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    Evening Program. Restoring Mountain Meadows to Improve Forest Wildfire and Climate Resilience

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    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

    Evening Program. Beneath our feet: using the soil seed bank for restoration

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    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

    Introduction to Carex (Sedges) Workshop

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    At Cal Poly Humboldt, Arcata, CA.All-day Workshop 9am - 5pm,March 17, 2025 Sponsored by The California Native Plant Society, North Coast Chapter and the Natural History Museum of Cal Poly Humboldt Carex is the most speciose genus of flowering plants in California and North America, with over 80 taxa on the North Coast alone. It is also the largest genus of US Army … [Read more...] about Introduction to Carex (Sedges) Workshop

    Evening Program. Our Native Orchids

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    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