Calendar of Events

March 3, SATURDAY: March 25, SUN DAY:

■ Plant restoration at Arrowhead Marsh (back page). ■ Field trip to Del Valle Regional Park (see p. 3).

March 6, 13, 20, and 27, TUESDAYS:

■ Plant sale work sessions for the Fall 2001 plant sale
(see p. 2).

March 7, WEDNESDAY:

■ Board of Directors' meeting at the home of Charli
Danielsen, 10 Kerr Ave., Kensington. 7:30 p.m. All
members welcome.

March 1 0, SATURDAY:

■ Deadline for April Bay Leaf . Give items to Brett
Boltz or Joe Willingham.

March 11, SUNDAY:

■ Field trip to Garin Regional Park (see p. 3).

March 11, SUNDAY:

■ Field trip to Pulgas Ridge (see p. 3).

March 28, WEDNESDAY:

■ Membership meeting (see below).

April 4, WEDNESDAY:

■ Board of Directors' meeting at the home of Delia
Taylor, 1851 Catalina Ave., Berkeley. 7:30 p.m.

April 7 or 14, SATURDAY:

■ Combination field trip/rare plant survey at
Antioch Dunes (see p. 3).

April 8, SUNDAY:

■ Field trip to Morgan Territory (see p. 3).

April 28-29, SATURD AY-SUN DAY:

■ Field trip to New Idria (see p. 3).

Membership Meeting Wednesday, March 28 ♦ 7:30 p.m

The War Against Invasive Weeds in the East Bay
Speaker: Bob Case

"The aliens have landed and the battle is on in the bush. T-
shirt graphic or fact? Both! There is no doubt that invasive,
noxious weeds are as great a threat to California's native
vegetation as asphalt and the bulldozer. In 1998, CNPS and
24 other public and private agencies and organizations
signed a Memorandum of Understanding that formed the
Alameda /Contra Costa Weed Management Area to help
fight this threat in the two counties. Senate Bill 1740, signed
by Governor Davis, has provided the first funding for an
Integrated Weed Management Plan that includes both
biological and cultural control methods. The plan will also
provide plenty of room for weed-bashing volunteers and
re vegetation efforts. Bob Case, Integrated Pest Management
Coordinator for the Contra Costa County Department of
Agriculture, will present the most current information on
the fight against invasive weeds in the East Bay. Come
learn about and discuss this topic so important to us all.

Bob Case is a life long Bay Area resident. He holds a
Master's degree in ecology and systematics from San
Francisco State University and has taught classes in biol-
ogy, ecology, and natural history for many Bay Area
colleges over the last thirty years. In his role with the
Department of Agriculture, he gives frequent presentations
on integrated pest management, invasive species, and
current agricultural topics. He is also an accomplished
wildflower photographer whose images are posted on the
state CNPS website photo gallery.

The meeting will take place in the Conference Center of
the University of California Botanical Garden on Centennial
Drive, east of Memorial Stadium, above the main campus
of the University of California in Berkeley. The Garden
gate will open at 7 p.m. The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m.
Refreshments will be served after the meeting. CNPS books
and other publications will be on display and available for
purchase. Please contact Holly Forbes, 234-2913, if you
have any questions.

President’s Message

. . . Barbara Ertter

Too Much To Dream?

Sometimes, instead of driving to one of the many won-
derful open spaces that make the East Bay such a special
place, I just start walking from my house in north Berkeley.
Wending my way through the maze of winding roads and
cryptic pathways of the Berkeley Hills, I stumble across a
multitude of charming "pocket parks": John Hinkel, Mortar
Rock, Remillard, Cragmont Rock, and others. Each contain
portions left in a semi-natural condition, with an overstory
of coast live oak, bay, and buckeye, enough to convince
the average park user that these "pocket parks" preserve
a remnant of the Berkeley Hills otherwise vanished flora.

A quick examination of the understory, however, tells a
very different story. Where once occurred a rich mix of
native grasses, wildflowers, and understory shrubs, the
parks have been almost completely taken over by Algerian
ivy (Hedera canariensis) , "scatter grass" (Ehrharta erecta),
French broom (Genista monspessulana), cotoneaster, and
other non-natives. Scattered individual species persist only
in rare toeholds, scattered among the remnant parks and
undeveloped lots of the Berkeley Hills. Here a small patch
of polypody, there a few lingering plants of dudleya, even
miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata) qualifying as an
exciting find. Long gone, however, is the enigmatic
population of Arctostaphylos tomentosa ssp. rosei once
documented from Indian Rock Park, where climbers'
chalk, broken bottles, and a few tough non-natives are
now all that complement the fantastic vista.

