General Meeting MAY 7, 2014 Wednesday 7:30 pm Lake Oroville Visitor Center (new place) DIRECTIONS TO VISITOR CENTER Exit Hwy 70 at Montgomery St, go East. Continue East through the traffic circle and continue on Montgomery. The road will become Oro-Dam East. At the stop sign at Canyon Dr go straight, wind uphill to a stop sign at Kelly Ridge Dr. Turn left, and shortly enter the Visitor Center parking lot. From Hwy 70 it will be about 8 miles, less than 20 minutes. Presented by JIM BISHOP Past President of Mount Lassen Chapter, Past Chapter Council President, and CNPS Fellow Jim and his botanist wife Catie love the desert lands and go there as often as they can. Jim’s academic studies in plant physiology, lots of read- ing about the plants and their workings, and their many investigations of the desert plants in the field have helped them come to appreciate the desert flora. They enjoy sharing that with others in photos, descriptions, and explanations. Jim and Catie Bishop, May 2010 North Eureka Valley rock gardens MAY 2014 1-fc • The , Fipevine Newsletter of the Mount Lassen Chapter CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY W e have portions of three of the major North American deserts in California: Sonoran, Mojave, and Great Basin. They are full of beautiful and well adapted plants, and enchanting landscapes. Our current drought reminds us of the difficulty of dealing with inadequate water, and the desert plants confront dry conditions every season. They do that by effective and interesting anatomical and physiological means. We’ll look at many and varied plants, from delicate annuals to steadfast shrubs and cacti, and at biological soil crusts. And we’ll look into some of their wonder- ful adaptations to the arid life. Come and enjoy this overview of our beautiful desert plants and landscapes. Plant Life of the Field Trips CAMP CREEK ROAD TO MAYARO FEATHER RIVER CANYON May 4 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) at 9 am. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protection and money for ride sharing. We will drive about 32 mi north on Hwys 99 and 70 to the old railroad town site of Pulga. Then drive 2 mi on the Camp Creek Rd above the Feather River to Mayaro, the site of a 1920’s resort. Camp Creek road is unpaved, narrow, rough surfaced and recommended for high-centered vehicles. By ride sharing, we will attempt to accommodate those who drive low-centered vehicles. We will make stops to see Fritillaria, snowdrop bush and fawn lilies as we cross from sepentine to granite slopes and then have lunch at a scenic waterfall on Camp Creek. Strictly roadside botanizing at the 2000 ft elevation. Call for alternate meeting place. Leaders: Wes Dempsey 530-342-2293 and Gerry Ingco 530 893-5123. NATURAL BRIDGE TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST May 18 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) at 9 am. Bring lunch, water, sun//insect protection and money for ride sharing. Wear sturdy shoes as the trail is rough in places, and bring your camera! The location is a 2-1/2 hour drive (100 mi) from Chico, northwest of Platina off Wildwood Rd, at 2800 ft elevation. The site has geological interest with a natural lime- stone bridge about 150 ft long and 30 ft high. It has botanical riparian interest, and several distinct habitats within a small area. There are at least three species of orchids, we hope to see one of the two rare Cyprepediums in bloom. The area also has cultural interest, as it is the site of a massacre of Na- tive Americans in 1852 while they camped at this sacred site. Our guest Ted Dawson, of the Nor-Wel- Muk Wintu Tribe, will describe the massacre, the mystical significance of the Natu- ral Bridge, and tell us about the Indian uses of some plants in the area. There is a $5 fee ($10 for non-members) for this field trip. Limited to 20 and reservations are required. Leader: Marjorie McNairn 530 343-2397. Wes Dempsey and Gerry Ingco Co-chairs Fawn lily, Erythronium multiscapideum West Branch of the Feather River March 23, 2014 by Woody Elliott UPPER NORTH FORK OF THE FEATHER RIVER PLUMAS NATIONAL FOREST May 25 Sunday Meet at Chico Park & Ride west lot (Hwys 32/99) at 8:30am. Bring lunch, water, sun/insect protec- tion, hiking gear, and money for ride sharing. We will drive a total distance of 65 miles, one way. We will be traveling Hwy 70 along the scenic Feather River Canyon to the Caribou arm of the river where we will make roadside stops. Expect to see Shasta lil- ies, lady’s slippers with other orchids and lilies where small streams cross the road. The road ends at PG & E’s nostalgic 1920’s town site and powerhouse. If trail conditions are satisfactory, we will walk along the river, crossing the water over two foot bridges. If upstream dam releases are occurring, we may wit- ness cascading white-water. 