. . dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of the Coiorado native flora” Volume 23 Number 6 November — December 1999 More CONPS Workshops Announced for 1999 - 2000 Bill Jennings, CoNPS Workshop Committee The Colorado Native Plant Society is proud to present the follow- ing additional workshops, which bring native plant lovers together with a well-informed instructor. To register for workshops, please call (303) 665-6903 and leave a message on the answering machine. You may also registef by writing Bill Jennings, P.O. Box 952, Louisville, CO 80027. Regardless, be sure to provide your nanie, address, telephone number (including area code), and which /orkshops you wish to attend. If multiple sessions are scheduled, be sure to indicate preference. Receipt of your registration request will be acknowledged within a few days. About ten days prior to the workshop, registrants will receive notice by mail regarding location, time, lunch, references, and sup- plies, with a list of other registrants to encourage carpooling. The fee for each workshop is $12 for CoNPS members and $24 for non-members ($12 for the workshop, plus $12 to join CoNPS). Members of native plant societies from' neighboring states are con- sidered members of CoNPS for the purpose of workshop registra- tion. Payment is made on the day of the workshop. Workshops have been very popular in the past, with multiple ses- sions frequently scheduled to meet demand, or with long waiting lists for the seats available. However, no-shows have been a prob- lem. There are only so many seats available in the classrooms and labs in which these workshops are held, and we are holding a seat for you. If you find that you CANNOT attend a workshop for which you have registered, please call and cancel your registration as soon as possible! WILLOWS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS Leader: Dr. Robert Dorn Location; CSU, Zoology/ Anatomy Building First session: Saturday, January 15, 2000 Second session: Sunday, January 16, 2000 "he previously scheduled workshop on the Hydrophyllaceae has been canceled due to illness in workshop leader Duane Atwood's family. It will be rescheduled for 2000-2001. In its place, we have scheduled a workshop on willows (genus Sa/ix), Dr Robert Dorn received his doctorate froin the University of Wyoming, where his research was on section Cordatae of the genus. Dr. Dorn is author of Field Guide to Willows of the Rocky Mountain Region. In thL workshop, we will discuss willow identification, species relation- ships, distributions, and ecology. If you previously registered for Hydrophyllaceae, you are autornatically registered for willows. NOTICE: Both sessions of the Asteraceae, Botanical Detective, Willows, and Carex workshops are currently full. We have asked our instructors to consider extra sessions to accommodate the demand. David Buckner, Bill Jennings, and Leo P. Bruederle have agreed to do additional sessions of their respective workshops, and we have secured Foothills Nature Center for some of those. Plans are not yet finalized, so stay tuned for further developments regard- ing workshops. Most persons currently bn the wait list will even- tually get into the workshops they have requested. “Workshops” continues on page 2 Contents About the Society .7 Announcements ..... . . . ........ .2, 3, 4 Articles . . . . . . .1-2, 3, Calendar .8 Chapter News . . . .3 For Your Library .5-6 Society News . .3, 4 Page 2 Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 6 “Workshops” continued from page 1 POLEMONIACEAE OF COLORADO Leader; Dr. J. Mark Porter Location; Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday, February 26, 2000 Second session: Sunday, February 27, 2000 Our second out-of-state workshop leader is Dr. J. Mark Porter of Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Gardens in Claremont, California. He has been actively involved in the development of the new San Juan Basin Flora, as well as research on the Polemoniaceae of the Four Corners area. The waiting list for Dr. Porter's last workshop was so long that we have asked him to return. And he has much new, excit- ing information on this family to present. Those on last year's wait- ing list will be given registration preference. COLORADO