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Calendar of Events

Native Plant Restoration Team, p. 3

Field Trips, p. 5

February 1, 1 p.m. work party at San Leandro Creek

Saturday, February 8 at 10 a.m. bryophyte field trip

March 1, 10 a.m. work party at San Pablo Creek

to Huckleberry Regional Park

Native Here, p. 3

Sunday, February 23 at 10 a.m.. Huckleberry Re-
gional Park

Saturdays, February 1, 8, 15, 22, Native Here open

Sunday, March 9 at 10 a.m. Diablo Foothills Field

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Trip

Fridays, February 7, 14, 21, 28, Native Here open 9-

noon

Membership Meeting, see below

Plant Sale Activities, p. 3

Wednesday, February 26, 7:30 p.m.. Garden Room,
Orinda Public Library

Tuesdays, February 4, 11, 18, 25

Membership Meeting

California’s threatened plants and thoughts on
how to protect them
Speaker: John Game

Wednesday, February 26, 2003, 7:30 p.m.

Garden Room, Orinda Public Library (directions
below)

Despite loss of plant habitat to development and the
resulting loss of individual populations of many rare
plants, the number of California plants presumed ex-
tinct has actually declined over the last twenty years.
Surprisingly, rediscovery of plants once considered ex-
tinct is outpacing new losses. This challenges a com-
mon assumption that further plant extinctions are in-
evitable in California and provides impetus for increased
conservation efforts.

In this month’s thought-provoking program, John Game
will present a photographic essay on some of California’s
rarest plants. Through Mr. Game’s photographs, we
will travel to widely different parts of the state and view
rare and endangered plants from many different taxo-
nomic groups.

John Game, Rare Plant Coordinator for the East Bay
Chapter of CNPS, is a passionate advocate for
California’s rare and endangered plants. In his pre-
sentation, he will outline ideas for preventing further
plant extinctions in California and for rediscovering

species currently presumed extinct. He will explain the
CNPS Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants, the most
widely used source of information on rare plants in Cali-
fornia, and the importance of plants designated “pre-
sumed extinct in California” and “rare or endangered in
California and elsewhere” (known in the Inventory as
List lA and List IB plants, respectively). He also will
suggest ways to improve protection of rare plants by
increasing statewide CNPS coordination of rare plant
monitoring and broadening opportunities for nonpro-
fessionals to report rare plant observations. This will
be a unique opportunity to learn about California’s rar-
est plants and become inspired to help save them.

Mr. Game is a research scientist in molecular genetics
with the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. He
has a degree in botany from Oxford University and is a
research associate with the UC/Jepson Herbaria at
Berkeley. He is involved in state-level CNPS activities
and also serves on the board of CalFlora. Mr. Game is
an accomplished and plant photographer who has been
practicing his craft for more than 15 years.

East Bay CNPS membership meetings are free of charge
and open to everyone. This month’s meeting will take
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 will open at 7:00 p.m.

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Membership Meeting continued from page 1

The meeting begins at 7:30 p.m. Refreshments will be
served after the presentation. Please contact Sue
Rosenthal, (510) 496-6016, if you have any questions,
email : rosacalifornica® earthlink .net

Directions to Orinda Public Library at 24 Orinda Way:

From the west, take Highway 24 to the Orinda/Moraga
exit. 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 Highway 24 to the Orinda exit. Fol-
low the ramp to Orinda Village. Turn right on Santa
Maria way (the first signal) and left on Orinda Way. Go
1 short block on Orinda Way to the parking lot on the
southeast side of the new 2-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 Li-
brary.

Upcoming Programs

March 26, 2003:

Alan Kaplan — The new kingdoms of life
April 23, 2003:

Ellen Simms — Plant and microbial interaction
May 28, 2003:

Bruce BaldAvin and George Roderick — Evolution of Ha-
waiian sUverswords and planthoppers

Sue Rosenthal

Grants Committee

Scholarships and Project Support

Each year, the East Bay Chapter grants scholarships
and supports projects. In 2002, the Chapter granted
scholarships to support students working in horticul-
ture, evolution in ferns and Atriplex, pollination, myc-
orrhizal inoculants for native grasses. Project support
in 2002 went to support an issue of Bay Nature focus-
ing on native plant gardening, for a native plant garden
along the BART right of way, and academic studies of
the lands around Mt. Diablo.

