The Bay leaf

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Board Meeting: Wednesday, September 2, 6:30 pm, Joe Will-
ingham's house, 2512 Etna Street, Berkeley.

Membership Meeting: Native Orchids of California, 7:30 pm.
Founder's Auditorium, Orinda Community Center (next to
the Library, where the meetings are often held). See below.
Native Here: Open for business & volunteer help: Fridays
9 am - 12 pm, Saturdays 10 am to 2 pm, and Tuesdays 12
pm - 3 pm.

Native Here Seed Collecting: Thursdays, meet at 9 am at the
nursery (see article on page 5).

Plant Fair Work Parties at Native Here: Tuesdays 12-3, Fridays
9-noon, Saturdays 10-2 through September. October 9th, all
day set up. October 12, clean up help needed.

Native Plant Fair: Saturday, October 10, 10 am - 3 pm, Sunday,
October 11, 12 pm - 3 pm (see article on page 7).
Restoration: Saturday, September 12, 9:30 am. Huckleberry
Regional Preserve in north Oakland, off of Skyline Boulevard,

MEMBERSHIP MEETING

Native Orchids of California
Speaker: Ron Parsons

Wednesday, September 23, 7:30 pm

Location: Founders Auditorium, Orinda Community Center
(next door to the Orinda Library, see directions below)

California has 34 species of native orchids (actually, one is an
introduced species), and one or more species can be found in
every county of the state. The largest genus is Piperia, which
includes eleven species many would call insignificant, but
they are actually quite beautiful under close inspection. The
state is home to three species of Cypripedium (lady's slippers),
one of which is a near-endemic (its range extends just into
the southwest corner of Oregon), as well as a host of other
beauties.

Ron Parsons, orchid expert and photographer extraordinaire,
will show and discuss most of our California orchid species,
some with examples from different parts of their ranges, oth-
ers with different color forms. All the photographs Ron will
show were taken in the wild.

Ron Parsons is considered by many to be one of the finest
flower photographers in the United States. His photography
and encyclopedic knowledge of orchids is known both nation-
ally and internationally. He has been photographing orchids.

French broom removal, http:/ / www.ebcnps.org/ restoration.

html For more information go to

http:/ / www.ebcnps.org/ restoration.html

Save Lime Ridge's Peak Hikes: learn about proposals for

Lime Ridge in one of the following guided hikes (meet at the

eastern end of Valley Vista Road in Walnut Creek next to the

Boundary Oaks Club House.

Sunday September 13, 9 am. Co-led by Troy Bristol, SMD's
Land Conservation Associate, and George Phillips, intern for
SMD (Save Mount Diablo).

Saturday September 26, 9 am. Led by Seth Adams, SMD's
Director of Land Programs.

September 15-17, Introduction to the second edition of A
Manual of California Vegetation, CNPS Workshop, For full
details and registration go to http:// cnps.org/ cnps/ educa-
tion/workshops/index.php. For questions, contact Josie
Crawford atjcrawford@cnps.org or 916-447-2677 x 205.

wildflowers, and almost every other kind of plant for over
25 years, and has a slide collection that numbers well over
80,000 images. Ron loves to travel, photograph orchids and
wildflowers in situ, visit orchid and other plant enthusiasts'
collections, and most of all, take photographs of plants and
flowers that he likes. Ron's photos have been featured in jour-
nal articles, on book covers, and in several books, including
his most recent, Calochortus: Mariposa Lilies and Their Relatives
(co-authored with Mary E. Gerritsen).

East Bay CNPS membership meetings are free of charge and
open to everyone. This month's meeting takes place in the
Founders Auditorium of the Orinda Community Center at 28
Orinda Way (in Orinda Village). The Founders Auditorium
is at the south end of the Community Center building. The
meeting room opens at 7:00 pm; the meeting begins at 7:30 pm.
Please contact Sue Rosenthal, 510-496-6016 or rosacalifornica@
earthlink.net, if you have any questions.

Directions to Orinda Community Center at 28 Orinda Way
From the west, take Highway 24 to the Orinda/ Mora ga exit.
At the end of the off ramp, turn left on Camino Pablo (toward
Orinda Village), right on Santa Maria Way (the signal after
the BART station and freeway entrance), and left on Orinda
Way.

From the east, take Highway 24 to the Orinda exit. Follow the
ramp to Orinda Village. Turn right on Santa Maria way (the

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first signal) and left on Orinda Way. Once on Orinda Way, go
1 short block to the parking lot on the west side of the one-
story Community Center building set back from the street
on your right. There is additional free parking on the street,
next door beneath the library building, and in the parking lot
south of the library.

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
Community Center.

Upcoming Programs (Both in Orinda Garden Room)
Wednesday, October 28, 7:30 pm: TBA

Wednesday, November 18, 7:30 pm: Jerry Powell: Moth and
Butterfly Caterpillars and California Native Plants

Sue Rosenthal

LARRY ABERS. LONGTIME MEMBER

Larry Abers (top left) shows Penstemon clevelandii ssp. con-
natus to John Game (lower left), Jeff Greenhouse (lower right)
and others in Borrego Palm Canyon. Photo by Delia Taylor.