FERNS Leader: Peter Root Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday/, March 18, 2000 Second session: Sunday, March 19, 2000 Peter Root (Denver Botanic Gardens) has been studying the ferns for many years, particularly those in the genus Botrychium. In this workshop, Peter will provide an overview of the ferns of Colorado and the environments they occupy. There are around 50 species of these interesting plants in Colorado, occurring from the high mountains to rocky breaks on the Plains and from wet to very dry habitats. Learn how to recognize the ferns at this workshop. THE CARYOPHYLLACEAE Leader: Dr. Ronald L. Hartman Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday, April 8, 2000 Second session: Sunday, April 9, 2000 Dr. Ronald L. Hartman, Professor and Rocky Mountain Herbarium Curator (University of Wyoming), will be our third out-of-state leader. A fixture in Rocky Mountain botany, he is best known for his work on the Apiaceae. The Caryophyllaceae (including Alsinaceae) is his “second-favorite” family. Dr. Hartman will dis- cuss those genera occurring in Colorado and Wyoming, emphasiz- ing problematic genera, such as Silene, Paronychia, Cerastium, Sagina, Arenaria, and Minuartia. Keys and specimens will be pro- vided. Results of recent taxonomic research will also be presented. WILDFLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY Leader; Robert Epley Location: Foothills Nature Center, Boulder First session: Saturday, April 29, 2000 Second session: Sunday, April 30, 2000 Robert Epley, a professional photographer from Beulah, enjoys wildflower photography and has published several articles on the subject. He will present the techniques he uses to take appealing photographs and to record plant information. He will discuss equip- ment and film, lighting, and composition. Participants should bring the camera they normally use, and one or two rolls of their favorite film. After lunch, participants will go into the field to apply their new knowledge and to enjoy one-on-one sessions with a professional. Yuletide Ramblings of an Ethnobotanist Don and Clem^ It’s the holiday season once again! Although our memories of the Thanksgiving Cucurbita moschata pie, Vaccinium macrocarpon sauce, Dioscorea trifida and Ipomoea batatas tubers are still with us, we have begun to focus more on the traditional plants and plant products of Christmas. Clem will soon risk a hike in the mountains (or in a Safeway parking lot) to find a sapling of Picea, Abies or Pseudotsuga for us to decorate. We plan to deck the halls with boughs of Ilex quercifolia and hang sm. Arceuthobioum sprig over the door. If it gets real cold, we could roast Castanea sativa seeds over an open fire. Aunt Eneria will probably mail us her traditional box of candied Phoenix dactylifera fruits from California. We’ll both go to the nursery to get a Poinsettia pul- cherrima plant, maybe the vari- ety with mauve-colored upper leaves? We will make the tradi- tional Zea mays tamales fla- vored with Pimenta dioica. Piper nigrum and cooked in leaves. In case the holi' day doldrums set in, we have',^^,^ bottle of Hypericum perfora- tum handy. If indigestion is a problem we have Matricaria recutita and Mentha piperita tea available. It we have heartburn, there is Carica papaya and Ananas comosus in the refrigerator. To stay up until the kids are in bed on the 24^ we will need plenty of Coffea arabica. And we still are not too sure how many Zingiber officinale cookies Santa can eat? Finally, since its our turn to host the New Year’s Eve party, Clem will get the egg nog and I will get the ground Myristica fragrans seeds and, perhaps, also a few dried red arils of Bixa orellana to sprinkle on top. Happy Holidays ! ‘Clement (Clem) Atis, Fort Collins Chapter GALLING ALL LEADERS The Colorado Mountain Club (CMC) will be incorporating more natural history education into some of its trips next sum- mer. The Club would like to hear from CoNPS members inter- ested in accompanying these trips as “naturalists” to teach CMC members about native plants and noxious weeds. For more information, contact Mike Foster at ml foster ©carbon. cuden- ver.edu or by telephone at (303) 279-3026. Vol. 23 No. 6 Aquilegia Page 3 Boulder Chapter News Flash — November 12, 