Of course, all of these species can still be found in
abundance elsewhere, most simply by crossing the ridge
into Tilden Regional Park. However, as any East Bay
gardener knows all too well, the San Francisco Bay Area
is a hodge-podge of microclimates and geology. It only
makes sense to assume that populations of the original
flora had been fine-tuned by the microclimate and
geology of a particular site, generation after uncounted
generation. As a result, it is quite possible that, say,
miner's lettuce from the Berkeley Hills is subtly different
genetically from that in Wildcat Canyon, which might in
turn differ from that on Mount Diablo. If so, then yet one
more tiny increment of nature's diversity will be lost
forever when the last plants of miner's lettuce in the
Berkeley Hills disappear under ivy and ehrharta.

Such a loss may seem petty compared to the avalanche
of other problems facing us, but the current mass extinc-
tion going on, in our midst, is not so much of entire
species, but rather at the level of intraspecific variation.
We all take for granted the wonderful intraspecific
diversity of Homo sapiens, and depend heavily on
genetic variation in the development of cultivated and
domesticated species; why should we expect any less on
nature's palette? We think a species is in good shape if
several viable populations have been preserved; would

we say the same of Homo sapiens if only Japan and
England were set aside, and the rest of the planet con-
verted into condominiums for invaders from outer space?

Such a fanciful extrapolation is, of course, well beyond
what any of us have to deal with, let alone do anything
about. The miner's lettuce, on the other hand, is here and
now, and I have already salvaged some plants from a
weed-threatened roadside in the Berkeley Hills. They have
given rise to a small colony in my back yard, along a living
stretch of Blackberry Creek sheltered by an enormous bay
tree that is older than the house. I like to think that I am
creating a refuge for local genotypes, adding manroot,
buckeye, wood rose, and representatives of whatever other
remnant populations I stumble across. A small effort, of
little value by itself. But it's the accumulation of small
efforts that add up, just as it's the accumulation of
incremental losses that cause the greatest devastation.

With this thought in mind, a larger dream occurs to me
every time I pass by one of Berkeley's "pocket parks."
Wouldn't it be wonderful if caring groups of people
worked together to make their neighborhood park a true
refugium for the remnants of the local flora, not just in
the Berkeley Hills but in neighborhoods throughout the
Bay Area? If they not only made a habit of removing the
ivy and other invasive non-natives, but also sleuthed out
whatever remnant species might be found in the neigh-
borhood for use in restoration planting? A slow process,
undoubtedly, but wouldn't this be a satisfying group effort,
all the more rewarding as a long-term personal involve-
ment in the saving of a piece of nature's diversity, in the
healing of a Place? Ah, if it weren't only a dream . . .

Plant Sale Activities

Work sessions this month:

Tuesdays, March 6, 13, 20, 27
9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Merritt College Landscape Horticulture area.

Volunteers will be busy this month, and anyone may join
in the fun at any time. As the days warm up, plants
growing in small containers need to move up to larger
ones. In the greenhouse are cuttings rooted in perlite
mix, ready for the move to soil. Sprouting weeds are
competing for our attention... Extra hands are always
welcome.

The campus parking fee is 2 quarters for the machine
outside the gate. Bring your lunch if you can stay
through the noon break. For more information call (925)
376-4095.

. . . Shirley McPheeters

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Feld Trips

Sunday, March 11: Garin Regional Park
Beginner's Wildflower Walk in Hayward. Our
leisurely ramble will begin at 10 a.m. from the
Garin Visitor Center, and travel about 4 miles
looking at the early spring flora. Garin is in the southern
part of the Bay hills section, and supports grassland,
riparian, and oak woodlands. Join us for all or part of
this hike. We will be compiling a checklist of observa-
tions in support of the next edition of the Annotated
Checklist of the East Bay Flora . Bring water, lunch, and
(optionally) your EB checklist! For details or to obtain
checklists, contact Tony Morosco at tony-
mo rosco@calflora.org or 528-5426. Heavy rain cancels.
Directions: From 1-880 south of Hayward, take Industrial
Parkway East to Mission Blvd. (Hwy. 238). Turn right at
Mission and travel 1/4 mile. Turn left on Garin Ave. and
follow it uphill 3/4 mile to the entrance of Garin and Dry
Creek Pioneer Regional Parks. Vehicle entrance fee is $4.
Dog Fee: $1. Public Transit: From South Hayward BART:
take AC Transit bus 21 to Mission and Garin Avenue. Bus
runs hourly on Sundays.