3200 ft maximum el- evation on this trip. OPTION: Some folks may rather see the area’s natural features, viewing only from the paved road. Please do not take children on this trail. Leaders: Gerry Ingco 530 893-5123, Wes Dempsey 530 342-2293 2 . The Pipevine May 2014 Executive Board Meeting May 21, 7 pm Bishop Residence, Oroville cj bishop 1991 @sbcg lobal.net President’s Message by Catie Bishop, President H appy Spring to all of you. Days and nights are warming up, and I’m ready to plant my vegetables and some pollinator-friendly native plants. This early spring weather is also a siren song to get out in nature. Jim and I rarely go on fieldtrips anymore. Our lives seem to be overfilled with other things. But last Sunday we joined our Rare Plants Chair, Ron Coley, his brother Bob, and Hesh Kaplan on a Rare Plant Treasure Hunt (RPTH) to Thornes Creek Ecological Reserve. The recent rains refilled the vernal pools, the views were expansive, and the weather was perfect. But I was a little surprised that more people didn’t come along. The RPTH is one of the most fun ways I know to do science, get out in nature, and make a real difference in native plant conservation. My idea of a scientist has evolved over my lifetime. In high school I thought it meant lab coats and beakers. Consequently, even though I loved biology, I chose work instead of college. Later when I realized biology was limitless, I went to college as an older student to study biology. Now my view of what a sci- entist is has been modified once again. I think a sci- entist asks questions, observes carefully, and seeks answers that fit what they and others have observed in nature. So my view of who can do science has expanded over the years. Anyone can be a scientist. All it takes is curiosity about the world around you, and a desire to add to the knowledge base. And you can do it all while enjoying a native plant fieldtrip. So science isn’t lab coats and beakers. Science is stretching our knowledge, amending our viewpoints as new information becomes available, and yes it’s even fun. Science is the way for all of us to understand and protect our world and us. We can all do science. Because science funding is scarcer every year, conservation groups like CNPS rely on citizens to help with science where they can. Everyone can make a differ- ence. We all care about what the generations after us will be able to enjoy in the natural world. RPTH is just a small part of a larger science endeavor to understand and protect the health and beauty of this world that we all enjoy.. .the native plants. So join in, all are welcome - all are needed. Legislative Notes by David Anderson NEW CALIFORNIA NATIONAL MONUMENT O n March 11, 2014 President Obama used his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to establish a Point Arena-Stornetta Unit of the California Coastal National Monu- ment. The Antiquities Act gives the President the power to establish national monuments by proclamation, without action by Congress. Legislation to add the Point Arena-Stornetta Unit was sponsored by our Senators Feinstein and Boxer, and Representatives Huffman and Thompson, but failed due to Conservative opposition. President Obama has invoked the Antiquities Act to establish nine other National Monuments (including Fort Ord). The new addition to the California Coastal National Monu- ment consists of 1,665 acres along the MendocinoCounty coastline, and, like the original monument, will continue to be managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The new sec- tion of the Monument will protect the area’s scientifically valu- able coastal resources, including coastal bluffs and shelves, tide pools, onshore dunes, coastal prairies, riverbanks, and the mouth and estuary of the Garcia River. RPTH THOMES CREEK ECOLOGICAL RESERVE esh Kaplan reports - Not all treasure hunts find treasure. And so it was on April 6, the Rare Plant Treasure Hunt to Thornes Creek Ecolog- ical Reserve in Tehama County. The hunt, led by Ron Coley came up empty, as far as the Downingia, Paronychia and Gratiola, the targets of the hunt concerned. The rains