1999. CoNPS members, Carolyn Crawford, Jean Morgan, Caryl Shields, Susan Spaulding, and Bill Jennings are proud to announce that their recent efforts to save the Louisville Prairie have met with success. The City of Louisville will not develop the “West Gateway” parcel on the west side of McCaslin Blvd. at South Boulder Rd. The group will continue, with interested col- leagues, to work to establish the site as a “Prairie Preserve,” perhaps with a trail and information kiosk. Efforts continue, also, to salvage plants and collect seed from the east parcel of the Gateway. Thanks go to all who contacted reporters, wrote and called the city, and spoke at the City Council meeting. Volunteer needed. The Boulder Chapter seeks a member to take on the responsibility of checking our meeting space at North Broadway and Sumac at least monthly. This would be easiest for someone who lives in e North Boulder area or who passes by ^'"^ere regularly. We would like to keep tabs on the tables and chairs that belong to our Chapter and the City of Boulder Open Space; these items are sometimes there and sometimes not! Communication with the City Open Space office about this would also be appreciated. Call Caryl Shields if you can help: (303) 665-6312. Monthly meetings are held October through May on the second Thursday of each month at the Foothills Nature Center; located in Boulder on North Broadway opposite its intersection with $umac Ave. For more information, contact Chapter President Caryl Shields at (303) 665-63 12. December 9, 7:30 pm The Waterwise Tree, Shrub, and Vine Companion Jim Knopf, well-known Boulder land- scape architect and author, will discuss low-water, low-maintenance plants that can be grown in the Rocky Mountain region. Copies of his new book will be available for sale and autographing. Jim is very entertaining speaker and always has a lot to say (not always complimentary) about gardening and landscaping in the Denver-Boulder area. CHAPTER NEWS Thursday, January 13, 7:30 pm The Purple Loosestrife Program Dave Weber (Colorado Division of Wildhfe) has been waging war for the last few years against purple loosestrife, an aggressive, noxious wetland weed. He will discuss the purpose of the program, how it works, and what you can do to help eliminate purple loosestrife from Colorado wetlands. February 10, 7 :30 pm Botany and Ecology of the Colorado Plateau Loraine Yeatts has been hiking the trails and climbing the mountains of Colorado and Utah for the last 30 years. An excellent photographer, as well as an accomplished botanist, Loraine will present a slide show on the best of the wildflowers, shrubs, trees, and scenery of the Colorado Plateau, that part of Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico centered on the Four Corners. Indoor monthly meetings are scheduled through April in the Main Conference Room of the National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL) on the campus of CSU. For more information, please Chapter President Don Hazlett at (970) 834-1493. December 7, 7:00 pm Poisonous Plants of Colorado and the Southwest Dr. Richard G. Walter (Associate Professor of Biology, CSU) will present a seminar discussing poisonous plants of the Southwest. February 8, 7:00 pm Flora of the Colorado Plateau Loraine Yeatts, botanist, has conducted extensive fieldwork arid knows the Colorado flora well. She is especially inter- ested in the Fabaceae and is currently working on the Flora of the Colorado Plateau, which she will discuss. Metro-Denver Chapter Indoor monthly meetings are held October through April in the Morrison Center at the Denver Botanic Garden. For more infor- mation, please contact Chapter President Denise Larson at (303) 733-4338. December 7, 7:30 PM Ute Ladies Tresses Orchid iSpiranthes diluvialis) Jan McKee (US Fish and Wildlife Service) will present current information regarding this threatened orchid, including recently found locations and research. January 25, 7:30 PM Relationships between the Southern Rocky Mountain and Russian Altai Floras Dr. William Weber (CU-Boulder), author of the Colorado Floras, will discuss the rela- tionship between these two floras, and their divergence. ; I Plateau Chapter For additional information, please contact Chapter President Jeanne