Sunday, March 11: There will be a field trip with
Dan Norris and Mary Simpson of Santa Clara
CNPS to the mosses and liverworts (bryophytes)
at Pulgas Ridge in San Mateo County starting at
10 a.m. The trail starts out through a blue oak woodland
at the bottom of a canyon, climbs to a chaparral area at
the top of the ridge, and then descends to the end of the
3-mile round trip in mixed oak woodland. There is a
moderate elevation gain, so participants should bring
ample water. Directions: From the East Bay, take 1-880
east to 92 and the San Mateo Bridge. Continue east on 92
in San Mateo County until it intersects with 1-280. Take I-
280 south to the Edgewood Road exit. On Edgewood
Road, go 0.75 miles northeast towards San Carlos and
Redwood City. Turn left (north) onto Crestview Drive
and then immediately turn left on Edmonds Road.

Limited roadside parking is available along Crestview
Drive and Edmonds Road. No water or bathrooms are at
the trailhead; be prepared.

Sunday, March 25: Del Valle Regional Park
Hike. Join Tony Morosco for an informal survey
and ramble on the south end of Lake Del Valle
Park in southern Alameda County. Distance
hiked will depend on the ambition of the group. Meet at
the Rocky Ridge Visitor Center at 10:30 a.m. Bring water,
lunch and (optionally) your EB checklist. For details or
to obtain checklists, contact Tony Morosco at tony-
morosco@calflora.org or 510 528-5426. Heavy rain
cancels. Directions: From 1-580 in Livermore, take Vasco
Road exit south 3 miles to Tesla Road. Turn right on
Tesla Road about 1 mile to Mines Road and turn left.
Travel south on Mines Road about 5 miles to Del Valle
Road and turn right. The park entrance is about four
miles ahead. Visitor Center is about 3/4 mile past the

park entrance on the southeast shore of the lake. Vehicle
entrance fee is $4. Dog Fee: $1.

There will be a combination field trip/rare
plant survey at Antioch Dunes on April 7
and/or 14. Participants will be asked to help
with plant counts, mapping, filling out of
documentation forms, making plant lists, etc., while they
enjoy the flora. People familiar with East Bay flora are
also needed to help with plant identification. Look for
directions and more information in the April Bay Leaf or
the Chapter website.

Sunday, April 8: Chris Thayer will resume his
ongoing botanical exploration field trips in the
East Bay with a hike in Morgan Territory
Regional Preserve. Meet at 10 a.m. in the main
parking lot. This will be a moderately paced hike to
observe spring wildflowers and chaparral and oak
woodland communities. We should also see some
wonderful vistas of Los Vaqueros watershed. The walk
should last for approximately four hours, so bring lunch,
liquids, sturdy boots and layers for cold and/or rain. Be
prepared for muddy trails. Heavy rain cancels.

Directions: From the south — take 1-580 to North
Livermore Ave. exit in Livermore. Proceed north on
North Livermore about 5 miles. Shortly after a sharp
bend to the west, turn right on Morgan Territory Rd.
Proceed on that somewhat narrow road 6 miles to the
main staging area on the east side of the road (there is a
sign). From the north — take Ygnacio Valley Rd. in
Walnut Creek from 1-680; turn right on Clayton Rd. and
pass through the small town of Clayton. The road soon
becomes Marsh Creek Rd. After 3-4 miles take a right
onto Morgan Territory Rd. and proceed 9-10 miles to the
staging area on the east side of the road. Note that
Morgan Territory Rd. is a very narrow, windy road, so
allow plenty of time to drive this stretch. Any
questions — call Chris at (925) 283-4858 evenings.

