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February 2020
Tule River Parkway Workshop
Learn to use Observer Pro to document locations of plants along the paved paths. Download the app Observer Pro before walk if you want to learn on your own device. Meet at the trail entrance lot off Jaye Street. Enter from southbound lanes just south of Tule River Bridge rail. Easy walk 1 mile, no elevation gain. Wear closed toe shoes, bring water, no restrooms are available.
Find out more »San Pedro Valley County Park, Hazelnut Trail
The Hazelnut Trail on Montara Mountain offers probably more diversity than any other area around here. A reason for that may be because it contains a rich mix of inland and maritime chaparral in the process of replacing a diverse grassland. In the absence of frequent burning practiced by the indigenous people, woody plants displace the grasses and wildflowers, and you can see that process happening here. We start out from the Visitor’s Center and cross the creek coming down…
Find out more »March 2020
Urban Biodiversity Inventory
Speakers: Peter Brastow, Rebecca Johnson, and Lew Stringer on the Urban Biodiversity Inventory
Find out more »Vail Lake Rare Plant Treasure Hunt
Vail Lake, CA- East of Temecula | Orange County Chapter Sunday, March 15th Leader: Jonathan Frank, jfrank97@live.com More details soon. An unusual region, where the coastal and desert flora meet, with representation from both. If rainfall cooperates, this can be a very good location for wildflowers. Free and open to all. Physical Difficulty: Moderate. Bring hat, sunscreen, camera, wildflower book/notepad, water and hiking shoes/boots and lunch. Water and restrooms are sporadic in the area, but none in the trip area. Plant…
Find out more »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
Find out more »25th Annual Spring Outing Botanical Excursion (Register by Feb 20)
Early-Bird deadline for SO BE FREE Register by Oct 1 for early-bird pricing here: https://bryophyte.cnps.org/images/pdf/SBF25Announcement.pdf SO BE FREE is a series of West Coast forays started by the Bryolab at UC Berkeley in 1996. The main focus is on bryophytes, but the foray is open to all botanists and we encourage experts on other groups to come along and smell the liverworts. We welcome specialists and generalists, professionals and amateurs, master bryologists and rank beginners. SO BE FREE is held…
Find out more »Tule River Parkway Workshop
Learn to use Observer Pro to document locations of plants along the paved paths. Download the app Observer Pro before walk if you want to learn on your own device. Meet at the trail entrance lot off Jaye Street. Enter from southbound lanes just south of Tule River Bridge rail. Easy walk 1 mile, no elevation gain. Wear closed toe shoes, bring water, no restrooms are available.
Find out more »April 2020
CNPS-San Diego Garden Tour: Inviting Nature Home
We invite you to share your East County garden for consideration for the 2020 CNPS-SD Garden Tour! Is your garden planted with at least 70% California native plants and located in East County within the boundaries of highways 15, 94, 52 & 67 and within a few miles of the La Mesa area (i.e., La Mesa, San Carlos, Fletcher Hills, Rolando, College Area, Rancho San Diego)? If so, we welcome you to complete this application and be part of the 2020…
Find out more »Tule River Parkway Event
Help with trail cleanup and/or enter a photography contest. Contest requires photo be taken on this day in the Tule River Corridor within the Porterville Area. Complete contest rules available at event. Meet at the trail entrance lot off Jaye Street. Enter from southbound lanes just south of Tule River Bridge rail. Easy walking on your own pace and distance, no elevation gain. Wear closed toe shoes, bring water, no restrooms are available, trail cleanup supplies will be provided.
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