Wenger at (970) 256-9227. Southwest Chapter For Chapter news and activities, please contact Chapter President Sandy Friedley at (970) 884-9245. Yamparika Chapter For Chapter news and activities, contact President Reed Kelley at (970) 878-4666. Page 4 Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 6 From the CoNPS Board of Directors Minutes of the CoNPS Board Meetings September 25, 1999. The Society elected five board inembers, each for two-year terms (2000-01): Eric Lane, Andy Kratz, Jill Handwerk, Jun Wen, and Bill Jennings. Tina Jones will complete the term of Chris Leahy (1999-00), who resigned in August. The Board voted to retain the existing slate of officers; Jeff Dawson (President), Jill Handwerk (Vice-president), Denise Culver (Treasurer), and Alice Guthrie (Secretary). It was also voted to give a $50 honorarium and CoNPS membership to all speakers. October 30, 1999. Caroline Crawford formally resigned as presi- dent of the Boulder Chapter and will be replaced by Caryl Shields. Denise Culver (Treasurer) distributed a Balance Sheet and Profit and Loss Statement through October 27, 1999. The Society has made about $9,000, with book sales bringing in about $6,000 and approximately $2,000 donated to the Marr fund. The Board reviewed policies regarding chapter budgets. To facilitate record keeping and reporting, it was decided to consolidate the Plateau Chapter monies into the state treasury, and not maintain a separate checking account. It was also decided to calculate chapter annual budgets based on membership as of December 3 1 each year. For 1999, Denise will calculate the amount and infofm chapter presi- dents. The Board also decided that chapter monies should roll over from year to year to be used at the discretion of each chapter. . Committee Report Highlights: Communications recommended first class mailing of Aquilegia beginning with Vol. 23 No. 6, which was approved by the Board. The January 2000 issue will contain "year in review" articles, which must be submitted by January 1. Leo P. Bruederle will coordinate with chapter presi- dents and committee chairs. Conservation reported accomplish- ments that included a project with the Evergreen Audubon Society, cooperative work with the Colorado Mountain Club orga- nized by Pat Butler, the Hensel Park project in Denver (native prairie restoration work), and two plant surveys by Fort Collins Chapter members. The West Slope chapters have conducted plant surveys on BLM lands and are providing this information to the BLM. The Committee is now planning summer 2000 activities. The White River National Forest plan, which is now available, will be reviewed by the Conservation Committee. Tina Jones is the new co-chair of Education. The Workshop Committee reported that eight topics have been scheduled for November- April. The first four have been advertised and are full. The next four will be advertised '\n Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 6. Bob Powell has joined the Committee, and will be making contacts and handling refreshments for the sessions. Bill Jennings will continue to man- age the accounting and arrange topics. The 2000 Annual Meeting will be held September 23-24, 2000 in Grand Junction. The theme is “Plant Evolution and Ecology of the Colorado Plateau.” James Reveal has agreed to speak, with additional suggestions being welcomed by the organizing committee. The Board agreed that the 2000 deadline for Marr Fund Proposals will be January 15 (See “Request for Proposals” in this issue.). Eric Lane will update the materials and bring copies to the next meeting for discussion. Jill Handwerk relayed a suggestion from the Rare Plant Technical Committee that CoNPS write a letter to APHIS and th Colorado Department of Agriculture asking for a halt to the^ release of Rhinocyllus conicus, which is attacking native thistles in addition to introduced species. The Board asked Jill and Eric Lane to follow up and report back at the December meeting. The Board discussed Money Management for CoNPS Funds and considered consolidating funds into an account with Merrill Lynch that earns greater interest. The Board approved a motion that all funds, except the Rare Plant Book Fund, be put into CDs with Merrill-Lynch. A discussion regarding mutual