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  • Artemisia Journal

    Climate Change’s Effects on Tribal Cultural Plant Resources

    November 22, 2023November 29, 2023
    In order to restore native ecosystems that are resilient against climate chaos, many Indigenous practitioners continue to utilize Traditional Cultural Practices such as cultural burning. 
  • Biodiversity Initiatives

    Celebrate California Native Oak Day by Joining the Effort to Protect Them

    November 3, 2023November 3, 2023
    The CNPS California Oak Watch project focuses on collecting valuable data about oaks native to the California Floristic Province. To protect them, we need to know where they are, and with the help of people in our community, we can map them!  
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    Conservation

    California Permanently Protects Imperiled Wildflower Threatened by Gold Mining

    October 11, 2023October 11, 2023
    The Inyo rock daisy is a rare wildflower found only at the highest elevations of the southern Inyo Mountains. It lives on ancient carbonate bedrock on Conglomerate Mesa, which is threatened by gold mining.
  • Conservation

    California Native Plant Society Applauds Secretary Haaland’s visit to Molok Luyuk

    October 2, 2023October 11, 2023
    U.S. Secretary of the Interior Deb Haaland recently toured the proposed national monument expansion, met with the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation, and visited with community leaders.
  • Conservation

    California Native Plant Society Applauds Call for Chuckwalla National Monument

    October 2, 2023October 11, 2023
    Chuckwalla National Monument would protect 660,000 acres of public lands that contain rare and threatened native California plants, many of which are found nowhere else on Earth . . .
  • 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

    Threatened by Mining, A Tiny Daisy Needs Your Help

    November 18, 2022November 18, 2022
    Threatened by mining, California's tiny and rare Inyo rock daisy is in danger of losing its entire range.
  • Conservation

    A Big Day for Walker Ridge Advocates

    January 12, 2022July 19, 2023
    The Berryessa Snow Mountain Expansion Act, House Resolution 6366, is a bill that sets the stage for the conservation and long-term management of Molok Luyuk.
  • Conservation

    Joshua Trees in Transition

    August 29, 2018September 6, 2018
    Climate change is happening in real time in the Mojave, where occurrences of the iconic Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia) are growing smaller and changing.
  • Conservation

    Defending Our Desert Plan | The Work Continues

    April 19, 2018August 27, 2018
    The Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) protects over 6 million acres of desert habitat but is threatened under Trump.

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