Larry Abers, EB chapter activist and plant photographer fa-
miliar to many of us from wonderful field trips, workshops,
lectures and other activities, died on the evening of July 30th
while he was camping at Tuolumne Meadows at the begin-
ning of the Jepson Herbarium Alpine Botany Workshop in
Yosemite. Those with him at the time said that he was relaxed
and in good spirits until he suddenly lost consciousness from
an apparent heart attack and could not be revived.

I had known Larry for some time, especially through Jepson
workshops, which he attended once or twice a year, accom-
panied recently by his companion Britt Thorsnes. We shared
a strong interest in photography, and he was always very
helpful, encouraging, and friendly. I remember him particu-
larly from San Miguel Island, where the plants were so good
that I ran out of film. He provided a spare roll and shared
his top-of-the line lenses. Larry liked to visit Anza Borrego
in the spring of most years, and this year he encountered our
CNPS group by chance in Borrego Palm Canyon. He had
found an unusual penstemon that most of us had never seen,
and obligingly retraced his steps to show it to the group (see
Delia Taylor's photograph). Later, I talked more about pen-
stemons with Larry on the excellent San Jacinto Mountains

workshop in May. Early in July, Larry came to Berkeley and
we visited the herbarium to talk at length with others about
plant locations in Oregon, where Larry was going to look for
rare Calochortus species. The genus was always a favorite with
Larry, me and others in our loop, and he would, as always,
share his enthusiasm and information about it. We had talked
of going to Oregon together one day, but sadly it wasn't to
be. His knowledge, warmth, companionship and generosity
will be missed by many.

John Game

Larry, John Game, and Jeff Greenhouse have a chance encounter
in the wilderness. Photo by Delia Taylor

Beginning in the early nineties, Larry was a regular on many
of the East Bay Chapter's field trips when I was field trip
coordinator, and he attended many of the winter lectures at
the Regional Parks Botanic Garden . It was great to have him
along on local trips and especially on weekend trips as far
away as Cook and Green with Wayne Roderick. This was way
before the Jepson Herbarium workshops began.

He was a long-time boy scout troop leader and took the boys
out on many outdoor and nature outings, including rafting
on the Klamath River. He was also a dedicated desert rat
and arranged his schedule most years so he could spend as

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much of the spring in various southern deserts as possible,
much of it on his own.

It was when he gave his first lecture/ slide show at the Botanic
Garden earlier this decade that I realized he not only took
great photos of the flora, but also was a wonderful all-around
nature photographer with fabulous shots of birds, mammals,
reptiles/ amphibians, insects, landscapes, etc. In addition, he
shared wonderful stories of his experiences as he roamed the
natural world. I always looked forward to his annual slide
show at the Garden.

I was lucky to have been friends with both Larry and his
girlfriend Britt Thorsnes separately before they “found" each
other and fell in love, and so feel fortunate that I witnessed
that wonderful relationship from its beginnings. They went
on so many terrific nature explorations during their years
together, including participating in several Jepson Herbarium
workshops.

STATE CNPS OFFERS STUDY

Each year the State CNPS Educational Grants program
receives funding to help support field research related to
California's native plants. Students, CNPS members, or post-
doctoral botanists are eligible, in that order, for grants that
are generally not more than $1,000. Proposals should involve
taxa or plant communities that are of concern due to direct or
indirect potential impacts. The grants need to be relevant to
our conservation mission. Certain small endowed funds are
available specifically for graduate students planning research
involving rare plants or evolutionary botany.

More recently, this past year Lariy led two field trips for our
chapter for the first time, helped the Regional Parks botanist
monitor rare plant populations, and volunteered regularly
with Britt to get the Bay Leaf mailing out on time; they have
been volunteering at the plant fair each fall as well. Also, this
spring he confirmed Britt's rediscovery of a fairly large popu-
lation of the rare Oakland star tulip, Calochortus umbellatus,
(not reported since the 1960's) on or adjacent to EBMUD land
near Wildcat Canyon Road. I am glad to have seen Larry grow
through the years in his relationship with and contribution
to native plants through both our chapter of CNPS and the
Regional Parks Botanic Garden. We will miss him.

There will be a celebration of Larry's life on Sunday,
Sept 13th, at 1:00 pm. RSVP to Britt by Sunday, Sept 6th,
at bthorsnes@earthlink.net or call her at 510-232-6061.

Celia Zavatsky

GRANTS

If you are interested in obtaining support from CNPS for
your work, request a copy of the guidelines for drafting and
submitting a proposal from the state CNPS office. Requests
for this or other information can be directed to Chair, Educa-
tional Grants Committee, 2707 K Street, Suite 1, Sacramento,
CA 95816-5113. Completed proposals must be received in the
CNPS office no later than September 30, 2009.

Joan Stewart, Chair

CNPS Educational Grants Committee

EAST BAY CHAPTER 2009 SCHOLARSHIPS

The East Bay Chapter Scholarship and Grants Committee has Jae Pasari is a graduate student at Environmental Studies

chosen the recipients of the Chapter's scholarships for 2009.
They are Michal Shuldman, Jae Pasari, and Dave Mrus. Each
received $1200 in support.