funds was deferred until a future Board meeting, at which time Denise Culver will provide more details. Meeting Dates: January 8, 2000 Front Range location TBA February 12, 2000 Front Range location TBA April I, 2000 Front Range location TBA May, 2000 TBA Western slope Ipcation TBA Alice Guthrie, CoNPS Secretary Request For Proposals The John W. Marr Fund On March 24, 1990, the Board of Directors of the Colorado Native Plant Society established the John W. Marr Fund for the award of small grants in support of research in plant biology. The Fund honors the late Dr. John Marr, Professor at the University r Colorado and the first President of the Colorado Native Plai>,^ Society. The Fund was established to encourage, through the pro- vision of small grants-in-aid, research on the biology and natural history of Colorado native plants, Both field and laboratory stud- ies are eligible for funding. Awards of $500 or less are typical and may represent the sole support of a project, may be part of joint funding agreed upon with other granting organizations, or may be used to supplement other funding obtained by the investigator(s). The Board of Directors is now soliciting proposals for a January 15, 2000 deadline. Information on guidelines and requirements for proposals may be obtained by contacting Board member Eric Lane at (303) 239-4182. From the Editor With this issue, the Board has decided to forgo bulk mail in order to facilitate the distribution of Ag'Mi/egia. Increased costs and restrictions imposed by the US Postal Service have resulted in dif- ficulties and delays associated with bulk mailing. Over the next 12 months, the Board will evaluate the cost to the Society of first class mailing and discuss an increase in membership fees to compensate for mailing costs, but only if deemed necessary. Please submit contributions for Vol. 24 No. 1 of Aquilegia on or before January 1, 2000 for a January 15,^ 2000 mailing. Include author's name and address. Previously published articles submitted for reprinting require permission from the editor of original pub cation. Articles submitted via e-mail or on disks — MAC prefer- ably, or IBM — are much appreciated. Please indicate word pro- cessing software and version. Vol. 23 No. 6 Aquilegia Page 5 YOUR LIBRARY CoNPS is pleased to provide a selection of books to members at discount prices. If you ard interested in any of the publications listed, contact: Yelma Richards, 3125 Monmouth Ave., Englewood, CO, 80110 or (303) 794-5432. Make check payable to CoNPS. Postage costs are additional for books received by niail. If you want to save postage charges, you can pick up the books yourself from Velma Richards m Denver, Pat Murphy in Boulder, or Denise Culver m Fort Collins. l>l>BUC.\TtO?^.S ORDFR FORM Title Author Price per book Shipping per book No. Book cost total Shipping total Alpine Flower Finder Wingate and Yeats 4.50 2.00 Alpine Wildfl^owers of the Northern Rocky Mountains Strickler 7.50 2.00 Alpine Wildflowers of the Rocky Mountains Duft and Moseley 11.00 2.00 Best Tasting Wild Plaiits of Colorado Seebeck 13.50 2i)0 Botany for Gardeners Capon 15.00 2.00 Canyon Country Wildflowers, Field Guide to Fagan 12.00 2.00 Catalog of the Colorado Flora: A Biodiversity Baseline Weber and Wittman 40.00 3.25 ( Changes in Vegetation and Land 0se iii Eastern Coloradc USDA 20.00 2.75 Colorado Birds, Guide to Gray 17.00 2.75 Colorado’s Best Wildflower Hikes Irwin 15.00 2.75 ) Colorado’s Canyon Country Pearson and Fielder 15.00 2.00 Desert Wildflowers Taylor 18.50 2.75 Dictionary of Word Roots Borrer 9.00 2.00 Edible and Medicinal Plants of the West Tilford 16.50 2.75 Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie Kindscher 10.50 2.00 Familiar Cacti North America Heil 6.50 2.00 Field Guide to Colorado Wildflowers, Vol. 1 Plains Guennel 18.75 2.75 Field Guide to Colorado Wildflowers, Vol. 2 Mountains Guennel 18.75 2.75 Flora of the Great Plains Great Plains Flora Assoc. 