of the previous week had put the plants on hold. “We’re two weeks early” Ron concluded. But it was a glorious day, the hunters (Jim and Catie Bishop, Bob and Ron Coley and Hesh Kaplan) were rewarded with views of snow-capped peaks, broad patches of small fryingpan poppies, occasional lupines, larkspurs and shooting stars just getting started. The Pipevine May 2014 3. MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER PLANT AWARDS CHICO SCIENCE FAIR T he 2014 Chico Science Fair was held March 25 - 27 and Mount Lassen Chapter CNPS participated by giving 4 awards to plant science experiments. Each prize was a CNPS logo backpack, a Nature Jounaling Pad and award certificate. Thank you to MLC judges Hesh Kaplan and Janna Lathrop. CONGRATULATIONS TO: Natalie Potkin, 4th Grade - Which Soil Will Peas Grow Best In Isabelle Hallin, 5th Grade - Get Hip to the Drip Britta Bundy, 7th Grade - Which Type of Manure Makes a Rad- ish Seed Grow Faster, Bigger and Better? Macy Castanada and Xiong Pa, HS Seniors - How Does the Con- centration of Carbon Dioxide Affect Photosynthesis in Spinach? MLC VOLUNTEER EVENTS W e are looking for folks to help staff Mount Lassen Chapter information booth. Please contact Janna Lathrop Events Chair at jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net or 530 228-0010. Thanks MAYS Saturday 11-5 ENDANGERED SPECIES FAIRE AT ONE MILE One of the longest running environmental fairs - family friendly with lots of food, music, fun - at One Mile in Bidwell Park. HOSPITALITY HELP NEEDED by KarroLynn Yells, Hospitality Chair FALL GENERAL MEETINGS BAKERS are needed to bring cookies to the General Meetings from Sept through Dec. Please sign-up at the next meeting on May 7. FALL HORTICULTURE SYMPOSIUM STRONG HELPERS are needed for set-up, take-down, and clean-up at the Horticulture Symposium on September 14, 2014 from 8:30 am - 4 pm. BAKERS are also needed to bake four dozen cookies each for the Horticulture Symposium. Please sign-up at the next meet- ing on May 7. THANK YOU to the four lovely people that have already signed up! UPDATE by Steve Overlook, Yahi Trail Chair T he Yahi Trail maintenance group had another productive day on the trail last March 15. We completed clean up from the trailhead to Salmon Hole. Plus, with such an intent group of vol- unteers we were able to spend over an hour at Day Camp pulling invasive weeds including just sprouting star thistle, under the tute- lage of Susan Mason. Just a huge thanks to all who helped. Our next session will work the trail from Salmon Hole to the end of the road and will take place on May 24 at 8 am. If you are not on the notification email list and would like to be let me know and you will receive an email reminder and/or phone call a few days before the 24th. Steve O. stephenoverlock@sbcglobal.net 530 514-4109 Yahi Trail workers - Meryl Bond, Ruth Diaz, Danacka Whittington, Steve Green, John Meehan, Susan Mason, Alexander Nava, Thad Walker, Steve Overlook. March 15, 2014 MEMBERSHIP If you have changed your . . . address, phone number or e-mail please notify Mount Lassen Chapter CNPS Membership Chair, KarroLynn Yells at 530 534-3551 or at karrolynny@att.net This will help eliminate returned Pipevines from the Post Office. Thank You, KarroLynn 4 . The Pipevine May 2014 Come to our HortCcuJture/ SywipcnCum/ and learn how to: Hosted by Mount Lassen Chapter MATIWB . Design a pleasing landscape . Choose & maintain native plants . Create bird & pollinator habitat . Use less water & fertilizer . Q & A time with the experts SEPTEMBER 14, 2014 8:30 am - 4 pm CHICO WOMEN’S CLUB 3rd St and Pine, Chico $35, $30 CNPS member includes lunch mountlassen.cnps.org register, details and updates TO HELP CONTACT cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net FIRST-CLASS PRESENTERS SUSAN KRYZWIKI State CNPS Horticulture Director BERNADETTE BALICS Native plant landscape designer GLENN KEATOR Noted author, botanist, and native plant ecologist JOHN WHITTLESEY Pollinator habitat designer & photographer The Pipevine May 2014 5. NATIVE PLANTS Garden by Jennifer Jewell The Many Benefits of UPOCCWInlliAT A fter a hot summer, followed by a cold then warm but very dry winter - we are all perhaps anxious and interested in what the summer ahead will bring. By the looks of my garden, it is sure to bring the bloom of my garden’s buckwheats - the bright yellow of the tidy green mounds of sulphur buckwheat is just about to pop open. Without having received any supplemental