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  • News Releases

    Governor’s Biodiversity Actions Mark Unprecedented Call for Native Plant Protection

    October 4, 2018October 4, 2018
    The governor's actions are among the first to unambiguously emphasize the critical importance of saving California’s native plants.
  • Tejon Ranch, one of California's last and most significant native grasslands. Photo: Nancy Buck
    Conservation

    The Governor’s Biodiversity Initiative | Top Three Take-Aways

    September 28, 2018September 28, 2018
    The Governor's new Biodiversity Initiative is a victory for native plants and a important validation of CNPS work.
  • Plant Science

    Field Update: Santa Susana Mountains

    May 24, 2018August 27, 2018
    CNPS sampled 30+ plant alliances in the Santa Susana Mountains, progress on classifying vegetation with the first fine-scale map of local plant communities.
  • Bigcone Douglas-fir
    Plant Science

    Bigcone Douglas-Fir

    March 26, 2018August 27, 2018
    CNPS worked with USFS to complete field studies to assess the extent & status of the California endemic bigcone Douglas-fir in the Angeles National Forest.
  • Screenshot of San Joaquin Valley IPA GIS Map.
    Conservation

    Important Plant Areas Mapping

    August 28, 2017April 13, 2018
    CNPS provides verifiable botanical data used every day in local, regional, and statewide planning for conservation and development around the state.
  • Plant Science

    CNPS Grassland Initiative Update

    August 24, 2017March 30, 2018
    The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is actively working to categorize, map, and conserve California’s grassland vegetation.
  • Plant Science

    Out on the Range

    July 31, 2017April 4, 2018
    In the northeastern corner of California between Mt. Shasta in the west and the Warner Mountains in the east, lies a massive volcanic plain known as the Modoc Plateau.
  • Carpenter Valley
    Plant Science

    Exploration of Fens in Carpenter Valley

    October 30, 2016March 29, 2018
    Soon, in Carpenter Valley, more than 1,000 acres of lush meadow and forest will be protected by the Truckee Donner Land Trust and an easement held by The Nature Conservancy.
  • Plant Science

    Vegetation Sampling & Mapping in Castle Mountains National Monument

    May 1, 2016March 27, 2018
    In the far northeast corner of the Mojave National Preserve, the Castle Mountains appear more modest than their neighbors. However...
  • Plant Science

    Cypress – A Rare Natural Community

    January 1, 2016March 29, 2018
    For the past year, the CNPS Vegetation Program has been working with volunteers to produce a fine-scale map of cypress stands throughout the state.
  • Plant Science

    Celebrating the Bigcone Douglas-fir of the San Gabriel Mountains

    January 1, 2016March 26, 2018
    Within the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, vast wilderness areas like the Sheep Mountain Wilderness, the San Gabriel Wilderness, and Pleasant View Ridge Wilderness exist very close to the urban sprawl of Los Angeles.
  • Suisun Marsh Map
    Plant Science

    Suisun Marsh – Vegetation Mapping and Long-term Conservation and Management

    January 1, 2016March 26, 2018
    Suisun Marsh contains rich wildlife, endemic and unique species, and ongoing natural and human-caused changes occurring in the marsh. For all these reasons and more, Suisun Marsh is a very loved and distinctive place that many people and agencies are striving to protect.
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