44.00 3 J5 Flora of the Pacific Northwest Hitchcock and Cronquist 46.00 3.75 Flora of the San Juans Komarek 15.50 2.00 Floristic Survey: Black Forest Maley 3.00 2.00 Floristic Survey: Mesa de Maya Region Clark 4.00 2.00 Forest Wildflowers (Northern Rocky Mountains) Strickler 7.50 2.00 Gardener’s Guide to Plant Conservation, The Marshall 7.00 2.00 Grass Varieties in the USA Lewis and Sharp 43.00 3.75 Handbook of Rocky Mountain Plants Nelson 16.00 2.75 How to Identify Grasses and Grasslike Plants Harrington 11.20 2.00 Illustrated Keys to the Grasses of Colorado Wingate 7.50 2.00 Intermounfain Flora, Vol. 1 Cronquist, et al. 29.00 3.25 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 3 A Cronquist, et al. 66.00 3.75 Page 6 Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 6 Title Author Price per book Shipping per book No. Book cost total Shipping total Intermountain Flora, Vol. 3B Barneby 53.00 3.25 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 4 Cronquist, et al. 66.00 3.75 Intermountain Flora, Vol. 5 or 6 (price quoted per vol.) Cronquist, et al. 66.00 4.00 Kina of Colorado Botany: C. C. Parrv Weber 3100 2.00 Lichen Primer, Rocky Mountain Corbridge and Weber 15.00 2.00 2.00Medicinal Wild Plants of the Prairie Kindscher 10.50 2.75 Meet the Natives (9th edition) Pesman 10.50 2.00 Mushrooms of Colorado Evenson 18.75 2.75 Plant Identification Terminology Harris and Harris 14.50 2.75 Plant Survival Capon 13.00 2.00 Plants of Arizona, Field Guide Epple 18.75 2.75 Plants of Florissant Fossil Beds Nat’l Mon. Edwards and Weber 2.50 2.00 Plants of the Rocky Mountains Kershaw, et al. 16.50 2.75 Prairie Garden, Creating a Shortgrass Prairie Garden Brune 3.25 1.25 Prairie Wildflowers of Northern Rocky Mountains Strickler 7.50 2.00 Rare Plants of Colorado II CoNPS 14.00 2.75 Retracing Major Stephen H. Long’s 1820 Expedition Goodman and Lawson 31.50 2.75 Rocky Mountain Berry Book Krum 9.00 2.00 Rocky Mountain Flora Weber 16.00 2.00 Rocky Mountain Flower Finder Wingate 4.00 2.00 Sagebrush Country: A Wildflower Sanctuary Taylor 11.00 2:00 Scat and Tracks Halfpenny 7.50 2.00 ' Simplified Guide to Common Colorado Grasses, A Wingate 3.25 1.25 Tallgrass Prairie Wildflowers Ladd 15.00 2.75 Utah Flora, A ( 1993 edition) Welsh, et al. 68.00 3.75 Vascular Plants of Montana Dorn 10.50 2.00 Vascular Plants of Wyoming (1992 edition) Dorn 13.00 2.00 Vascular Plants, Boulder County Survey Weber 4.00 2.00 Weeds of the West (1996 ed.) Whitson 18.00 3.75 Western Trees, Field Guide to Stuckey and Palmer 8.50 2.00 Wild about Wildflowers Warren 16.00 2.00 Wildflowers of the Plateau and Canyon Country Ulrich 15.00 2.75 Xeriscape Flower Gardner Knopf 14.00 2.75 Shipping total: sum shipping costs. Please note that shipping applies only if books are mailed to purchaser. Shipping total Book total: sum book costs. Book total Sales tax: Colorado residents please add appropriate sales tax for above book total. (City of Boulder 7.46%; other Boulder County 4.20%; Denver 7.30%; Fort Collins 6.75%; Sales tax Adams, Arapahoe, Jefferson Counties 3.80%; all other areas in Colorado 3.00%). Make Checks payable to CoNPS: Include NAME, ADDRESS, COUNTY, and DAYTIME PHONE. TOTAL Aquilegia Vol. 23 No. 6 Page 7 Colorado Native Plant Society The Colorado Native Plant Society is a non- profit organization dedicated to the apprecia- tion and conservation of the Colorado native flora. Membership is open to all with an inter- est in our native plants, and is composed of plant enthusiasts both professional and non- professional. Please join us in helping to encourage interest in enjoying and protecting Colorado's native plants. The Society sponsors field trips, work- shops, and other activities through local chap- ters and statewide. Contact the Society, a chap- ter representative, or committee chair for more information. Schedule of Membership Fees Ufe . . $250 Supporting $50 Organization .$30 Family or Dual $15 Individual . . . . . . . $12 Student or Senior ........ .......... .