January 2013

The

Bay Leaf

California Native Plant Society • East Bay Chapter
Alameda & Contra Costa Counties

www.ebcnps.org

www.groups.google.com/group/ebcnps

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

The San Antonio Forest: A tale of big trees, exploita-
tion, and hope for the future in our own backyard
Speaker: Todd Keeler-Wolf

Wednesday, January 23, 7:30 pm
Location: Garden Room, Orinda Public Library (direc-
tions below)

The San Antonio Forest is the collective name of the na-
tive Oakland Hills redwoods that give Redwood Road
and Redwood Regional Park their names. Over time
this forest has been a spiritual place for the Ohlone,
an economic boom for Oakland and the Bay Area, and
a place of recreation as well as an outdoor education
facility for thousands of Bay Area urban dwellers. Few
of us realize the historic and ecological details of this
fascinating forest. Some of the world's largest and old-
est coast redwood trees once stood here, and we can
still see their evidence (including, even, a remaining
old-growth specimen!). This forest still supports an
ecosystem that is different from any other in our sur-
rounding wildlands. What remains of the forest, why
it was naturally restricted to this small area, and what
we can do to further understand and sustain it will be
the topics of discussion in this presentation.

Dr. Todd Keeler-Wolf is the Senior Vegetation Ecolo-
gist at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife
and leads the department's Vegetation Classification
and Mapping Program. He is also technical program
advisor to CNPS's Vegetation Program and a member
of the Executive Committee of the Ecological Society of
America's Vegetation Panel. Todd is actively involved
in inventorying and describing all the vegetation of the
state using quantitative classification and mapping to
focus conservation planning efforts. He has co-authored
several books and publications, including both editions

of A Manual of California Vegetation , the revised UC Press
California Plant Life Natural History Guide, and the re-
cently published third edition of Terrestrial Vegetation
of California.

East Bay CNPS membership meetings are free of charge
and open to everyone. This month's meeting takes place
in the Garden Room of the Orinda Public Library at 24
Orinda Way (in Orinda Village). The Garden Room is
on the second floor of the building, accessible by stairs
or an elevator. The Garden Room opens at 7 pm; the
meeting begins at 7:30 pm. Call 510-496-6016 or email
rosacalifornica@earthlink.net if you have questions.

Directions to Orinda Public Library at 24 Orinda Way:

From the west, take Hwy 24 to the Orinda/ Moraga exit.
At the end of the off ramp, turn left on Camino Pablo
(toward Orinda Village), right on Santa Maria Way (the
signal after the BART station and freeway entrance), and
left on Orinda Way

From the east, take Hwy 24 to the Orinda exit. Follow
the ramp to Orinda Village. Turn right on Santa Maria
way (the first signal) and left on Orinda Way.

Once on Orinda Way, go 1 short block to the parking
lot on the southeast side of the two-story building on
your right. There is additional free parking beneath the
building as well as on the street.

From BART (4 blocks): Exit the Orinda station, turn
right and cross a pedestrian bridge, then cross a second
pedestrian bridge on the left. Go 1 short block on the
sidewalk to the third pedestrian bridge. Go 2 blocks on
Orinda Way to the Orinda Library.

KNOWLAND PARK

Winter has come again to Knowland Park— the second since
we began our full-scale campaign to save critical native plant
and wildlife habitat there. Over the past two years many
people have joined us in our efforts to champion the park,
thanks in part to the exposure that the ballot measure A1 gave
to Knowland. Regardless of the growing public sentiment
against the expansion, the zoo has made clear that it intends to
move forward with it, and the latest and more detailed plans
show far more grading and building, adding more extensive
impacts than the original conceptual plan revealed. The
zoo continues to ignore the rarity of the maritime chaparral
despite the California Department of Fish and Game's clear
position verifying the classification.

While we at CNPS maintain that we could support an envi-
ronmentally superior expansion, the zoo has made clear that
it is not interested in pursuing alternatives.

So, if we have not yet deterred the zoo, what have we accom-
plished thus far towards our goal of protecting the park?

