic.

Renewing

The state office handles renewals. You will be sent a renewal notice a month or more before your expiration date, which is printed on your newsletter mailing label. Lacking that letter, you can renew by mailing the same information as when joining and, specifying it is renewal, or by registering on the state web site and proceeding there.

Address change.

If your address changes, please notify us (through the Contact Us page)! We don't want to lose you! You can also tell the state office by sending a message to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with "Member Address Change" in the subject line. They will notify us monthly of changes.

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