water at all since last October. As an avid gardener, I want a lovely, lively garden, but I don’t want to pretend I live in another place with a different climate. So I must be resourceful and expand my knowledge of good garden plants. Judiciously chosen native and climate-appropriate plants can and do make all the difference. For dramatic color and the durability to thrive in my garden, the wild native buckwheats are among my favorites. Wild buckwheats are eye-catching, sometimes acid yellow, fuchsia pink, or creamy white, low-lying clouds of bloom that you might see on drives, hikes, and in gardens from June through October across the American West. Tenacious native dryland plants, buckwheats thrive in exposed loca- tions on slim soils. They dot high plains and mountain meadows, desert roadsides and rocky slopes, all the while looking bright and appealing in foliage, flower, or gone to seed. Among the many benefits of buckwheats, these enthusiastic plants are important food sources for pollinators, especially in the late summer months when other flowering plants have retreated to dormancy in the dry heat. Buckwheats reliably attract a whole symphony of pollinators including na- tive bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, beetles, and birds. Besides being a pleasure to meet on the trail, with good sun and not too much water many buckwheats adapt easily to large or small garden settings. BOTANY Botanists seem to have as strong an affinity for Eriogonum as gardeners and native plant enthusiasts. The genus offers rich diversity, complex botanical characteristics and a history of “rapid evolution in arid regions of western North America,” according to Dr. James Reveal, an international Eriogonum expert. He writes that, “As a native North American genus, Eriogonum is second only to Penstemon. Ecologically, species of Eriogonum occur from the seashore to the highest mountains in the United States. They are among the last plants seen atop the Sierra Nevada and on the ‘outskirts’ of Badwater in Death Valley. The United States Department of the Interior currently lists some as endangered or threatened species. Some species tend to be weedy, and some of the annual species are aggressively so.” 6 . The Pipevine May 2014 through the ScctSOnS The genus Eriogonum belongs to the so-called “knot- weed” family, Polygo- naceae. Edible buckwheat {Fagopyrum esculentum) is an important food crop in the same family. While species of Eriogonum do occur elsewhere, the genus is strongly associated with the West. The Jepson Manual: Higher Plants of California says that around 250 species occur in California. With weediness of some species in mind, home gardeners are advised to be careful when choosing eriogonums in order to avoid accidentally releasing a weed into surrounding wildlands or corrupting the genetics of native Eriogonum populations in your area. CARE AND CULTIVATION As illustrated by their native habitats, eriogonums are at their best in lean, well-draining soil and full sun. Dryland plant experts often recommend mulching buckwheats with gravel or mixing gravel in the top few inches of soil around their crowns. They resent being overwatered, especially around their crowns. Northern California plantsman and garden designer, John Whittlesey recommends pairing buckwheats with “plants they might be found with it in the wild, or those that will enjoy similar conditions: coyote mint {Monar- della sp.), Penstemon, Lupine, Nepeta, Achillea, Teucrium, dwarf English lavenders, asters, and native bunch grasses.” Good species of Eriogonum for gardens include mid-size and striking yellow Eriogonum umbellatum var. dumosum ‘Shasta Sulphur’; strongly vertical with needle-like foliage and creamy white-blossoms E. fascicula- tum (California buckwheat): E. giganteum (St. Catherine’s Lace), which is a large (up to six feet by six feet) specimen with silver-white foliage and much broader, white flower heads; and E. grande var. rubescens, a low variety with silvery foliage and warm pink flowers. FURTHER RESOURCES The Eriogonum Society www.eriogonum.org Floral Native Nursery, Chico, CA www.floralnativenursery.com Las Pilitas Nursery, Escondido and Santa Margarita www.laspilitas.com Rebecca Lance, Granite Gardens Rare Plants, Sonora, CA http://granitegardensrareplants.com Sunscapes Rare Plant Nursery, Pueblo, CO www.sunscapes.net Jennifer Jewell jewellgarden.com Originally published in Pacific Horticulture Magazine 2013 The Pipevine April 2014 