2008 Plant Fair
Saturday October 18, 2008, 10 am-3pm
Sunday October 19, 2008, noon-3 pm
We need volunteers to help out at the Plant Fair on both days. Please contact Elaine Jackson or Beth Keer.
Native Here
Visit Native Here Nursery, 101 Golf Course Dr, Tilden Park Friday or Saturday mornings to volunteer to grow and sell plants to benefit the chapter. For other times, seed collecting trips, etc., contact Charli Danielsen at nativehere@ebcnps.org.
People are needed to water 2 hours per week or to fill in for vacations on an ad hoc basis. Monday am or evening, Tuesday afternoon or evening, Thursday afternoon/evening, Friday afternoon/evening, or any time on Sunday. Contact nativehere@ebcnps.org to find out what’s involved and when help is needed.
No need to call ahead. Gloves and tools are provided.
The Unusual Plants Committee still needs people to look for and monitor plants in several parts of the East Bay: Chabot Regional Park, Redwood Regional Park, Black Diamond Regional Preserve, Byron Hot Springs area, Delta area, Garin/Dry Creek Pioneer Regional Park, Niles Canyon, Tassajara Creek Regional Park, Bishop Ranch Regional Park, Vasco Caves Regional Preserve, and the Corral Hollow area
Volunteers are also needed to research and pursue identification and distribution questions for several species including: Amsinckia vernicosa, Amsinckia tessellata, Collinsia bartsiifolia, Centromadia pungens (Hemizonia pungens in the Jepson Manual), Elymus elymoides (and other Elymus species), Trifolium albopurpureum, Solanum xantii, Stephanomeria virgata, and Stephanomeria elata. Some of these could make excellent graduate student research projects.
Finally, volunteers are still needed to look for individual species at different places. We can send you a list of species to choose from, or if there is a particular species, genus or family that you are already interested in, we can provide you with places where they need to be monitored and historical sites that need to be checked to see if they still occur there.
If you would like to help, please contact Dianne Lake, diannelake@yahoo.com. Botanical knowledge and familiarity with the local flora is preferred, but not essential. Amateur wildflower enthusiasts can help too.
Dianne Lake
Conservation
The East Bay CNPS conservation committee is always looking for new
volunteers to help save the common and rare plant species and communities
in the East Bay. There are various ways you can help. You can alert
the committee about planning documents that affect the local flora,
by “adopting a site.” You can attend your local city
council meetings as a CNPS representative (fully supported by CNPS
staff or on your own). You can help review environmental documents
that pertain to areas you are familiar with. Or you can participate
solely by email, weighing in with your expertise when questions arise
(and they arise on a daily basis). Help turn the conservation program
from re-active to pro-active. Sign up today!
