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      • 2022 Conference
    • Gardening
      • Getting Started
      • Design Basics
      • Bloom! California
      • Prepping and Planting
      • Digging Deeper
      • Garden Ambassadors
      • Gardening Webinars
    • Rare Plant Program
      • CNPS Inventory of Rare Plants
      • Rare Plant Ranking & Review
        • California Rare Plant Ranks
        • Rare Plant Status Review Forum
      • Endangered Species
      • Local Flora – Floristics
      • Locally Rare
      • Rare Plant Photo Collection
      • Field Protocols & Guidelines
      • Rare Plant Program Committee
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      • California Grasslands & Vernal Pools Initiative
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      • Manual of California Vegetation
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  • AB-1573 - Low-water California native plants . Photo: CNPS
    Biodiversity Initiatives

    AB 1573 Reaches a Stopping Point

    September 8, 2023September 11, 2023
    The bill would have created CA's first native plant requirement and signaled the importance of supporting biodiversity through landscaping.
  • Conservation

    Supreme Court Drains Wetland Protections from the Clean Water Act

    July 25, 2023July 28, 2023
    We urge Californians to keep a close eye on wetlands in your communities and nearby areas to protect the health and safety of these ecosystems. 
  • CNPS Sam Young, Kendall King and Dr. Jun Bando in Montreal for the United Nations 15th Conference of the Parties of the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP 15)
    Biodiversity Initiatives

    Reflections on the U.N. Global Biodiversity Conference

    December 19, 2022December 28, 2022
    CNPS has been proud to be the voice for California’s native plants on a global stage, which helps build support for what we care about most here at home.
  • Conservation

    CNPS Applauds Executive Order Accelerating Governor’s Commitment to Preserving Biodiversity

    October 7, 2020April 29, 2022
    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.
  • Richard smiles with a hill filled with orange CA poppies behind him. He's wearing a green tshirt, denim shirt, and glasses.
    Featured Stories

    Future Minded: An Interview with Richard Ke’aumoana Chung

    June 17, 2020December 3, 2021
    Richard Ke’aumoana Chung is creating a legacy of California plant biodiversity.
  • Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot
    Featured Stories

    Resilient California: An Interview with Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot

    May 14, 2020December 3, 2021
    California Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot wants to elevate biodiversity.
  • Conservation

    California’s New Budget Takes Aim at Extinction to Protect California Biodiversity

    July 8, 2019
    With Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, the 2019-20 state budget allocates more than $18 million to advance biodiversity-focused projects.
  • Conservation

    The California Biodiversity Initiative

    May 30, 2019June 3, 2019
    Today we are entering another moment of cultural awakening, similar to that of 50 years ago, in which new scientific information informs new personal understanding.

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