Saturday-Sunday, April 28-29: Weekend field
trip to New Idria serpentine barrens in San
Benito County led by Bureau of Land Manage-
ment botanist Julie Anne Hamon. The San
Benito-Clear Creek area consists of approximately 30,000
acres of the New Idria serpentine block, and 20,000 non-
serpentine, sedimentary soils, each supporting distinct
vegetation communities. Nearly 5000 acres of this land-
scape are striking serpentine barrens that support little
vegetation, but what exists there is exceedingly interest-
ing and beautiful. Conservation issues for the area center
on off-highway vehicle use. For a sneak preview, check
out the article on page 100 of California's Wild Gardens.
Participants may wish to bring Mary Ann Matthew's
Monterey County Flora, available through CNPS. The

(Continued on back page)

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Unusual and Significant Plants

The sixth edition of Unusual and Significant Plants of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties is now available. This
report, compiled by the Rare Plant Committee, deals with locally rare native plants, as well as statewide rare plants
that occur in our Chapter area, and ranks them according to their rarity and endangerment. This publication has been
praised as a valuable tool in local land planning and management. It offers a wealth of information for amateur and
professional botanists. Several smaller related reports are also available this year. To order, fill out the form below.

Unusual and Significant Plants of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties ($15)

Habitats of Unusual and Significant Plants of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties ($7)

(Plants listed by habitat, with species, rank and habitat, but no locations)

Regions of Unusual and Significant Plants of Alameda and Contra Costa Counties ($10)

(A and B-ranked plants by regions, with species and rank, but no habitats or specific
sites. Lists are also available for each region at $3 /region, except Diablo, which is $5.

These individual lists consist of species, rank and habitat, but no specific sites.

Unusual and Significant Plants of Alameda County ($5)

(A and B-ranked plants in Alameda Co, with species, rank and habitat, but no specific sites)

Unusual and Significant Plants of Contra Costa County ($5)

(A and B-ranked plants in Contra Costa County with species, rank and habitat, but no specific sites)

Name:

Address:

City:

Please make check payable to California Native Plant
Society and mail to:

Dianne Lake

1050 Bayview Farm Rd. - #121
Pinole, CA 94564

Native Plant Sale at Tllden

The Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

will be holding their annual plant sale on Saturday, April
21. The Plant sales requires the assistance of numerous
dedicated volunteers. Many of you have helped in the
past and hopefully you will be able to help make the
year 2001 sale a resounding success.

Starting April 16 through April 20 we will be setting up
for the plant sale. This will entail bringing the plants to
the sale area, grooming the plants, pricing the plants,
and checking the plant labels for accuracy and other
minor tasks. This process starts casually on Monday and
increases to a maddening crescendo on Thursday after-
noon. Friday we will finish the set up, including adding
the pictorial plant descriptions. We would appreciate any
help you can give us on Monday through Friday. On the
day of the sale we need cashiers, people with strong
backs to handle the holding area and people with
knowledge of the growing of native plants who can help
in selling the plants. If you are willing to handle any of
these tasks, please let me know so that I can ensure that
we have covered all of the bases. Please contact Ron
Clendenen (925-631-6614, rlclendenen@juno.com) if you
have any questions.

State: Zip:

International Broom Initiative

The International Broom Initiative (IB I), of which CNPS
is a founding member, is moving forward with plans for
an international consortium to conduct a program of
biological control on the group of woody leguminous
pest plants that includes the brooms (approx. 6-7 species
in several genera) and gorse. There is great advantage to
tackling all of these closely-related plants at once,
because there may be some overlap in natural predators;
an additional efficiency is provided by pooling several
nations' funds for the overseas portion of the research.
The United States share of the multi-year program is
$265,000 annually. The IB I is asking Senator Barbara
Boxer and Congressman Mike Thompson of the north
coast to introduce a bill to fund this research program. It
is important that legislators know there is broad support
for the program. Please write to them, even if you are
not in Thompson's district, expressing support for this
program and cc your representative. Additional informa-
tion about the IBI can be found on the CalEPPC website:
www.caleppc.org, or you can contact me.

It would also be helpful to have county Boards of
Supervisors pass resolutions of support for IBI, as that
gives the issue cachet and greater visibility, and it will
help motivate legislators. Please contact me (338 Ortega
St., San Francisco CA 94122, 415-731-3028, jsigg@slip.net)
for sample wording for such a resolution.