We said that we would build a constituency for the park, one
that understands that the zoo has plenty of land to build an
expansion without destroying the park. That constituency is
growing. We said that we would document and catalogue as
many of the species that make their home in Knowland Park
as we could. Understanding Knowland's rich biodiversity
is key to informing the public of what it might lose. Protec-
tion derives from connection. As we continue to fill in the
biological dimensions of the park, the scientific community
has begun to take note.

Stands of old-growth maritime chaparral such as the one at
Knowland Park often serve as refugia for lichens and mosses
which help regulate the flow of water and nutrients through
the ecosystem. We have been fortunate to have the offer of
help in identifying species from a lichen expert, intrigued
by the photos that we've sent him of the lichen-encrusted
maritime chaparral and rock outcrops. A renowned expert
in bryophytes has agreed to help us with difficult identifica-
tions of mosses.

Abundant winter rains have brought a bumper crop of fungi
sprouting under the oaks, on logs, under chaparral shrubs
and in the grasslands. Mycologists are busy identifying
photos that we've taken which will be posted on our www.
saveknowland.org website soon. We anticipate a banner year
for wildflowers this spring (watch for field trip announce-
ments). Wildlife continues to be captured on video in fleeting
glimpses via critter cameras helping us to learn more about
their movements through the park (https:/ / www.youtube.
com/channel/UCTn7IFUe8aCtPNChS-d8flw?)

On the public side, thanks to your efforts and votes, we de-
feated Measure A1 and were able to shine a light on Knowland
Park for the majority of the public who had never even heard

of it. We've taken well over a hundred people into the park
(many others have visited on their own), and we can attest that
all but a very few who visited with us left with an expressed
deepened appreciation for the park's splendors.

What will the public lose if the zoo succeeds in building
its expansion?

Our work in cataloguing the diversity and rarity at the park
tells us that Knowland Park should be a preserve, open to the
public and available to the scientific community to study. But,
if the zoo has its way, there will be no preserve and no public
access. What would that be like?

Imagine driving to Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve
and finding that you can't get in because the park has been
permanently enclosed behind an 8-foot chain link fence. Be-
yond the fence, but in full view, massive grading of dozens
of acres of high quality habitat has begun, to be followed by
the erection of more than 30 buildings, many the size of the
homes in the surrounding neighborhood. Roads constructed,
lighting installed, water pumped in. It's a large subdivision,
except that the residents of each 2-acre plot are a pair of griz-
zly bears or mountain lions, newly installed in 1500-square
foot homes with a bay view. Looming over the now carefully
pruned maritime chaparral where you once roamed freely
is a 3-story building with executive offices that have taken
your view and your access to that favorite trail you followed
through the chaparral. You won't be able to visit, study, and
enjoy what you paid for as a member of the public and for
which you continue to pay through your taxes. But you can
pay again through admission to ride the aerial gondola up to
see the old Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve re-born as
the California Trails exhibit. What a deal.

The fantasy nightmare of what losing Huckleberry preserve
might be is just steps away from being enacted at Knowland.
Without the public's full understanding of the consequences,
hundreds of millions of dollars worth of public land is about
to be hijacked from the public, and it's more than real estate
with spectacular views that's being yanked from the public's
hands by a small but powerful group of people possessed of
the opinion that privatization of public resources is a public
good. Through often anonymous donations these powerful
interests aim to help the zoo capture more of the public wealth
despite the defeat of Measure Al.

Families who can't afford to fly to Baja or even drive to the
California desert will have lost the opportunity to find inspira-
tion from their natural heritage from directly experiencing the
wholeness of nature, not by "touching a dead grizzly bear's
paw", as one of the zoo's grant applications describes. They
will have been cheated out of what's rightfully theirs through
senseless destruction repackaged as conservation.

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We are at a critical juncture.

The regulatory agencies have not yet granted the zoo's per-
mits, and the zoo lost the public funding it sought through
Measure Al. However, it is entirely conceivable that, should
the regulatory agencies agree to grant the permits, the zoo
could erect the perimeter fence, grade the site, pave the
roads, and let the destroyed site sit awaiting funding. They
have threatened to break ground this May Should that hap-
pen, public outrage would likely ensue but far too late since
the zoo could forever destroy what we value on the site in a
weekend of grading.

