SUMMER BREAK until September 6, 2017 JUNE 7, 2017 Wednesday 5:30 PM SUMMER SOCIAL and NATIVE PLANT EXCHANGE JOIN fellow native plant aficionados for the Mount Lassen Chapter’s annual summer picnic, Wednesday June 7 at 5:30 pm with dinner at 6:15. This year we are avoiding the heat by having an evening potluck and barbecue in a friend’s expansive garden. Come to 501 Paseo Companeros St along Comanche Creek (south Chico off lower Fair Street, https://goo.gl/maps/B27DV99xUaS2) BRING your favorite potluck item and/or something to barbecue and favorite drink. The Chapter will provide plates, cups, and cutlery. Refrigeration, limited tables and seating are available. Bring a folding chair and a portable table if you have one. There are very few native plants in this yard, so we will have to bring our own to admire during a NATIVE PLANT EXCHANGE. Such items may be a plant you have propagated or purchased, or a native plant design / drawing on wearable or usable swag, art, basket, bowl, and cutting board, etc. The unwrapped item you bring should be valued around $10 or less. Creative or self-generated articles would be cool. Involvement is optional, but should be fun. Items will be distributed in a drawing with opportunity for their trading and sharing. Contact Woody Elliott if you can provide a folding table(s) or for more information: 530-588-2555, woodyelliott@gmail.com. SEE YOU THERE! Field Trips FEATHER FALLS SCENIC AREA PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST June 3 Saturday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) to leave at 8 am. Plan for all day. Call for alternate meeting place. Bring lunch, water, hiking gear, sun/ insect protection and money for ride sharing. Be¬ cause of the shaded, well maintained trail we’ll see many early summer flowers: campion, clarkia, wild ginger, woolly sunflower. We’ll hike a moderate to strenuous 9 mile loop, elevation change, 2460-1600 ft, a lunch at the viewpoint opposite Feather Falls which has a 640 ft vertical drop to rival waterfalls in Yosemite. This heavy rainfall year has made Lake Oroville at the confluence of Fall Creek visible from the Falls Overlook. Leader: Woody Elliott, 530-588- 2555, woodyelliott@gmail.com BUTTERFLY VALLEY PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST June 9 Friday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) at 8 am or Mt Hough Ranger Station at 10 am. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protection, wear shoes for a bog walk, and money for ride sharing. The Butter¬ fly Botanical Area, 2900-3700 ft, was protected due to its outstanding abundance and diversity of spe¬ cies. See orchids, lilies, carnivorous sundews, and Darlingtonia. Leaders: David Popp, 530-990-3703, davidpppp@gmail.com and Marjorie McNairn, 530- 343-2397 MORBfmm mm on page LUMPKIN RIDGE PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST June 25 Sunday 1 Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) at 9 am. Call for alternate meeting place. Bring lunch, water, hiking gear, sun/insect protection and money for ride sharing. Back by late afternoon. Lumpkin Ridge, east of the village of Feather Falls, sits on volcanic Lovejoy basalt at 4200 ft ele. It is an interest¬ ing spot which boasts five habitats and a great diversity of species. A plant list exists on the mountlassen.cnps.org web¬ site florulae as a result of previous plant listing field trips in 2007. Leader: Marjorie McNairn, 530 343-2397 JONESVILLE MEADOWS WALK LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST July 2 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) at 9 am or Jonesville Inn at 10 am. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protec¬ tion and money for ride sharing. Wear foot gear suitable for slogging in marshy ground for short hikes. We’ll drive north¬ east on Hwy 32 for 27 miles and then 12 miles north on paved county road to the Butte Meadows area at about 4800 ft ele. See a variety of wetland flowers like camas, leopard lily, little elephant heads, Veronica, Tofieldia, and bog orchid. Optional post-lunch visit to the Colby Mountain Fire Lookout. Leader: Janna Lathrop, 530-228-0010 or 530-343-2397 SUSANVILLEAREA LASSEN NATIONAL FOREST OR BLM LANDS July 22 Saturday Exact location to be decided based on flowering sequence. Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) at 8 am. Call for alternate meeting place. Back by 5 pm. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protection and money for ride-sharing. Will John¬ son works as an invasive weed specialist with BLM. Lead¬ ers: William Johnson and Marjorie McNairn, 530-343-2397, MLMcNairn@aol.com 2 . The Pipevine June 2017 Your Chance to Improve the by JIM BISHOP, Programs Co-chair A t our monthly General Meetings we offer an interesting and informative program, given by a knowledgeable presenter. We get good audiences, both in size and interest. It is the job of the Programs Chair to facilitate the presentation. The current Programs Chair has been doing it for about 20 years, and it is time for new leadership in that job. At the end of 2017 I shall retire from the position. It is also a great opportunity for someone to not only carry on the programs, but also to bring new life and new dimensions to what we offer, to implement your ideas. You get to meet very interesting and nice people, and to enable their opportunity to share what they know with our members and the public. Basically the job involves getting potential speakers for programs, and then providing a little guidance to make sure it all comes together. We have sometimes had helpful Program Co-chairs (currently Woody Elliott) who often make a contact that would provide a good program and pass the information along to the Program Chairperson. And there is a “Speakers Bureau” listing on the CNPS webpage that describes programs and presenters from other chapters that you can draw on. The tasks: - You would contact the presenter (usually by email), provide guidelines for a program description for the Pipevine. - Make sure they’ll have the program in a form we can project, and describe the equipment we have available to them. - Arrange to meet the presenter at the library, or for dinner beforehand, the night of the meeting. - Set up the equipment at the meeting, and introduce the speaker. - Thank the speaker for coming, maybe let them know how their presentation was received. - That’s about it. Please let me know if you are interested. Send me an email cjbishopl 991 @sbcglobal.net, or catch me at a meeting. I can work with you the rest of this year to help you get the hang of it. There is no reason the job can’t be shared between folks, as a Program Committee, and need not be done just by a single Chairperson. Legislative Notes by DAVID ANDERSON LITIGIOUS ERA AHEAD ast month’s Legislative Notes dealt with the problems in distinguishing between valid Presidential Executive Orders which execute laws and invalid orders which amount to new legislation. The problems of Presidential Executive Orders do not stop there. Many laws give Presidents discretion to issue Executive Orders, within defined limits, to carry out the intent of Congress. Creating of new national monuments and restricting of oil and gas leases in federal waters are examples. The question is: When a President has issued Executive Orders in accordance with discretion Congress gave him, can a successor President merely issue Executive Orders to repeal them? The continued existence of newly created Lake Berryessa/Snow Mountain National Monument is one such pending issue. Can President Trump issue an Order repealing all or part of President Obama’s creation under the Antiquities Act? We can expect much litigation to resolve issues of this type in many fields. by JANNA LATHROP, Events Chair MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER VOLUNTEERS THANKED would especially like to thank Christian Smit, AngieLee Gryziec, Justine Devoe, Nancy Hawley, and Nathan Lath- rop for their great job setting up, staffing and taking down our booth for the ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE on May 6th. It was a job well-done and they were a great representative face for the chapter and CNPS. by KARROLYNN YELLS, Hospitality Chair C onscientious people are needed to bring cookies (orsnacks) to the Fall General Meetings. Please contact KarroLynn Yells at 530 534-3551 or karrolynny@att.net. A SIGN UP SHEET WILL ALSO BE AT THE HOSPITALITY TABLE at the General Meetings, September, October, November & December 2017. THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR SUPPORT. The Pipevine June 2017 3. by WOODY ELLIOTT C ONGRATULATIONS TO ALL VOLUNTEERS for another successful biennial WILDFLOWER SHOW & PLANT SALE. Nearly 250 folks visited from noon to 4 pm on Sunday April 23 at the CARD Center on Vallombrosa. Herbal teas, microscope tools, invasive plants, local natural ar¬ eas, water-wise gardens, books, wearables, and snacks were on the perimeter of OVER 300 wonderfully displayed and identified wildland plants from our area. SPECIAL COMMENDATIONS TO: Marjorie McNairn as plant collection co¬ ordinator; Friends of Chico State Herbarium led by Linnea Hanson for identifying and displaying plant collections; Denise Devine for posters and updating/printing plant ID labels; Robert Fischer, Rob Schlising, Tim Devine and Janna Lathrop for providing plant display ware; Nancy Praizler for inventory and sale of books and wearables plus financial accounting; Ann Elliott as tea maven; Jon Aull and Jim Bishop for nature walks; Catie and Jim Bishop for microscope displays . . . 4. The Pipevine June 2017 . . . Melinda Tevis of Altacal Audubon for Habitat Friendly Garden display; KarroLynn Yells for sandwich and snack sus¬ tenance; Zeb and Germaine of Floral Native Nursery, Nancy Schleiger of Native Spring Nursery, and John Whittlesey for donating sale plants or their proceeds; and Janna Lathrop for advance event planning and coordination. Consequently, nearly $2000 was added to the Chapter’s coffers to further advance the appreciation and conservation of native plants and their plant communities. KARROLYNN adds . . . What an extraordinary group of volunteers we have. I am always amazed when I asked people to bring cookies to the Wildflower Show they brought more than was asked. Many thanks to the following: Catie Bishop, Rob Schlising, Marjorie McNairn, Phyllis Dempsey Dave Schlichling, Margaret Grover, John Whittlesey, Roxane Canfield, Janna Lathrop, Letha Albright, Maureen Connolly, Ann Elliott, Patricia Peterbaugh and June Watts. Many thank yous to Susie Cunningham and Nancy Groshong for the hard work they provided in the kitchen getting the cookies and beverages out for the public and for setting up for the volunteers luncheon. They are two of the most hardworking ladies who are a lot of fun to work along side. Photos by Woody Elliott The Pipevine June 2017 5. V/t SILVER LAKE, GOLD LAKE AND MUD LAKE PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST July 30 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwy 99/32) at 8:30 am. Back by 4-5 pm. We’ll drive Hwy 70 to Quincy, take the Bucks Lake Rd to Meadow Valley, and turn north on a Forest Service road to Silver Lake. The easy 1.5 mile trail takes us to Gold Lake, and an extension for those who desire, may follow a trail 0.9 miles past Mud Lake and Rock Lake up a steep but easy incline to Eagle Cap and the Pacific Crest Trail. We hope to see penstemon, larkspur and others. Bring sturdy shoes, lunch, water, sun protection and money for ride-sharing. Leader: Marjorie McNairn 530 343-2397 SNOW MOUNTAIN August 5 Saturday Note: The road to Snow Mountain was washed out by win¬ ter storms. Call John Whittlesey first (530 774-4955) to be sure the road has been repaired in time for this trip. Meet at Chico Park & Ride (Hwy 99/32) west lot at 8 am. Plan for all day. Bring sturdy shoes, lunch, water, sun protec¬ tion and money for ride-sharing. We’ll drive from Chico to Mendocino National Forest, and hike into the Snow Mountain Wilderness. This is the southern-most alpine zone in the Coast Range. It is notable, botanically, for having many species of plants that are also seen at the southern-most limits of the Sierra Nevada Range. We’ll hike from the Summit Springs Trailhead, 5200 ft, and take the moderate 2.5 mile hike to Snow Mountain at 7038 ft ele. We may not reach the summit of Snow Mountain, but the beautiful vistas and interesting plants to be seen make the trip worthwhile. Bring water, lunch, sun/insect protection, and money for ride sharing. Call for alternate meeting place. Leader: John Whittlesey (530 774-4955) DEADFALL LAKES ON MT EDDY SHASTA TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST August 20 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 99/32) at 8 am. Plan for all day. Wear sturdy shoes. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protection, hiking gear, and money for ride sharing. We’ll drive Hwy 1-5, 139 miles north to exit 751 just past Weed CA. Then drive 13 miles southwest on Stewart Springs Rd to the trailhead. Along the easy 2 mile walk to Lower Deadfall Lake, at about 6300 ft ele, we’ll see Darlingtonia pitcher plants, gentians and a striking Lewisia. The area features an isolated stand of Port-Or- ford-cedars. After lunch some may opt to make the short, but strenuous, climb to Upper Deadfall Lake at 7130 ft ele. Leader: Anne-Lise Feenstra 530-865-5254. PANTHER MEADOWS SHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST August 26 Saturday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 99/32) at 7:30 am. Plan for all day. Wear walking shoes, bring lunch, wa¬ ter, sun/insect protection, a light jacket, and money for ride sharing. We’ll drive north on Hwys 99 and 1-5, 131 miles to Mt Shasta City, then east to Everitt Memorial Hwy, 14 miles up the west slope of Mt Shasta to Panther Meadows. At 7500 ft there are two meadows, one slightly above the other. Near timberline they are surrounded by conifers: Shasta red fir, mountain hemlock and whitebark pine. A well maintained path leads through each mead¬ ow for about a mile. Expect to see cobwebby penste¬ mon, giant-red paintbrush, Shasta beardtongue, western anemone, mountain violet and mountain jewelflower. Call for alternate meeting place. Leader: Anne-Lise Feenstra 530-865-5254 6 . The Pipevine June 2017 by ANN ELLIOTT, Garden Tour Chair A bundant rain helped the ten gardens on this year’s Water-Wise and Habitat Friendly Garden Tour flourish with a riot of color. Over one hundred attendees oohed and awed at the bright and varied displays of showy plants. However, visitors also appreciated the inclusion of na¬ tive plants and other habitat features that support a variety of insect pollinators, birds, and mammals. Mount Lassen Chapter, CNPS and Altacal Audubon’s Neighborhood Habit Certification Program have spon¬ sored this tour three times. The first two tours were free to the Most of these gardens have been on the tour before. Return attendees could see the progress from just planted to more mature garden. Melinda Teves of Altacal did a marvelous job of recruiting host gardeners and helping their preparations for the tour including providing plant labels. Members of the Executive Board of Mount Lassen Chapter stepped up to co¬ host each of the gardens by helping to identify plants and habitat features, explaining cultivation practices, and crowd control. These efforts helped spread the news that unused lawns can be community. This tour required a modest registration of $10 or $6 for students or low-income individuals. This resulted in registrants asking more serious, pointed questions about lawn conversions and plant availability, selection, and care. converted to beautiful spaces with native and drought tolerant plants that people and other creatures can use and enjoy. Tremendous THANK YOU to all the host garden owners for the extra work they did to get their gardens into show condition and how they educated their tour guests. The Pipevine June 2017 7. HIGHLIGHTS OF BGCSR BIG CHICO CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE by MARJORIE MCNAIRN, Field Trip Chair I t was fortuitous that this trip was postponed from a rainy day in April to a mild sunny day in May. The nineteen of us, fortified with lots of explanations from the experts, and outfitted with BCCER staffs if we had not brought our own walking sticks or trekking poles, traversed from one habitat to another and from one geologic age to another. Our guide, Dr. Paul Maslin, the wise sage of BCCER, explained how the underlying geological formations gave rise to the various vegetative habitats and variety of plant species. My own observations raised more questions. Why would one wooded habitat, shaded by ancient canyon live oak trees and younger ponderosa pines, support a wide scattering of papery onion throughout, while another one shades wood ferns, mock orange and pipevine? And, although we saw a few single globe gilia in some open areas, why