Scholarships

Our chapter will award five scholarships of $1200 each
to undergraduate or graduate students in botany, hor-
ticulture, and related fields interested in working with
California native plants. An outstanding candidate will
be awarded the Myrtle Wolf Scholarship. A donation

to support the Myrtle Wolf Scholarship is a good way
of honoring a long-time chapter stalwart. Preference
is given to students working in, or working with plants
in, Alameda and Contra Costa counties, although other
applications will be considered.

The Application deadline is April 15, 2002.

Applicants should submit the following information:

1. Your name and present address;

2. The school you are now attending;

3. The address where you can be reached at the close
of school (particularly in May and June);

4. The school you will be attending in the summer or
fall of 2002;

5. A description of your work with California native
plants to date and your plans for future work with
California native plants;

6. Two letters of recommendation that substantiate
your work with California native plants; and

7. A current transcript from the school you last
attended.

Send your application by April 15, 2003 to;

The California Native Plant Society, East Bay Chapter

Grants Committee

c/o McCoy

1311 Bay View Place

Berkeley, CA 94708

By fax; c/o McCoy - 510-644-4428
By e-mail; wbmccoy@earthlink.net (please put
“EBCNPS Scholarship” in the subject line).

Support for Projects

The Grants Committee also makes grants to support
scholarly, scientific, and conservation projects relating
to the East Bay. Preference is given to projects in
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties, although other
projects will be considered. Details of the application
process Avill be announced later this year. The applica-
tion review process will be completed by October 1 , 2003.
Time-sensitive projects will be considered on an ad-hoc
basis throughout the year.

As the committee’s chairperson, I would like to thank
its members for their work in 2002 and for their com-
mitment and dedication; Holly Forbes, Peter Rauch,
Phoebe Watts, Shirley McPheeters, Roy West, John
Game, and Tony Morosco.

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Sandy McCoy

East Bay Chapter Needs You

Native Here

The California Native Plant Society is unique in its set
of goals: protecting native plants and their habitats
through conservation advocacy, amassing scientific in-
formation on native plants, their rarity and distribu-
tion, and educating the public about native plants both
in the wild and in landscape or gardening settings.
Our East Bay Chapter has a long history of activity in
all of these.

At present, we are in need of active volunteers in the
area of conservation advocacy. In order to keep aware
of threats to native vegetation, a number of community
meetings need to be covered by a committed member of
the Society. If you are willing to attend meetings such
as the Contra Costa Habitat Conservation Plan Execu-
tive Committee, East Bay Regional Parks Board and
Operations Committee, planning commission meetings,
etc. please contact Conservation Chairperson Steve
Asztalos or President Tony Morosco (see Board of Di-
rectors information page).

The chapter also is in need of a Corresponding Secre-
tary to write letters on issues on which the Board takes
a stand.

A Vice President is also sought. If you are interested in
either of those positions, or can suggest someone whom
you think would be interested, contact President Tony
Morosco or Nominations Committee Chairperson Charli
Danielsen (see Native Here Nursery).

Plant Sale Activities

Plant Clearance Sale

Saturday, February 8
9:00 to noon
Prices reduced.

Some new stock added in.

Propagation/Potting Sessions:

Tuesdays

February 4, 11, 18, 25
9 a.m. to noon
Merritt College
Landscape Horticulture
Parking fee: 50 cents

Rain does not cancel.

Everyone is welcome for all or part of the sessions.
Dress warmly.

For more information: 925-376-4095
Shirley McPheeters

Native Here Nursery remains open every Friday morn-
ing from 9 a.m. to noon, and Saturday morning from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. unless it is raining hard or windy.
The nursery is in Tilden Park, directly across Golf Course
Drive from the Tilden Park Golf Course.

A change to new soil mixes is resulting in good germi-
nation of the seeds collected in 2002. Volunteers are
steadily separating tiny seedlings into 2-inch pots.
There will be an excellent selection of plants for the fall.
Bulbs are breaking dormancy and are ready for sale
and planting. This year we have sown some annuals
into “six packs” and those will be ready for spring sale.