It's winter and a new year has begun, the traditional season
for contemplation and for hope of better things yet to come.
We continue to work toward fulfilling our dream of a free and

Brittleleaf manzanita (Arctosfaph/os Crustacea ) and
chamise (Adenostoma fascicu latum) entangled

Female catkin of coast silk tassel ( Garrya elliptica )

whole Knowland Park permanently protected. Please help
us to animate that vision with your efforts. Below are ways
that you can be a part of the movement to save Knowland
Park. Thank you!

We need the help of photographers, professional and lay scientists,
weed warriors, media specialists, donors, and any extra pair of
hands. Please contact Mack Casterman (510-734-0335 conserva-
tion@ebcnps.org) orLauraBaker (510-849-1409 Lbake66@aol.com)
for more information. Donors please make checks out to CNPS
and send to CNPS, East Bay Chapter, PO Box 5597, Elmwood
Station, Berkeley, CA 94705. Be sure to indicate Knowland Park
on the check.

Laura Baker

Nascent inflorescences of brittleleaf manzanita
(Arctostaphylos Crustacea)

Yellow-eyed salamander ( Ensatina eschscholtzii
xanthoptica) on moss (sp. unknown)

Knowland Park photos on pages 3 and 4 by Laura
Baker

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Indian pink (Silene laciniata ssp. californica )
growing among sticky yellow monkeyflower
(, Diplacus aurantiacus)

Wood rush ( Luzula comosa )

REPORT

CONSERVATION ANALYST’S

Conservation Analyst Year in Review- 2012

As we begin 2013 the Conservation Committee has much to
look back upon with pride. The following is a review of some
of our accomplishments from 2012 as well as our plans and
hopes for 2013.

New Conservation Committee Chair

2012 was particularly special for the Conservation Committee
since it marked the year that we welcomed Jean Robertson
to head the Conservation Committee. In her few months in
the position, Jean has already demonstrated her ability to
take on new projects and to get up to speed on new issues
that present themselves. She has worked with the East Bay
Regional Park District on their Master Plan process as well
as their Fuels Management Policies. I am looking forward
to working with Jean and the rest of our Committee on the
challenging projects we will face in 2013.

Jean Robertson, Conservation Committee Chair

BPPA Guidebook Made Available Online

Thanks to some great work from our webmas-
ter, 2012 marked the first year our Botanical Priority
Protection Area Guidebook was made available on-
line. If you haven't seen it yet, you can check it out at:
http: / / ebcnps.org/ index.php/ botanical-priority-guidebook/ .
The digitization of this incredible conservation resource has
already proven useful in my conservation outreach activities.
Just a few weeks ago, I informed planners for the proposed
Brentwood to Tracy highway project (SR239) about the
online guidebook, and they are using it to plan a route that
minimizes impacts to sensitive soils and rare species in our
BPPA areas.

BPPA Guidebook

LBNL at Richmond Field Station

Last year, one of my priority projects involved working
with representatives from Lawrence Berkeley Labs and UC
Berkeley to provide input regarding a new Lawrence Berkeley
Laboratory campus at the UC Richmond Field Station (Part
of our Richmond Shoreline BPPA). I attended meetings and

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toured the proposed site with project planners, explaining
the importance of the rare coastal prairie at the field station
and making recommendations regarding project design. The
Conservation Committee remains hopeful that these recom-
mendations will be incorporated and that the valuable rem-
nant coastal prairie at the field station site will be preserved
for future study and education.

Alameda County Solar Policy

2012 marked the continuation of a project that began in 2011
and will continue into 2013. Alameda County is continuing
work to adopt a set of policies for solar power generation
in the County. I attended several meetings with interested
stakeholders and county planners to make comments on
behalf of EBCNPS to ensure that the eventual solar policy
for the County takes into account rare plant resources when
considering potential locations for rural solar arrays. So far,
the policies are looking promising. A major step has been the
addition of a policy stating that the County will prioritize dis-
tributed solar generation within the already built environment
such as on top of buildings and over parking lots. Ensuring
that the County facilitates distributed solar in urban areas
will minimize the demand for large scale "solar farms" in
natural areas of the County that have the potential to impact
sensitive natural resources in our East Dublin & Tassajara,
Springtown, and Altamont BPPAs.