7. USING RESOURCES by Rex Burress I see that Wolfgang Rougle will lead a wild food wander TO SHOW THE WILD FOOD BOUNTY in the area. While I’m inclined to point out edible, medicinal, and toxic plants on a nature walk, and even sample a leaf of miner’s lettuce, I don’t advocate going gung-ho and collecting wild foods in profusion; there’s just not enough to go around in this age of shrinking habitats and expanding populations. Foraging in the wild should be tightly controlled. After all, a considerable number of wild animals depend on wild plants to survive. Are we like packed wild animals infiltrating cities, with a yen to live off of the wild land? Well, think again professional foragers. Most of the land is either privately owned or under park rules, and a park like Lake Oroville State Recreation Area protects all of its natural resources, even mushrooms and curly dock... and even limits rock collecting within its boundary. Plant a garden if you want to forage! Right up there on Table Mountain, there is a sturdy sign of rules, and one prominent and important reminder is “Don’t pick the wildflowers.” Picking flowers is as old as pickers, and it is really annoying to see a bouquet of wildflowers discarded by the wayside to wither. “Where have all the wildflowers gone, long time passing, where have all the flowers gone, long time ago? The young girls have picked them every one... when will they ever learn. ..when will” Make no mistake, adults have picked them too. Is it a love of flowers that they are picked? Science is one thing and wanton destruction another. Education... Ms. Rougle has written a book, “Sacramento Valley Feast: How to Find, Harvest, and Cook Local Wild Food All Year Long.” I really hope she consulted wildlife management before advertising this trend. Just as biologists keep a check on wildlife populations and set regulations while offering hunters and fishermen a reasonable harvest, so there should be a control on harvesting wild plants. I am reminded that the Asian community that has sprung up in Oroville, had a habit of living off the land as they did in Viet Nam. When Scott Kent Fowler was a docent for the Feather River Nature Center, his instinct for law and order compelled him to speak to the Hmong about stripping the nature center roadsides of edible plants. They soon stopped but didn’t understand the desire of some to see flowers and untrammeled fields. Non-compliance of park rules gets my conservation ire up! Wise resource managers do this for preservation reasons that all may see things as they are and allow them to thrive into future generations. By the way, no plant collecting is allowed along public roadways without a permit. Conservation also applies to other resources, like rocks, in spite of highway signs that say “Watch for Rocks.” Along the river south of Oroville, there are great piles of cobble stones piled in the wake of gold dredging times, but don’t attempt to take a truck in there and load up. Fish & Wildlife frowns on that to the tune of an arrest. A rock fancier keeping an admired rock is generally overlooked, but you’ll be under surveillance by even Native Americans if you bend to examine an artifact on the dry shores of Lake Oroville. Generally, the philosophy is “let it be for others to see.” You are allowed to keep 1 5 pounds of surface rock from the shores. While most sportsmen adhere to the requirements, it seems there is always the game hog who wants more. Greed has become a bad word especially in modern times. Greed has ruined many select and scenic portions of our land in the settlement of America. I am especially appalled by the greed shown by the cutting of original Old Growth Redwoods along the West Coast, and in particular, the devastation of the giant redwoods that once crowned the hills above Oakland, California. Imagine a grove of coast redwoods growing in a moist strip two-by-five miles long draped over the hills. Imagine many of those trees being 30 feet in diameter! Imagine two trees that were so large that vessels enter- ing the Bay used them for landmarks! Imagine all of those 2000-year-old giants being cut for lumber, dragged down to Lake Merritt in Oakland and hence on to San Francisco to feed the building of the city. The clearcut started in 1850, and by 1868 they were all gone. There is secondary growth in hill parks today, but the grandeur of the giants is missing. A monument is dedicated to the historical grove and there is a 32-foot stump in Joaquin