Volunteers are always welcome to help with nursery
tasks whenever the nursery is open.

Charli Danielsen

Native Plant Restoration Team

February 1 , 1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Work Party at San Leandro
Creek watershed at Canyon Elementary School, 187
Pinehurst Road, Canyon, (925) 376-4671. Join us in
pulling french broom and himalayan blackberry amid
the native hazelnut, dogwood, pink flowering currant
and redwood groves. Directions from Berkeley: From
Highway 13, take Park Boulevard exit, turn left over
highway, then left onto Mountain Boulevard, then right
at first stop light which is Snake Road, then up the hill
and straight onto Shepard Canyon, then across Skyline
Boulevard onto Pinehurst Road. Rain cancels. Please
bring your favorite gloves and gardening tool (we have
some to lend too).

March 1, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Work Party at San Pablo
Creek. Join us for another joint work party with
SPAWNERS. Weeding and replanting continues in the
Demonstration Garden at the El Sobrante Library which
is located on Appian Way.

Directions: Take the El Sobrante /San Pablo Dam Road
exit off 1-80, go East on the Dam Road for about 2 miles.
Turn left onto Appian Way, then immediately left onto
Garden Lane and left into the library parking lot. Call
Martha at the Aquatic Outreach Institute at (510) 231-
9566 for more information about this ongoing project.

Sara Ginskey

Grass softens the rude outline of the world. Its tenacious
fibers hold the earth in its place. It invades the solitude of
deserts, climbs the inaccessible slopes and forbidding pin-
nacles of mountains, modifies climates, and determines the
history, character and destiny of nations.

John James Ingalls

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Calflora

Regional Parks Botanic Garden

Many CNPS members find the Calflora database very
helpful. CNPS members have been contributors to or
volunteers with this worthwhile project. Unfortunately
critical funding from the state has fallen through and
Calflora faces a financial crisis. Without stable fund-
ing, Calflora Avill have to shut down its web site at the
end of January.

Funding from individuals, agencies, or anyone who val-
ues the service Calflora has provided is welcome in or-
der to keep the office going until a source of funding
adequate to restore the web site is found.

Because Calflora does not charge users for the infor-
mation it provides, and because a condition on receiv-
ing some of the data was that it would always be freely
given, there is no “sales” revenue.

Long term, Calflora could be a project of another agency
or non-profit. Log in soon and see for yourself how well
Calflora fits the mission and goals of CNPS.
www.calflora.org

East Bay Chapter Board

SF Garden Show

This year the East Bay Chapter of CNPS is sponsoring
an educational booth at the San Francisco Flower and
Garden Show. We hope to reach a wide audience of
plant lovers and gardeners Avith information about us-
ing native plants in the garden and about our organiza-
tion.

The show takes place at the Cow Palace in San Fran-
cisco, from Wednesday, March 19 through Sunday
March 23. The hours are 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. Wednesday -
Saturday; 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Set up will be
Monday and/or Tuesday March 16 and 17. I’m cur-
rently signing up volunteers to staff our booth. As a
bonus, volunteers get free admission to the garden show
on the day that they volunteer. This is a great chance
to see the show and help out CNPS at the same time.
We’ll have more than one volunteer on location during
a time slot so that someone is at the booth while the
other can see the show.

Our booth will contain lots of handouts, posters, books,
and plants to illustrate the beauty of the native plants
as well as to raise awareness of the goals of our society.
We’ll also have a lot of membership forms on hand.
This is a great opportunity for people who are just start-
ing to get involved Avith CNPS as well as those who have
participated in other chapter activities.

If you would like to help, please let me know the day(s)
and time slot(s) you prefer. Liz Bade (e-mail
epb_gardens@hotmail.com or call 925-937-8006).

The Wayne Roderick Lectures
Winter 2002 - 2003

At the Regional Parks Botanic Garden
Wildcat Canyon Road and South Park Drive in

Tilden Park, Berkeley
(South Park Drive is closed Nov. -March)
(510)841-8732 E-mail Address:
bgarden@ebparks . org vww.nativeplants . org

Saturday Mornings 10:30-noon
Free to the Public

(Notice: Seating is limited. To be sure of a seat, come
early and save a chair.]