Tesla Park

Last year marked the formation of an important environmen-
tal coalition known as the Friends of Tesla Park (FOTP). EBC-

NPS was contacted by FOTP representatives early in the year
to provide botanical information regarding the importance
of the " Alameda-Tesla" property that is currently owned by
the Off Highway Motor Vehicle and Recreation Division of
State Parks (OHMVR). Unfortunately, this 3,400-acre parcel
which makes up a large section of our Corral Hollow BPPA is
currently being considered for off road vehicle access as part
of the new Carnegie State Vehicle Recreation Area General
Plan. EBCNPS has submitted a letter to OHMVR as part of
the Notice of Preparation for the General Plan EIR and will
continue to provide comments regarding the importance of
preserving this botanically and historically rich area for study
and non-motorized recreation.

2012 Comment Letters

Along with the above projects, EBCNPS submitted several
comment letters in 2012 for projects within our chapter area.
These projects included the Mitigation Plan at Springtown
Alkali Sink Preserve in Livermore, the DEIR for EBRPD's
Breuner Marsh Restoration, the Carnegie General Plan NOP,
and the Recirculated Roddy Ranch DEIR. As always, to learn
more about these and other projects, and to read EBCNPS' s
comment letters, please visit: http: / / ebcnps.wordpress.com/ .

Happy New Year everyone!

Mack Casterman

Tesla Property. Photo by Mack Casterman

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NATIVE HERE NURSERY

Danielsen's Seedlings:

Nurturing Native Plants of the East Bay

Nestled high up in the hills of Tilden Park is a special sanctu-
ary called Native Here Nursery. Numerous volunteers tend
to a small valley of seedlings in tiny pots, watering, pruning,
potting or helping a customer. Live oak and douglas fir trees
tower overhead, gently filtering the sunlight to provide ideal
growing conditions for the delicate seedlings below. Volun-
teers grow some 20,000 native plant seedlings here each year,
representing up to 450 species from all over the East Bay.

Charli Danielsen, the founder of the nursery, has worked tire-
lessly for years to steward native plants of the East Bay. Her
work is part of a larger environmental movement to foster
greater appreciation of local flora. In today's globalized world,
where many landscapes have become invaded by foreign spe-
cies, and where consumers can easily buy non-native plants
at large chain stores, native plants need advocates. This is the
story of one advocate.

Standing a little over five feet tall, with short grey hair and
in gardening gear, Danielsen is a self-taught champion of
native plants. Growing up in Los Angeles near the San Fer-
nando Valley, she took all plants for granted as a child. Her
introduction to native plants occurred during the 4th grade
during a class lesson about wildfires. One student asked what
kind of trees grew in California, and the first tree that came
to the teacher's mind was manzanita. That night, Danielsen
went home and told her mother that she wanted to see a
manzanita. They drove off to see one the very next day and
a lifelong passion was born.

During Danielsen's early adulthood, she moved to Canada,
then to Northern California. She was always struck by how
the vegetation was markedly different wherever she traveled,
and believes that the plants that grow in a specific area are
a large part of what makes the place unique. People tend to
bring the plants that they are familiar with whenever they go
to a new place, but Danielsen takes the opposite approach.
"There are some pretty wonderful plants right where you
are," she says. "You should check it out!"

Her interest in propagating native plants began when she
was in her thirties. It was the late 1960s, and she participated
in habitat restoration projects with Design Associates Work-
ing with Nature at the Berkeley Marina. As satisfying as the
work was, however, she questioned how ethical it was to use
intentionally cultivated and selected plants, known in the
field as cultivars, for restoration purposes. In the world of
restoration ecology, there is a spectrum of attitudes towards
the use of native plants for restoration projects. How native is
native? What about the effect of global warming and climate
change on native plants? Along this spectrum, Danielsen's
view is quite conservative and in line with official state park
policy, which is to use local species in restoration projects to

the closest extent possible. But this was hard to do because
no one sold native plants at the time.

