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Apr 14 2021 
California Native Plant Week Begins This Saturday
California Native Plant Week starts this Saturday! CNPS is celebrating with daily 360° virtual garden and statewide promotions. -
Feb 16 2021 
Aloha California
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. -
Feb 16 2021 
Turf to Surf
Monterey Bay Aquarium's Julie Packard has a connected vision for California conservation. -
Dec 10 2020 
WCB Votes Down Otay Ranch Village 14 Land Swap
The Wildlife Conservation Board voted to deny a controversial deal between CDFW and developers to swap land in the Rancho Jamul Ecological Reserve for land of lesser ecological value. -
Nov 25 2020 
California Native Plant Society Announces Wreath Masters
Wreath Masters, a friendly competition between botanic gardens, nurseries, CNPS and other partners throughout the state challenges participants to create holiday wreaths made with California native plants. -
Nov 23 2020 
Recentering Ecological Restoration with Tribal Perspectives
Ecological restoration is central to the well-being of Indigenous communities, who have tended, burned, and harvested California's ecosystems for millennia. -
Nov 19 2020 
California Native Plant Society Announces Leadership Changes
Today, the California Native Plant Society (CNPS) announced Vince Scheidt as its interim executive director as the non-profit prepares its search for a new executive director. -
Oct 27 2020 
Kids’ Corner: Pollinator Party
Some native plants and pollinators depend on each other to survive. Tell their story through a mini-magazine, a "zine". -
Oct 27 2020 
The Richard Garvey Intermediate School Nature Garden
Jesse Chang started a school nature garden in 2015 and transformed it into a beautiful educational garden, with a vernal pool! -
Oct 07 2020 
CNPS Applauds Executive Order Accelerating Governor’s Commitment to Preserving Biodiversity
In introducing today’s Executive Order, Gov. Newsom mentioned his grandfather’s decades-long interest in California native plants and species as a source of personal inspiration. -
Sep 30 2020 
Sacred Pollinators: An Interview with Frank K. Lake
Restoration ecologist Frank K. Lake discusses sacred relationships with pollinators and plants. He offers ways to support traditional ecological knowledge in restoration efforts. -
Sep 11 2020 
CNPS Settles Strauss Lawsuit With an Eye Toward Tarplant Protection
The settlement supports mitigation objectives and project improvements to protect the world’s largest population of the federally- and state-endangered Gaviota tarplant