February

1 Alan Kaplan: Four and a half billion years of
history in 90 minutes
8 Gail Delala: Kew and Sisstnghurst
15 Joe Dahl: Botany and history along the
Bradshaw Trail of the eastern
Mojave, and other foragings in the Basin and
Range

T1 Howard Schom: A pot-pourri of paleobotanical
discoveries in California and Nevada

California Native Plant Sale — Regional Parks
Botanic Garden, in Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley
(Wildcat Canyon Road & South Park Drive)

Saturday, April 19, 2003, 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Admission is free (510) 841-8732
AAww. nativeplants . org

A fun day for families who love California native plants.
Garden staff and docents are ready to enlighten and
entertain us. Please bring cardboard boxes, if possible,
to cany your purchases and an umbrella if it rains.
Volunteers will provide refreshments.

Spring and Early Summer Courses 2003
Friends of the Regional Parks Botanic Garden

(East Bay Regional Park District)

Tilden Regional Park, Berkeley, CA 94708-2396
AAAAAV. nativeplants . org

California Plant Habitats: Secrets of their Botany
and Chemistry

Glenn Keator and Greti Sequin. Three Sundays,
Februaiy 23, March 2, and

March 9, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center.
$85 members/$95 nonmembers.

Seeds and Seed Treatments

Martin Grantham. Saturday, March 8, 10:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center. $40 members/ $45
nonmembers. Minimum 8, maximum 15. Bring
lunch.

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Regional Parks Botanic Garden continued from p. 4

Life Gardening in California

Judy Adler and Tanya Drlik. Saturday, March 29,
9:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center. $25
members/$30 nonmembers. Minimum 20.

Creating a Habitat for California Butterflies

Bobby Gendron. Saturday, April 5, 9:00 a.m. - 3:00
p.m. at the Visitor Center. $40 members/$45 non-
members. Minimum 8, maximum 20. Bring lunch.

Propagating Natives from Cuttings

Martin Grantham. Saturday, April 26, 10:00 a.m. -
4:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center. $40 members/$45
nonmembers. Minimum 8, maximum 15. Bring
lunch.

Habitat Gardens and Ponds

Kathy Biggs and Nancy Bauer. Saturday, May 3,

9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. at the Visitor Center. $25
members/ $30 nonmembers. Minimum 10.

Flora of Santa Cruz Island

Glenn Keator and Joe Dahl. Sunday, June 1,
through Saturday, June 7. Estimated cost $800.

Dragonflies of the Bay Area

Kathy Biggs. Saturday, June 7, 10:00 a.m. - 2:30
p.m. at the Visitor Center. $25 members/$30 non-
members. Minimum 8 participants.

Poison, Pigments, and Perfumes

Monday, August 4, through Sunday, August 10.
Estimated cost $465 members/ $490 nonmembers.
(Cost includes five nights lodging at Crooked Creek
Research Station and all food while there.) Minimum
8 participants, maximum 15.

To sign up: Contact Pat McRae at 925-935-8871 or
Peg Steunenberg at 925-820-1021 or egsteu@aol.com

Field Trips

On Saturday, February 8 at 10:00 a.m. Dan Norris will
lead his bryophyte field trip that was rained out on
December 14. Meet at the parking lot of Huckleberry
Regional Park and bring any water required for drink-
ing or spray bottles (the better to see moss leaves). Be
ready for hands and knees contact, and participants
can use camera lenses for close-up focus or magnifying
glasses to get the most out of the trip. For those unfa-
miliar with bryophytes, an excellent place to start is
Avith Mosses and Other Bryophytes: An Rlustrated Glos-
sary by Bill and Nancy Malcolm, published by the Tim-
ber Press in 2000. Mosses and Other Bryophytes uses

Southern Hemisphere bryophytes as camera subjects,
but California has numerous bryophyte genera in com-
mon with the Southern Hemisphere. The Vitt and Bovey
field guide to bryophytes and lichens of the Pacific North-
west is out of print and difficult to obtain.