Danielsen decided to take matters into her own hands and
create a market supply of native plants. She obtained spe-
cial permits from local regional parks to collect seeds and
learned how to propagate the seeds she collected. Native
Here Nursery has teamed up with various park and school
districts to restore habitats, including bunchgrass and wild-
flower grassland at Mt. Diablo State Park, creekside habitat
at the Canyon School near Moraga, and Strawberry Creek
in Berkeley, among others. The nursery collects and grows
plants specifically for these projects, making sure the plants
are appropriate for the specific locale. However, the nursery's
supply of native plants is not limited to restoration projects —
anyone who wants to grow native plants in his or her garden
can buy them at the nursery.

Propagating native plants is no small undertaking, as every
native plant species is unique. Plants seed at different times.
Collectors need to employ different methods of collection.
Seeds must undergo intricate treatments in order to simulate
natural processes of weathering, such as being refrigerated
for months, or undergoing fire treatment in place of a real
wildfire. Some seeds must be scarified, or roughened up,
to simulate being tossed around by the elements or going
through a bird's gut.

Once the seeds are planted and germinate, they face new
challenges. Seedlings are easy prey for birds, rodents, and
rabbits. To protect them, the nursery places the seedlings on
raised tables and under mesh cages. The nursery also waters
them with collected rainwater whenever possible, because
the seedlings do not thrive as well with chlorinated water
from the tap. Things do get easier if the seedlings survive
their first year. Throughout their adult lives, native species
generally need less care than exotic plants, because nature
does most of the work.

Danielsen has learned to do all of this from a combination of
trial and error, research, and collaboration. She exchanged
information with other native plant growers, such as Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Oaktown in Berkeley, Watershed
in Richmond, and the Jepson Herbarium of UC Berkeley.
Eventually, Danielsen developed the expertise to write her
own book. Vegetation Management Almanac for the East Bay
Hills. Not everything always goes by the book, however,
and Danielsen is very open about the unpredictable nature
of Nature. Some years, she would do everything according
to plan and the seeds will grow. The next year, she would do
the same thing and they will not grow. Looking around at the
hundreds, if not thousands of plants in the nursery, it seems
like Danielsen has had more successes than failures.

Behind Danielsen's determination and resourcefulness lies
a constant, curious desire to learn. Just this year, she read

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online that dryer sheets can ward off mice. "You can find out
so much online these days!" she says. She has just finished
stuffing her gardening shed with dryer sheets and is waiting
to see if it will work.

Just as Danielsen herself is eager to learn, she is also eager
to teach others. She views the nursery as a kind of outdoor
schoolroom, where she groups native plant species by geo-
graphic location in the East Bay. She defines native as having
evolved on site, which, for practical purposes, usually means
a plant that was here before European settlers arrived or pre-
1800. "Site specificity is not everyone's cup of tea," Danielson
says, "because it makes it hard to find a species you want to
find for your garden." But she sticks to her philosophy be-
cause she wants people to explore and to choose plants that
are native to their area. Some people may think that if they
have a sunny yard in Berkeley, they could choose a plant
from Mt. Diablo. Plants are very sensitive to climactic condi-
tions, however, and typically that plant will die due to the
differences in sunlight, temperature and moisture that exist
between Berkeley and Mt. Diablo.

Fog zone plants from Richmond and Oakland are grown in the
shadier part of the nursery, while plants from farther east, such
as Briones and Lafayette, are in the sunnier part of the nursery.
One particularly delicate plant is the Sibley Hills succulent. In
seedling form, its little green leaves are as tiny as an infant's
fingernails. The nursery also carries an aromatic mugwort
species that is found in Tilden Park. Native Americans used
this plant for cooking and also medicine, as it diminishes the ill
effects of poison oak. Another notable plant is California bay
laurel. Its dark green leaves look exactly like Mediterranean
bay leaves used for cooking, and when rubbed smells a bit
like Juicy Fruit bubble gum. Beware, however- studies have
shown that consuming too much of this may cause cancer. A
plant with another interesting attribute is the buckeye tree.

with nuts that look like little green fists. These nuts are in fact
poisonous. When the waters of the East Bay used to teem with
trout and salmon. Native Americans would grind the nuts up
and sprinkle the powder into the water to stun large amounts
of fish, thus catching them easily for large feasts. They would
also leech the nut itself before preparing dishes with it. Indeed,
there is an immense amount to learn about native plants, their
characteristics, and their historical uses.