. . . Jake Sigg, CNPS Invasive Exotics Chair

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2001 Board of Directors

Elected Officers

President:

Barbara Ertter 1859 Catalina Ave., Berkeley 94707 h/ 5264592
w/ 643-0600

Vice-president:

Administration:

Tony Morosco 2329 7th St., Berkeley 94710 h/ 549-2238
w/ 642-8468

Treasurer:

Holly Forbes 71 28 Blake St., El Cerrito 94530 234-2913
w/ 643-8040

Secretaries:

Recording:

Michele Lee 2923 Sheldon Dr., Richmond 94803 243-1265

Corresponding:

Jbanne Kerbavaz Calif, State Parks, 2 50 Executive Park Blvd.,
Suite 49 00, San Francisco 94134 w/ (415) 330-6323

Advisors

Members-at-large:

Jbhn Game 1 1 55 Spruce St., Berkeley 94707 527-7855
Jm Sharp 2663 LeConte Ave., Berkeley 94709 644-9344
Jbe W illingham 2512 Etna St., Berkeley 94704 8414681

Bay Leaf Editors

Brett Boltz 221 0 Spaulding Ave., Berkeley 94703 h / 549-3327
w/ 643-0448

Jbe W illingham 2512 Etna St., Berkeley 94704 8414681

Recorded Chapter Information: 464-4977
CN PS Home Page: http:/ / www.cnps.org

East Bay Chapter CN PS Home Page:

http:/ / www.ebcnps.org

Chapter CN PS- EB- Alerts E-mail List

Find out more; email to listserv@usobi.org with:

I N FO CN PS- EB- ALERTS

All area codes are 510 unless noted
Printed on Recycled Paper

Committee Coordinators

Bay Leaf Mailing:

Holly Forbes 71 28 Blake St., B Cerrito 94530 234-2913

Bryophytes:

Dan Norris 802 Lexington Ave., B Cerrito 94530 435-2004
email: norris_daniel@hotmail.com

Conservation:

Vacant

Plant Communities:

Susan Bainbridge 2408 Parker St., Berkeley 9 4 7 0 4 548-2918

Rare Plants:

Brad Olson 4442 Arcadia Ave., Oakland 94602 482-0794
Unusual Hants:

Dianne Lake 1 050 Bayview Farm Fd., #121 , Rnole 94564 741-8066

Donations:

David Bigham 1 542 La Loma Ave., Berkeley 94708 848-6308
Myrtle Wolf 181 Stonewall Ffcl., Berkeley 9 4 7 0 5 843-8759

Education:

Bly Bade 2699 Shasta Ffcl., Berkeley 94708 644-1656

Field trips:

ubnet Gawthrop 3640 Grand Ave. #21 2., Oakland 9461 0 654-3066

Hospitality:

Irene W ilkinson 440 Camino Sobrante, Orinda 94563 (925) 254-3675

Legislation:

Fby Buck 8484169 email: roybuck@msn.com

Membership:

Delia Taylor 1 851 Catalina Ave., Berkeley 94707 527-3912

Native Here Nursery:

Charli Danielsen 101 Golf Course Dr., Berkeley 9 4 7 0 8 549-0211
email: cwd@wli.net

Native Plant Restoration Team:

N oah Booker 6366 Valley View Fd., Oakland 9461 1 h 1 339-1588
w/ 840-9367 email: casartunda@aol.com

Posters:

Heather Koshinsky 2033 Carquinez Ave., B Cerrito 94530 w/ 522-8180

Plant Sale:

Shirley McPheeters 1 04 Ivy Dr., Orinda 94563 (925) 3764095
Phoebe W atts 1 41 9 Grant St., Berkeley 94703 525-6614
Publicity:

Baine Ackson 331 1 Estudillo St, Martinez 94553 (925) 372-0687

Programs:

Sue Fbsenthal P.O. Box 20489, Oakland 94620 496-6016
email: rosacalifornica@earthlink.net

EBRP Botanic Garden Liaison:

Sue Fbsenthal P.O. Box 20489, Oakland 94620 496-6016

New Membership Application

file California N ative Rant Society is open to all. The mission of the California N ative Rant Society is to increase understanding and
appreciation of California’s native plants and to preserve them in their natural habitat through scientific activities, education, and conservation.
Membership includes a subscription to the quarterly journal Fremontia.