Directions: From the north, take the Thornhill Drive
exit from 13 and follow Mountain Boulevard south un-
til you reach Snake Road. Take a left onto Snake Road
and go all the way up to Skyline. Left on Skyline, and
then look for the signs to the parking lot on the right
about V 2 mile north. From the south, leave 13 at the
Park Boulevard exit, go north on Mountain Boulevard
and then right on Snake Road and follow through as
outlined above.

On Sunday, February 23 at 10:00 a.m. Steve Cochrane
will lead a field trip to Huckleberry Regional Park fo-
cusing on early flowering plants. Participants may see
late-flowering manzanitas and coast silk tassel, almost
certainly see flowering currants, and possibly ceanothus
and fringe cups. Meet at the parking lot. Bring water
because none is available at the trailhead. Heavy rain
or extremely wet trail conditions Avill cancel.

Sunday, March 9 at 10:00 a.m. Diablo Foothills Field
Trip. Time to break in our brand new copies of the
recently revised Flowering Plants and Ferns of Mount
Diablol Celia Zavatsky and Christopher Thayer will co-
lead this trip beginning in the Shell Ridge Open Space
owned by the City of Walnut Creek. We should see
some early spring wildflowers, including Fritillaria
liliacea in a rare occurrence of serpentenite, and an
always showy patch of Dodecathon clevelandii in sev-
eral shades of color. Both of these taxa are new addi-
tions to the flora. Perhaps we will see some fungi as
well. Only the heaviest of rain will cancel, but even in
the dry weather the trail can be absurdly muddy in the
rainy season, so prepare accordingly. A short cross-
country jaunt up a modestly steep slope wiU be part of
the affair. We should return around 1 pm, so bring
lunch or a snack as you see fit.

Directions: Go east on Highway 24; at the intersection
of 24 and 680 take the very first exit on northbound
680, which is Ygnacio Valley Road. (Be alert and stay
in the right-hand lane off-ramp as you come around
the curve where 24 and 680 merge, as that is the only
exit to Ygnacio Valley Road as the freeway straightens
out.) Follow Ygnacio Valley Road through Walnut Creek
about 2 miles and turn right onto Walnut Avenue (not
BLVD). Signs to Old Borges Ranch begin here, which
lead to the starting point of the field trip.

Continue on Walnut Avenue about a mile and turn right
as Walnut merges with Oak Grove Road. Continue on
Oak Grove Road and shortly it Avill become Castle Rock

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Field Trips continued from page 5

Road. Do not turn left onto North Gate Road, which
goes to Mount Diablo State Park. Follow the signs to
Old Borges Ranch to the end.

Janet Gawthrop

California Botanical Society

The California Botanical Society

2002-2003 lecture series continues

February 15 — ^Annual banquet and biennial gradu-
ate student meeting in San Diego
Discoveries on a fioristic frontier: Baja California

Jon Rebman, San Diego Natural History Museum

March 20 — ^The evolution of a specialized pollina-
tor system in southern Africa

Kim Steiner, California Academy of Sciences

April 17 — Giants in the mist: coastal redwoods and
the land-sea interface

Todd Dawson, Department of Integrative Biology, UC
Berkeley

May 15 — Seed dispersal and coexistence of tree
species in tropical forests

Marcel Rejmanek, Division of Biological Sciences, UC
Davis

Susan Bainbridge

Jepson Herbarium, 1001 VLSB #2465
University of California. Berkeley, CA 94720-2465
510/643-7008, 510/643-5390 (fax)

Jepson Herbarium Classes

The classes are designed to accommodate botanical enthusi-
asts ranging from beginners to specialists.

Pre-registration is required for all workshops. For more in-
formation please contact Anneke Swinehart at
(510) 643-7008 or annekes@uclink.berkeley.edu, or visit our
website : http : / / ucj eps . berkeley . edu /j epwkshp . html

Introduction to the Plant Kingdom March 8 - 9, 2003
John McMurrayLocation: Valley Life Sciences Building, UC
Berkeley