Danielson's greatest concern today is her legacy. Most of the
volunteers are retired members of the East Bay community,
collectively pitching in a total of 20,000 hours a year to keep
the nursery running. The advantage to being volunteer-driven
is that the Nursery can realize its native plant vision to the full-
est, unlike other commercial nurseries that may need to carry
non-native plants to stay financially solvent. The downside
is that the older or physically disabled volunteers do have
limitations, for instance, being unable do heavy lifting of soil.
Danielsen says it can be difficult to find the right amount of
help for all the tasks that need to be done. She hopes more
young people will take an interest in the Nursery, to volunteer
and to spread awareness of native plants among the larger
East Bay community.

Tammy Luo wrote this article while taking a course on En-
vironment and Science Writing at UC Berkeley's Graduate
School of Journalism.

Native Here Nursery is located at 101 Golf Course Road, in
Berkeley's Tilden Park. The website is nativeherenursery.org.
The nursery is open on Tuesdays from 12-3pm, Fridays from
9am-12pm, and Saturdays from 10am-2pm.

MEMBERSHIP

East Bay CNPS is looking for a Membership Chair. Due to work and health issues the current Chair is unable to continue
in this position. Please contact Tim Kask at tlmothykask@gmail.com or 510-552-6168 for details about how to participate
in promoting the Chapter.

FIELD TRIP

Sunday, February 17, 9:30 am. Mount Olympia at Mount
Diablo State Park. Gregg Weber will return to the canyons
above Clayton to see many late winter flowers, with possible
performances by sun, sky and clouds. Winter blooms to look
for include two species of manzanita, violas, Nemophila, and
some early tidy tips and Mt. Diablo jewelflower. This is a
strenuous walk with a 2300 foot elevation gain on the way out,
and all downhill on the return trip. The round trip distance is
about 6 miles, so the trip will take 6-7 hours. Bring lunch and
water, and be prepared for a wide range of temperatures. The
trip will proceed despite official predictions of rain, and we
will decide on the day of the trip if the weather is sufficiently

inclement before postponement. If there is a heavy rain the
trip will take place on February 24 at the same time.
Directions: Take 24 or 680 to Ignacio Valley Road. Continue
on Ignacio Valley Road into the city of Clayton, where you
turn right onto Clayton Road. Take Clayton Road past the first
intersection with Marsh Creek Road; in about a mile, it be-
comes Marsh Creek Road. Continue straight on Marsh Creek
Road and turn right onto Regency Drive. Go three blocks on
Regency Drive, turn left onto Rialto Drive and follow it to the
end. Regency Drive also ends at a trailhead, but that is for a
different trail; be sure to turn left onto Rialto. Meet the group
at the end of Rialto.

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RESTORATION

Planting at Pt. Isabel in December 2012 and January 2013

Fifty Artemisia califomica , twenty-five Stipa pulchra California's
state grass (formerly known as Nassella pulchra), and twenty-
five Festuca rubra waited patiently for Pt. Isabel volunteers
to remove the invading radish and oxalis and clear the way
for planting. You could almost hear the plants sigh in relief
when we removed the healthy plugs and loosened their roots.
They were grown for us by the Watershed Nursery in Rich-
mond and paid for by the East Bay Regional Park District.
We settled them gently into the soil along the Bay Trail. The
rains followed our work, welcoming the plants to their new
environment.

We started planting in December and continued at our first
work party of 2013 on January 5. The weeding and planting
crews were comprised of a total of 37 volunteers and the
work they accomplished was remarkable. We welcomed a
number of new volunteers, including Maddy, a student from
Piedmont High. Our core team worked with them identify-
ing invasive vs. native plants and training them in planting
techniques. Brent, who met us while cycling along the trail, is
interested in becoming a steward of his own section. Britt from
the EBRPD brought along a pry bar and with her friend and
new volunteer, Alistair, worked on the toughest parts of the
trail digging deep holes that will allow the bunch grasses to
send their roots down to access moisture during the rainless
summer. In addition to the planting, volunteers pulled many
hundreds of invasive radish and oxalis, continued removing
oat grass in the revegetated areas, spread mulch, bagged
more battery casing pieces, and Rob picked up trash along the
entire stretch of trail. Core volunteer, Miriam, pick-axed out
an exotic agave which stewards Peter and Chris will replace
with Artemisia califomica.

