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        • Rare Plant Status Review Forum
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    Featured Stories

    Hasta La Tierra (To the Earth)

    July 18, 2022July 18, 2022
    We talk with Brenda Gallegos and Belinda Faustinos, who are reconnecting people and nature as leaders in California’s Power in Nature Coalition.
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    From Microbes to Resource Management

    October 26, 2021June 1, 2022
    Interview with Dr. Linh Anh Cat, learn about the underground world of fungi and bacteria that supports human health and ecosystems.
  • Featured Stories

    Ancient Oaks

    October 19, 2021June 28, 2022
    What traces of past oak trees reveal about their future. Oaks have survived — and thrived — in California among changing climates for millions of years.
  • Flora Magazine

    Bridging Home and Homeland

    August 30, 2021May 16, 2022
    Barnali Ghosh shares her connection to California native plants through the colorful sarees of her homeland, Bangalore. See her beautiful art.
  • Featured Stories

    Small Wonders: The Plight and Promise of California’s Native Bees

    June 24, 2021December 3, 2021
    Scientists are studying plant-pollinator interactions to shift our "save the bees" perspective to include the variety of wild bees in California.
  • Flora Magazine

    Fire-Resistant Landscaping

    May 25, 2021May 16, 2022
    Cassy Aoyagi, president of FormLA®Landscaping, shows us around her garden in the Tujunga foothills, sharing the features that protect it from wildfire.
  • Featured Stories

    Seeing Forests

    May 12, 2021December 3, 2021
    Artist Andie Thrams deciphers forests in a changing world. Share your forest connections through the Forever Forests Art Contest.
  • Education

    Kids’ Corner: Blooming Tales

    May 7, 2021December 3, 2021
    Activities inspired by Waa’aka’: The Bird Who Fell in Love with the Sun, a book that shares a Tongva creation story.
  • Flora Magazine

    Bringing Native Foods Home with Abe Sanchez

    May 3, 2021May 16, 2022
    Interview with founding member of the Chia Café Collective dedicated to revitalizing California Indigenous Foods.
  • Featured Stories

    Aloha California

    February 16, 2021December 3, 2021
    Three and five million years ago a bird took a California native plant on an epic journey leading to some of Hawai'i's most iconic flora.
  • Featured Stories

    Turf to Surf

    February 16, 2021December 3, 2021
    Monterey Bay Aquarium's Julie Packard has a connected vision for California conservation.
  • Education

    Kids’ Corner: Pollinator Party

    October 27, 2020June 20, 2022
    Some native plants and pollinators depend on each other to survive. Tell their story through a mini-magazine, a "zine".
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