$8 Membership Renewal/Information Please direct all membership applications, renewals, and address changes to the Membership Chairperson, Colorado Native Plant Society, P.O. Box 200, Fort Collins, CO 80522. Please direct all other inquiries regarding the Society to the Secretary at the same address. Aquilegia is published four to six times per year by the Colorado Native Plant Society. This newsletter is available to members of the Society and to others with an interest in native plants. Contact the Society for subscription information. Articles for Aquilegia may be used by other native plant societies or non- profit groups if fully cited to author and attrib- uted to Aquilegia. Please direct all contributions to the newsletter to: Leo P. Bruederle Biology, Campus Box 171 University of Colorado at Denver P.O. Box 173364 Denver, CO 80217-3364 E-Mail : Ibrueder @ carbon.cudenver.edu Short items such as unusual information about a plant, a little known botanical term, etc., are especially welcome. Previously published arti- cles submitted for reprinting require permis- sion. Camera-ready line art or other illustra- tions are also solicited. Please include author's name and address, although anonymity may be requested. Articles submitted via e-mail or on disks (MAC prefer- ably, or IBM) are appreciated. Please indicate word processing software and version. Officers President Jeff Dawson. . . . 303-722-6758 Vice-President . . . Jill Handwerk . . 970-491-5857 Secretary Alice Guthrie . . . 303-651-3127 Treasurer Denise Culver . . 970-225-1930 Board of Directors Gay Austin (00) Gunnison . . 970-641-6264 Leo Bruederle (00) . , . Denver .... 303-556-3419 Jeff Dawson (00). . . . . Denver .... 303-722-6758 Tina Jones (00) Littleton . . . 303-794-2647 Peggy Lyon (00) ..... Ridgway . . . 970-626-3195 Susan Spademan (00) . Loveland . . 970-667-2865 Jill H^dwerk (01) ... Fort Collins 970-491-5857 Bill Jennings (01) .... Louisville . . 303-666-8348 Andy Kratz (01) Lakewood. . 303-914-8291, Eric Lane (01). . ./. . . . Lakewood. . 303-239-4182 Jun Wen (01) Fort Collins 970-491-3528 Chapter Presidents Boulder Caryl Shields . . . . 303-665-6312 Fort Collins .... Don Hazlett 970-834-1493 Metro-Denver . . Denise Larson . . . 303-733-4338 Plateau Jeanne Wenger . . . 970-256-9227 Southwest Sandy Friedley . . . 970-884-9245 Yamparika Reed Kelley ..... 970-878-4666 Committees Communications . . Leo P. Bruederle303-556-34l9 and . . Jeff Dawson . . . 303-722-6758 Conservation ..... Bob Clarke. : . . 970-242-6067 Education Rob Reins void . 970-351-2716 and . . Tina Jones 303-794-2647 Field Trips Rick Brune. . . . 303-238-5078 Field Studies .... . Loraine Yeatts . 303-279-3427 Horticulture and Restoration Lisa Tasker. . . . 303-447-9431 Legislative Affairs . VACANT Membership Myma Steinkamp and . . Sue Martin . . . . 970-226-3371 Publications Rick Brune. . . . 303-238-5078 and . . Velma Richards 303-794-5432 Publicity VACANT Rare Plant Eleanor Monograph Von Bargen. . . 303-756-1400 Workshops Bill Jennings . . 303-666-8348 MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FORM Name(s) Address (Address) City Phone Chapter: _ State Zip MEMBERSHIP CLASS (Select one) Individual, $12.00 Family/dual, $15.00 Senior/retired, $8.00 Student, $8.00 Corporate, $30.00 Supporting, $50.00 i L . E-mail Boulder Fort Collins Metro Denver Plateau Southwest . Yamparika In addition to my membership, I have included $ as a contribution to the John Marr Fund (endowment in support of small grants-in-aid of research), or $ as a general contribution to the Society. s^Enclosing an additional $2.00 will help to defray the cost to the Society of First Class Mailing. CONPS IS A NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION —DUES AND CONTRIBUTIONS ARE TAX-DEDUCTIBLE CALENDAR CHAPTER MEETINGS AND EVENTS SOCIETY EVENTS Boulder Chapter Workshops December 9 January 13 February 10 December 7 February 8 December 7 January 25 Th6 Waterwise Tree, Shrub, and Vine Companion The Purple Loosestrife Program Biology and Ecology of the Colorado Plateau Fort Collins Chapter Poisonous Plants of Colorado and the Southwest Flora of the Colorado Plateau Metro-Denver Chapter Ute Ladies Tresses Orchid (Spiranthes diluvialis) The Relationship between the Southern Rocky Mountain and Russian Altai Floras December 11, 12 The Botanical Detective January 15, 16 Willows of the Rocky Mountains February 5, 6 An Introduction to the Genus Cctrcx February 26, 27 Polemoniaceae of Colorado March 18, 19 Colorado Ferns April 8, 9 The Caryophyllaceae April 29, 30 Wildflower Photography Meetings January 8 CoNPS Board Meeting February 12 CoNPS Board Meeting AprU 1 CoNPS Board Meeting NOTE: Mailed on or about 3 December 1999 Colorado Native Plant Society P.O.Box 200 Fort Collins, Colorado 80522 http://carbon.cudenver.edii/~shill/conps.html Place 3tamp Here \ TIME SENSITIVE MATERIAL