We have another 100 bunch grasses, and some Phacelia tanace-
tifolia (lacy Phacelia grown by Pt. Isabel steward Kirsten from
seed collected from the site) to get in the ground and will
schedule extra work parties in the next weeks to finish this
winter's planting.

Many thanks to Scott Possin and Bruce Adams of the EBRPD,
who graciously provide us with all the support we need to
make this project successful.

Jane and Tom Kelly

Saturday, January 19, 10 am-l:00 pm Garber Park Passive
Restoration Workshop and Native Planting Event

Golden Hour Restoration Institute and Garber Park Stewards
will be leading a workshop on passive restoration techniques
near a restored drainage of Harwood Creek in Garber Park,
where the City of Oakland has invested Measure DD funds.
The same techniques that Golden Hour used to inform the
first City-funded restoration will be taught. All materials for
restoration will originate from onsite. Learn about in situ

propagation techniques for a number of native plants includ-
ing blackberry, osoberry, willow, and thimbleberry. These
techniques are powerful tools for small scale, local habitat
restoration.

Be ready to get dirty and work physically as we conduct weed-
ing, transplanting, and soil erosion control. Dress in layers
for our changing weather, and wear sturdy shoes with good
tread. We work in light rain; downpour will cancel.

Location: Evergreen Lane Entrance to Garber Park (near the
Claremont Hotel in Claremont Canyon). Enjoy coffee, tea,
and snacks. Then be ready to walk along the beautiful Lower
Loop Trail to Harwood Creek.

Directions: The nearest address is 144 Evergreen Lane, Berke-
ley. From Alvarado Road, take Slater Lane, then turn right
onto Evergreen Lane. The entrance to the park is at the end
of the street.

RSVP as workshop may be limited to reduce impact in this
restoration area, 510-540-1918, garberparkstewards@gmail.
com. To learn more about Garber Park and the Garber Park
Stewards : w w w. garberparkste wards . org.

Saturday, February 2, (first Saturday of each month), 10:00
am to 2:00 pm, Pt. Isabel

We remove invasive plants and re-vegetate with native plants
grown from plants found at the site. We are located at the end
of Rydin Road just off the 1-580 next to Hoffman Marsh.
Contact e-mail: kyotousa@sbcglobal.net, cell: 510-684-6484

Genista rip at Redwood Regional Park at 9:00 am. This
month we will resume meeting at Skyline Gate instead of
Canyon Meadow.

Saturday, February 9, 9:30 am. Huckleberry Regional Park

Meet at the parking lot, where we will decide our worksite
depending on the day's weather.

Sunday, February 17, 9 am, Sibley Park

Meet at the parking lot off of Skyline in Oakland, a short

distance north of the Huckleberry Park lot. If you want to

come from the Old Tunnel Road staging area, please e-mail

in advance to jmanley@ebparks.org to let us know to expect

you.

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WAYNE RODERICK LECTURES
WINTER 2012-2013

at the Regional Parks Botanic Garden (near Brazil Building)

Wildcat Canyon Road and South Park Drive (South Park Drive is closed November through March.)
in Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, CA (510) 544-3169 then press "0" E-mail Address: bgarden@ebparks.org
http://www.ebparks.org/parks/vc/botanic garden www.nativeplants.org

Saturday Mornings 10:30 Free

Notice: Seating is limited. To be sure of a seat, come very early — garden opens at 8:30am

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JAN. 5

Fabulous plants and stories from the East Bay flora - Heath Bartosh

JAN. 12

WILDFLOWER TRAILS OF MT. DIABLO - STEVE EDWARDS

JAN. 19

CENTRAL COASTING, WITH EMPHASIS ON OUR DIVERSE MARINE ALGAE - BOB CASE

JAN. 26

On the trail of Streptanthus (jewel flowers) from Lily Lake (Modoc) to mt.
Eddy, by way of southern Oregon - Dick O’Donnell