Miller Park. The greed for redwood extended all along the Northwest Coast. In 1850, old growth Sequoia sempervirens, covered two million acres in California. By 1968, there was 8,100 acres left when Redwood National Park was created. Ninety percent of the most magnificent forest on Earth was stripped, leaving behind a sea of monstrous stumps. The remaining for- ests were initially saved by the establishment of the Save-the-Redwood League in 1918, otherwise, you can be certain, every last one would have been taken. When natural resource rarities become valuable, the entrepreneurs will take it all. ..if they can. “No small part of the prosperity of California. ..depends upon the pres- ervation of her water supply and the water supply cannot be preserved unless the forests are preserved.” -Theodore Roosevelt “Going to the woods is going home.” -John Muir 8 . The Pipevine May 2014 Officers & Chairs FRIENDS OF THE HERBARIUM SPRING PLANT PHOTO CONTEST AND OPEN HOUSE May 9, 2014 Spring Plant Photo Contest for 6-12 grade students. Display to be held during the Open House (12-4pm) May 9, 2014 in the Chico State Herbarium, CSU, Chico , Holt Hall Room 120. There is no fee for submission. Cash Prizes for First, Second and Third Place. Maximum of two entries per participant. All entries must be received by May 1 , 2014. Submit photos in 8X10 format as both hardcopy and digital file Gpeg): and include a note with the title or subject, your name, grade level, school and contact informa- tion. Submit prints in person to the Gateway Science Museum Ticket Office OR by mail to: 2013 Plant Photo Contest, Chico State Herbarium, CSU, Chico, Chico, CA 95929-0515. Submit digital file and any questions to John @johnccnd@gmail.com. Photos may not be returned and will be modified as needed for display purposes. CHICO SEED LENDING LIBRARY is looking for NATIVE PLANT seeds www.chicoseedlendinglibrary.wordpress.com chicoseedlibrary.com/ChicoSLL 530 891-2762 Keep up with MLC Activities on our website and Facebook California Native Plant Society, Mount Lassen Chapter and LIKE US facebook. mountlassen.cnps.org M ELECTED OFFICERS (530) 1 President CATIE BISHOP 1 cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net 1 Past President SUELLEN ROWLISON suellen@garlic.com 897-0226 1 Vice-President JANNALATHROP jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net 228 0010 1 Secretary ANN ELLIOTT 521-4402 secretary@mountlassen.cnps.org Treasurer Members-at-Large JOHN MEEHAN 894-5339 johnmeehan64@gmail.com HESH KAPLAN 961-9407 heshelak@gmail.com PAUL MOORE pmoore@csuchico.edu 343-4287 KARROLYNN YELLS KarroLynnY@att.net 534-3551 CHAIRS RON COLEY rcoley64@comcast.net 533-1238 Conservation WOODY ELLIOTT woodyelliott@gmail.com 588-2555 Education OPEN Invasive Plants SUSAN MASON smason908@gmail.com 892-1666 Field Trips Co-chairs WES DEMPSEY wdempsey@csuchico.edu 342-2293 GERRY INGCO genaroingco@aol.com 893-5123 1 Membership / Hospitality 1 KARROLYNN YELLS 1 karrolynny@att.net 534-3551 Horticulture PAULA SHAPIRO 343-7440 1 paulashapiro49@gmail.com 1 Newsletter Editor DENISE DEVINE dsrdevine@hotmail.com 345-8444 1 Programs Co-chairs JIM BISHOP 1 cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net 1 WOODY ELLIOTT woodyelliott@gmail.com 588-2555 1 Rare Plants RON COLEY rcoley64@comcast.net 533-1238 1 Publicity CINDY WEINER 342-7645 1 wildflowermaven@comcast.net 1 Sales Co-chairs JOHN MEEHAN johnmeehan64@gmail.com ELLEN COPELAND copelande12@yahoo.com 1 Vol. Recognition / Chapter Council Delegate 1 1 CATIE BISHOP 1 1 cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net 1 1 Events JANNALATHROP jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net 228 0010 1 1 Yahi Trail STEPHEN OVERLOOK 892-0635 1 stephenoverlock@sbcglobal.net 1 1 CCNC Gardens CLAIRE MEEHAN 1 meehanclaire1@gmail.com 1 The Pipevine May 2014 9. MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY P O. BOX 3212 CHICO, CA 95927-3212 Requested In-home Delivery 4/26 - 28/2014 3-Day Window RETURN SERVICE REQUESTED Nonprofit Org. U.S. Postage PAID Chico, CA Permit No. 553 Time Value MAY 2014 issue MAY 7 Phyllis would say Join Today ! MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY / 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 April 26 - Yahi Trail Upper Bidwell 26 - CCNC Celebrate the Jewel May 3 - Endangered Species Faire 4 - Camp Creek 7 - General Meeting at Lake Oroville Visitor Center 18 - Natural Bridge 21 - Ex Board Meeting 24 - Yahi Trail Workday 25 - Caribou Trail