N ame

Address

Zip Telephone

I w ish to affiliate w ith:

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O ther

Mail application and check to:

Membership Chairman, California Native Rant Society, 1722 JSt., Suite 17, Sacramento, CA 95814.

Membership category:

Student, Ftetired, Limited income, $20

Individual, Library, $35

Household, Family, or Group, $45

Supporting, $75

Rant lover, $100

Patron, $250

Benefactor, $500

Life, $1000

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Native Plant Restoration Activities

Field Trips

The Team had a lovely afternoon on Feb. 3 in Gwin Canyon,
working on the Chilean Mayten (Miytenus boaria) infestation
there. Please join us on Saturday, March 3 for a fun, interesting
and rewarding day at a new site: Arrowhead Marsh. Absolutely
NO poison oak, I promise. We are teaming up with Save
the Bay (Thanks to Marilyn Latta) to work on this rich and
beautiful place, where seven of Oakland's creeks join the Bay.
The Team will support efforts to enhance and restore the
native salt marsh plants by removing noxious, invasive
perennial peppeigrass and fennel from the shoreline. This
will be a great chance to bone up on your marsh and
shoreline plant ID! Be prepared for fabulous bird watch-
ing. The last time I was there I saw enormous, graceful
bat rays swimming within a foot or two of the shoreline,
and the estuary was filled with anchovies.

Note that we are now back on our morning schedule: Meet
at 10 a.m. at Native Here Nursery on Saturday, March 3,
or on site at 11 a.m. Directions: Take 1-880 towards the
Oakland Airport. Exit at Hegenberger Rd., go west towards
the airport. Turn right on Doolittle Dr., right before the
airport entrance. Turn right on Swan, the first light. Look
for a large brown "Arrowhead Marsh" East Bay Regional
Park District sign on your left, turn left down dirt road and
follow it to the end. Park in parking lot next to large
observation structure. We will meet here. Wear pants and a
long sleeved shirt, sturdy shoes (rubber boots would be
appropriate, though Save the Bay has 25 pairs if you
don't); bring lunch, a water bottle and rain coat just in
case. We have gloves and tools to lend. Heavy rain
cancels; call 840-9367 if the sky is threatening.

On April 7 we return to Gwin Canyon; May 5 is a joint
day with Friends of Orinda Creeks, June 2 is Skyline
Serpentine Prairie, July 7 is Mitchell Canyon/Mt. Diablo.
Mark your calendars! For a monthly Team email update,
please send a note to casartunda@aol.com.

. . . Noah Booker

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field trip will go up to 5,200 feet elevation, so bring
layered clothing. Rain is a remote possibility. Jake Sigg of
Yerba Buena Chapter recommends 4-wheel drive or
other vehicles with high clearance, and participants may
wish to share rides. The campground for Saturday is
primitive, and does not have water or toilets. There are
no stores along the field trip route, so bring ample water
and food. The Friday campsite will be at Fremont Peak
State Park, which is not primitive, or meet Saturday, April
28 at 9 a.m. at the BLM Field Office in Hollister, at 20
Hamilton Court. Participants driving south on 101 from
San Jose should take the Hwy. 25 exit (which will also
read Pinnacles). Go approximately 11 miles on Hwy. 25,
and then turn left onto Highway 156, which will be the
first traffic light. From 156, turn right onto San Felipe
Road, and then left on Fallon, which is at the industrial
area across from the small airport. From San Felipe Road,
go right on Shelton about 2 blocks, and then left on
Hamilton Court at the end of Shelton. The BLM Office
will be on the left, and is the only building in that area.
Meet Julie Anne Hamon in the parking lot. The building
is closed on Saturdays, but restrooms are available. For
further questions on hotels, campgrounds, or other
logistics, call Julie Anne Hamon at (831) 630-5028 (W) or
(831) 623-4452 (H).

Wanted: Our Chapter would like your suggestions for
upcoming field trip and survey locations. Especially
sought are locations in rapidly developing areas (such as
the Tri-Valley Livermore Area) and access to lands that
are normally restricted (private or otherwise inacces-
sible). We are particularly curious about reports of vernal
pools and Downingia near Pleasanton. If you have
suggestions, leads, or contacts, please contact Tony
Morosco at tony-morosco@calflora.org or 528-5426.

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Berkeley, CA 94705

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