Feb. 2

Hiking with a chemist jadmiring plants through a chemist’s eyes
- Greti Sequin

Feb. 9

A VISIT TO THE MONO RECESSES AND A SATISFYING WALK OVER THE MONO DIVIDE
- MICHAEL UHLER

Feb. 16

California geology from the ground up, part one: from the delta south
- Steve Edwards

Feb. 23

California geology from the ground up, part two: north of the Bay,

INCLUDING THE SIERRA - STEVE EDWARDS

Free tours of the Botanic Garden every Saturday at 2:00 pm; Sunday at 1 1 :00 am &
2:00 pm (when it's not raining).

No tours when we conduct our annual plant sale on the third Saturday in April;
no tours when the garden is closed (New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Day).

Please mark your calendar - Saturday, April 20, 2013 10 am to 3 pm
California Native Plant Sale

Organized by the Volunteers of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

www.nativeplants.ora

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DIRECTORY

Officers

President

Lesley Hunt

lldhunt@astound.net

Vice President and Chapter
Council Delegate
Bill Hunt

wjhunt@astound.net

Recording Secretary
Tina Wistrom

cmwistrom@yahoo.com, 510-
207-0370

Corresponding
Secretary
Robert Sorenson
rls@sorensonvision.com

Treasurer
David Margolies
510-654-0283
dm@franz.com

Committees

Bayleaf Newsletter

Bay Leaf Editor and Webmaster,
Chair

Joe Willingham

510-705-1798

pepel 066@comcast.net

Bay Leaf Assistant Editor

David Margolies

510-654-0283

dm@franz.com

Bay Leaf Mailing
Holly Forbes
hforbes@berkeley.edu

h 510-234-2913
w 510-643-8040

Conservation

Jean Robertson, Chair
gaiajean@yahoo.com

Conservation Analyst
Mack Casterman
conservation@ebcnps.org
510-734-0335

Funds Development

Delia Taylor, Chair
deliataylor@mac.com

Carol Castro

carollbcastro@hotmail.com

Field Trips

Janet Gawthrop, Chair
janetgawthrop47@gmail.com

Hospitality

Vacant

Information Infrastructure

Peter Rauch, Chair
peterar@berkeley.edu

Membership

Vacant

Volunteer coordinator
Delia Taylor
volunteer@ebcnps.org

Programs

Sue Rosenthal

rosacalifornica2@earthlink.net

510-496-6016

Publicity

(vacant)

Rare Plants

Heath Bartosh, Chair
925-957-0069

hbartosh@nomadecology.com

Bryophytes

John Game, Chair

510-527-7855

jcgame@stanford.edu

Unusual Plants

Dianne Lake, Chair

510-691-1428

diannelake@yahoo.com

Vegetation

Megan Keever, Co-Chair
megan@stillwatersci.com

Nicole Jurjavcic, Co-Chair
nicole@stillwatersci.com

EBCNPS Sponsored Activi-
ties

Native Here Nursery

510-549-0211

Manager — Charli Danielsen

nativehere@ebcnps.org

Sales — Margot Cunningham
bunchgrassmarg@gmail.com

Plant Fair

Charli Danielsen, Chair
nativehere@ebcnps.org

Restoration

Huckleberry Regional
Preserve

Janet Gawthrop, leaer

janetgawthrop47@gmail.

com>

Point Isabel

Tom and Jane Kelly, leaders
510-704-8628 (w)
510-684-6484 (c)
kyotousa@sbcglobal.net

Marsh Creek

Heath Bartosh, leader

925-957-0069

hbartosh@nomadecology.

com

John Muir NHS (Marti-
nez) Elaine Jackson,
leader 925-372-0687
elainejx@att.net

Membership Application and Renewal Form

Name

Address

Zip Telephone

Email

I wish to affiliate with:

East Bay Chapter (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)

Other

Membership category:

Individual, $45

Family, Library, Group or International, $75

Plant lover, $100

Patron, $300

Benefactor, $600

Mariposa Lily, $1500

Limited Income or student, $25.00

Other

Mail application and check to: California Native Plant Society, 2707 K Street, Suite 1,
Sacramento CA 95816

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