should one hillside support the largest pure population of globe gilia I have ever seen flowing down the hillside with joyous abandon? At lunch break we learned from Paul about the process of establishing the preserve, and leader John Aull described the maintenance and restoration process, as well as history of the Native Americans who inhabited the area and whose descendants still make use of the pre¬ serve. Throughout the day, Robert Fischer identified, described, and gave precious gems of information on various species of plants. One of my favorite experiences on this trip was gently lowering myself down the steep, rugged trail through the fantasyland of knobby basalt columns. We dropped through those Lovejoy basalt cliffs to the Chico formation below, and into a green meadow with patches of blue-eyed grass and a gently-flowing creeklet lined with the rare shield-bracted monkeyflower. Glorious! 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HUGH SAFFORD, Regional Ecologist for the Pacific Southwest region of the U.S. Forest Service has been studying serpentine ecosystems in California for many years. Please register in advance. For more information about upcoming workshops please contact www.friendsofthechicostateherbarium.com/eventsviewcal- endar/ For more information about registration please contact the Biology office at (530)898-5356 or chatfield@csuchico.edu MEMBERSHIP MLC If you have changed your. . . address, phone number or e-mail or leave temporarily please notify Mount Lassen Chapter CNPS Membership Chair, MERYL BOND at 530 487-7312 or merylbond@sbcglobal.net This will help eliminate returned Pipevines from the Post Office. Thank You Keep up with MLC Activities on our website and Facebook California Native Plant Society, Mount Lassen Chapter and LIKE US facebook ELECTED OFFICERS ( 530 ) President Past-President Vice-President Secretary Treasurer Members-at-Large WOODY ELLIOTT 588-2555 woodyelliott@gmail.com CAT IE BISHOP cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net JIM BISHOP cj bi shop 1991 @sbcg lobal.net CHRISTIAN SMIT 815-5892 christian.pt.smit@gmail.com NANCY PRAIZLER 899-1333 HESH KAPLAN heshelak@gmail.com 898-9938 MERYL BOND 487-7312 merylbond@sbcglobal.net CINDY WEINER 588-1906 wildflowermaven@comcast.net CHAIRS Conservation / Web Administrator WOODY ELLIOTT Education Events 588-2555 woodyelliott@gmail.com JUSTINE DEVOE 917-7891 justinedevoeca@gmail.com JANNA LATHROP 228 0010 jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net Field Trips Horticulture Hospitality Invasive Plants Membership/Mailing MERYL BOND MARJORIE MCNAIRN mlmcnairn@aol.com OPEN KARROLYNN YELLS karrolynny@att.net OPEN 343-2397 534-3551 487-7312 merylbond@sbcglobal.net DENISE DEVINE 345-8444 dsrdevine@hotmail.com JIM BISHOP cj bi shop 1991 @sbcg lobal.net WOODY ELLIOTT 588-2555 woodyelliott@gmail.com CINDY WEINER 588-1906 wildflowermaven@comcast.net OPEN NANCY PRAIZLER 899-1333 praizlermom@gmail.com Vol. Recognition / Chapter Council Delegate CAT IE BISHOP cj bish op 1991 @sbcg lobal.net CHRISTIAN SMIT 815-5892 christian.pt.smit@gmail.com ANN ELLIOTT 521-4402 annonfire@gmail.com Newsletter Editor Programs Co-chairs Publicity Rare Plants Sales Yahi Trail CCNC Gardens mountlassen.cnps.org The Pipevine June 2017 9 MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY P. O. BOX 4067 CHICO, CA 95927-4067 Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Chico, CA Permit No. 553 RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Time Value JUNE 2017 issue Pipevine Phyllis would say Join Today ! MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY I wish to affiliate with the Mount Lassen Chapter renew Name _ Address _ City _ State _ Zip _ Phone _ Email _ Send Membership Application to: CNPS 2707 K STREET, SUITE 1 SACRAMENTO, CA 95816-5113 mountlassen.cnps.org Student / Limited Income. $25 Individual. $45 Family / Library. $75 Plant Lover. $100 Patron. $300 Benefactor. $600 Calendar June 3 - Feather Falls 7-ANNUAL PICNIC 9 - Butterfly Valley 25 - Lumpkin Ridge July 2 - Jonesville Meadows 22 - Susanville Area 30 - Silver, Gold, & Mud Lakes August 5 - Snow Mountain 16 - Ex Board Meeting 20 - Deadfall Lakes 26 - Panther Meadows September 6 - General Meeting 20 - Ex Board Meeting