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January 2020
Chapter Meeting with New Calflora Tools for CNPS Users
Speaker: Cythia Powell, Executive Director Calflora Join Calflora’s Executive Director Cynthia Powell to discuss new Calflora tools for CNPS Calflora users. Calflora’s plant database hosts over 2 million plant occurrences, some of which come directly from San Diego CNPS members. Cynthia will cover Calflora’s new plant photo project, planting guide, population monitoring tools, email alerts, and speak more generally about the uses of Calflora for CNPS chapters. She would also like to know how Calflora can better serve the San…
Find out more »Galapagos Islands: Magical Cradle of Evolution with John Kipping
The El Dorado Chapter of the CNPS is pleased to present local naturalist John Kipping to talk about his many adventures as a tour guide of las islas encantadas or the Galapagos Islands. The Galapagos archipelago was, and is being formed by active volcanoes and comprises over 3,000 square miles of islands spread over 23,000 square miles of ocean. Animals and plants had to float, swim, or fly to reach these islands 600 miles from the coast of Ecuador. Once…
Find out more »February 2020
San Francisco’s Changing Landscape—A Picture History
The slide presentation will show the evolution of San Francisco's landscape with historic photos of the dunes, grasslands, trees, creeks, lakes and the Bayshore. Greg will discuss what has been lost and what is being preserved of San Francisco's natural heritage. Greg Gaar is a native San Franciscan who became an environmentalist and park advocate because he watched the loss of the open spaces where he played as a youngster. He was a photojournalist for forty years and collects historic photos…
Find out more »March 2020
Alta Peak Chapter Program: Planting for Birds
John Rowden, National Audubon Society, will present “Planting for Birds”. Held at Tulare County Office of Education 6200 S Mooney Blvd., south of Mooney Grove Park. No host dinner at Marie Callender’s at Mooney Blvd. and Hwy 198 at 5:15pm. *Co-Sponsored with Tulare County Audubon Society
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