Basics of Botanical Illustration

March 22 - 23, 2003
Linda Ann Vorobik

Location: Valley Life Sciences Building and UC Botanical
Garden, Berkeley

Spring Flora and Ecology of the Sedgwick Reserve

March 21 -23, 2003
Michael Williams

Location: Sedgwick Reserve, Santa Barbara County

Ferns and Fern Allies

April 5 - 6, 2003
Alan Smith

Location: UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley

Spring Flora of the Eastern Mojave Desert

April 17-20, 2003
Bruce Baldwin

Location: UC Granite Mountain Desert Research Center

Microbiotic Soil Crusts and Lichens of the Eastern
Mojave Desert

April 25 - 27, 2003
Lany St. Clair

Location: Desert Studies Center, Mojave Desert

Flora of Santa Catalina Island

May 1 - 4, 2003
Steve Junak

Location: USC Wrigley Marine Science Center, Catalina
Island

Paleobotanical History of the California Flora

May 10- 11, 2003

Diane Erwin and Howard Schom

Co-sponsored with the UC Museum of Paleontology

Location: Valley Life Sciences BuUding, UC Berkeley and

field regions in the greater Bay Area

Flora of Camp San Luis Obispo

May 16 - 18, 2003

Elizabeth Painter and Margriet Wetherwax
Location: Camp San Luis Obispo

Pollination Ecology of Spring Wildflowers

May 30 - June 1, 2003

Gordon Frankie and Robbin Thorp

Co-sponsored with the Essig Museum of Entomology

Location: UC Hastings Reserve, Carmel Valley

Spring Mountains Flora: Montane Island Over the
Eastern Mojave

May 29 - June 1, 2003
David Charlet & Pat Leaiy

Location: Spring Mountains National Recreation Area, Red
Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, and Ash
Meadows National Wildlife Refuge, Nevada

Flora of the Central Sierra

June 19- 22, 2003
Jim Shevock

Location: Central Sierra Nevada, San Joaquin River Basin,
Sierra NF, Madera County

Sudden Oak Death

June 28 - 29, 2003

Matteo Garbelotto and Ellen Simms

Location: UC Botanical Garden, Berkeley, and field regions
in the greater Bay Area

Two Looks at the Flora of the Klamath Region:

Mount Eddy and Trinity Alps

July 17-20, 2003
John Sawyer
Location: Trinity County

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Board of Directors

Elected Officers Committee Coordinators

President:

Tony Morosco, c/o Calflora, 937 San Pablo Ave., Albany 94706
w/528-5426, tony-morosco@calflora.org

Vice President, Administration:

Elaine Jackson, 3311 Estudillo St., Martinez 94553, 925-372-0687,
elainejx@mindspring.com

Treasurer:

Holly Forbes, 7128 Blake St., El Cerrito 94530, 234-2913, w/643-8040
Secretaries:

Recording:

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

Joanne Kerbavaz, 1709 Berkeley Way, Apt. B, Berkeley 94703,
JKERB@parks.ca.gov

Past President

Barbara Ertter, 1859 Catalina Ave., Berkeley 94707, h/526-4592, w/
643-0600

Advisors

Members at large:

Jim Sharp, 2663 LeConte Ave., Berk. 94709, 644-9344, itsa@dnai.com
vacant

Bay Leaf Editor

Joe Willingham, 2512 Etna St., Berkeley 94704, 841-4681,
pepel 066@attbi.com

Committee Coordinators

Bay Leaf Mailing:

Holly Forbes, 7128 Blake St., El Cerrito 94530, 234-2913, w/643-8040,
hforbes@uclink4.berkeley.edu

Bryophytes:

Dan Norris, 802 Lexington Ave., El Cerrito 94530, 435-2004,
dhnorris@uclink.berkeley.edu

Conservation:

Steve Asztalos, 839 York St., Oakland 94610, asztalos1@llnl.gov

East Bay Public Lands:

Peter Rauch, 526-8155, peterr@socrates.berkeley.edu

Education:

Vacant
Field Trips:

Janet Gawthrop, 360 Monte Vista Ave. #214, Oakland 94610, 654
3066, Janetg24@excite.com

Grants:

Sandy McCoy, 1311 Bay View Place, Berkeley 94708,
wbmccoy@earthlink.net

Hospitality:

Irene Wilkinson, 440 Camino Sobrante, Orinda 94563, 925-254-3675

Media:

Elizabeth Bade, 2151 Carrol Rd., Walnut Creek 94596, 937-8006

Membership:

Delia Taylor, 1851 Catalina Ave., Berkeley 94707, 527-3912,
deliataylor@mac.com

Native Here Nursery:

Charli Danielsen, 101 Golf Course Dr., Berkeley 94708, 549-0211,
charlid@pacbell.net

Native Plant Restoration Team:

Sarah Ginskey, 1096 Miller Avenue, Berkeley 94708, 510-558-8139,
sawginskey@sbcglobal.net

Plant Communities:

Susan Bainbridge, 2408 Parker St., Berkeley 94704, 548-2918

Plant Sale:

Shirley McPheeters, 104 Ivy Dr., Orinda 94563, 925-376-4095
Phoebe Watts, 1419 Grant St., Berkeley 94703, 525-6614,
phoebewatts@cs.com

Plant Sale Publicity:

Elaine Jackson, 3311 Estudillo St., Martinez 94553, 925-372-0687

Posters:

Heather Koshinsky, 2033 Carquinez Ave., El Cerrito 94530, w/522-
8180, hak@dnai.com

Programs:

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

Rare Plants:

John Game, 1155 Spruce St., Berkeley 94707, 527-7855
Regional Parks Botanic Garden Liaison:

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

Unusual Plants:

Dianne Lake, 1050 Bayview Farm Rd. #121, Pinole 94564, 741-8066,
diannelake@yahoo.com

Recorded Chapter Information: 464-4977

CNPS Home Page: http://www.cnps.org

East Bay Chapter CNPS Home Page:

http://www.ebcnps.org

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East Bay Chapter (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)

Other

Membership category:

Student, Retired, Limited income, $20

Individual, Library, $35

E-mail Household, Family, or Group, $45

(optional] Supporting, $75

Plant lover, $100

Benefactor, $500

Life, $1000

Mail application and check to: California Native Plant Society, 1722 J Street, Suite 17, Sacramento CA 95814

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Jepson Herbarium Classes continued from page 6

SF Bay National Wildlife Refuge

Juncaceae, With Special Emphasis on Juncus and Close
Relatives

July 25 - 27, 2003
Barbara Ertter

Location: Sierra Nevada Field Campus, Yuba Pass

Carex

August 1 -3, 2003
Dean Taylor

Location: Sierra Nevada Field Campus, Yuba Pass

Aldered States at the Eel River

August 8- 10, 2003
Mary Power and John Stella

Co-sponsored with the California Biodiversity Center
Location: Angelo Coast Range Reserve, Mendocino County

Summer Annuals and Fall-blooming Shrubs of the
Eastern Mojave Desert

September 12 - 14, 2003
Jim Andre

Location: Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research

The Tramp and the Roughrider

March 14- 15, 2003
Smith Center, Ohlone College

Join us as we reflect on the past, celebrate the present, and
look to the future of natural resource conservation in the
United States. View the contents of the Refuges’ time cap-
sule, one of hundreds that will commemorate the 100th an-
niversary of the Refuge System. Discover the events leading
up to the creation of the System through The Tramp and
the Roughrider, a two-man play re-enacting the historic dis-
cussion between President Teddy Roosevelt and California
naturalist John Muir. Whether you’re a naturalist, a sports-
man, or a historian, you will be captivated by this passionate
performance by Lee Stetson as John Muir and Alan Sutterfield
as Teddy Roosevelt. Tickets on sale by the SF Bay Wildlife
Society. Friday Evening: $12 adults, $8 seniors/ students.
Saturday Matinee: $10 adults, $6 seniors /students. Tickets
on sale 10 am Tuesday, January 7, 2003. To order, call (510)
792-0222 and ask for the Visitor Center Desk.

Center

Antioch Dunes Evening Primrose,
Oenothera deltoides ssp. howellii, is
listed as endangered and is one of
our Chapter’s rarest plants. There
are surviving native stands near
Antioch where this photo was
taken, and it has been successfully
introduced into Sacramento
County. - John Game

California Native Piant Society
East Bay Chapter
P.O. Box 5597, Eimwood Station
Berkeiey CA 94705

Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
Paid

Oakland, CA
Permit No. 2018

Time Value
February 2003 issue