Michal Shuldman is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of
Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. Her current research work
focuses on the effects of heat waves on toyon (Heteromeles
arbutifolia) at three different research sites ranging from San
Diego to Mendocino. How a species deals with extreme heat
events is important because it is expected that global warm-
ing will produce more of them in the coming years. Michal's
research may provide insights into how plants may adapt to
global warming.

Dave Mrus is a student at Diablo Valley College. He has both
botanical and horticultural interests and was previously a
student at Merritt College. His current independent research
project is the botany, ecology, and the horticultural potential
of chinquapin ( Chrysolepis sp.).

Department at UC Santa Cruz and currently lives in Berkeley.
He is interested in the effects of nitrogen deposition on ser-
pentine grasslands, which are refuges for many rare natives
from invasive grasses, and in the effects of grazing on these
sensitive lands. The committee judged that Mr. Pasari's ap-
plication was outstanding and awarded him the Myrtle Wolf
Scholarship, which is an additional $750.

The East Bay Chapter's scholarship program is an investment
in the future of our native plants and of the California Na-
tive Plant Society. The committee expects that the students
who benefit from the Chapter's scholarships will remember
the Chapter's generosity and return to provide it with their
knowledge, participation, and leadership.

Please join me in thanking the members of the Scholarships
and Grants Committee: Holly Forbes, Susan Spiller, and John
Game.

Sandy McCoy

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MEMBERSHIP NOTES

Chapter Jobs Bulletin

The East Bay Chapter is in urgent need of a dedicated Out-
reach person. This person would be in charge of reaching out
to our membership for volunteers to cover all of our requested
tabling events throughout the year and possibly finding
other venues we could share in. All materials, tables, chairs,
canopies, flyers etc. are readily available at our Native Here
Nursery. A current membership list would be supplied as a
resource for seeking volunteers. Please contact elainejx@att.
net or any Board Member.

Membership Notes:

Meet Margot Cunningham, Native Here Nursery Sales
Manager

Photo of Margot Cunningham by Pierre La Plant

My family enjoyed the outdoors, and I love being outside to
this day. I grew up in Kensington, close to Tilden Regional
Park. My sister Laura and I would hike in Tilden and Wildcat
Canyon Parks, identifying plants and animals. Laura took
copious notes and photographs while hiking and read a lot
of natural history books and passed her knowledge on to me.
Our mother enjoyed hiking in Tilden from the time she and
my dad settled in Kensington in 1968. She learned to identify
many edible plants and pointed them out to us as the three
of us hiked.

My dad loved to take us camping in the summers. He was an
erudite librarian, but in the summer he took great pleasure in
donning his cowboy hat, jeans, and boots and packed the car
up, drove us to the campground, found the perfect campsite,
pitched the tent, and made campfires for cooking and sitting
around after dinner.

After graduating from UC Berkeley with a B.S. in forestry
and wildlife biology I landed a temporary job with the Porest
Service in Placerville, and my husband Pierre and I moved
there. My co-worker and I traveled all over the El Dorado

National Porest hooting for spotted owls and mapping their
locations. After the job ended in the fall Pierre and I missed
the Bay Area and decided to move back, renting a house in
Richmond Annex (several years later we bought the house
from our landlady).

I worked and volunteered for various environmental organi-
zations. My sister told me about the California Native Plant
Society and gave me back issues of Fremontia. I joined and
learned more about native plants, buying plants at the plant
sales at Merritt College and the botanic garden in Tilden. I
planted some in my garden and others in friend's yards.

Prom the Bay Leaf l also found out about this new place called
Native Here Nursery in Tilden Park. I rode my bike up to it
and helped Charli and other volunteers put in the gate, set up
platforms to hold the plants, and later on transplant seedlings.
I continued volunteering there about once a month until they
needed someone to staff the nursery every Saturday. I applied
for the job and have been there almost every Saturday since
the fall of 2000 (and every Tuesday since late last year). I have
seen the nursery grow and change over the years, expanding
here and there, seeing the diversity of plants for sale greatly
increase, and watching the number of people interested in
planting with natives multiply as well.

The Native Plant Fair has brought even more people to the
nursery, both as volunteers and as customers. The fair (mark
your calendars for October 10 and 11) is always a fun-packed
event, with East Bay native plants and vendors galore.

When I'm not at the nursery, I like to work in my yard weed-
ing out non-native plants and planting natives. Most new
plants in my yard are from the nursery. I have an affinity for
native grasses and have planted several in various parts of
my yard. While working on the computer my husband likes
to look out the window at the seed stalks waving in the wind
and the brown towhees pecking for the seeds. Sometimes they
even grab the seeds with their beaks from the stalks before
they've fallen on the ground.

I also enjoy hiking and riding my bike with my husband. We
leave our car at home most of the time and bicycle around
town with a trailer (our SUV) to go shopping and for other
errands. Sometimes we ride up to the nursery as well.

Margot Cunningham

Think Globally, Volunteer Locally

Mark your calendars for our

Native Plant Fair 2009

Saturday, October 10, 10 am - 3 pm

Sunday, October 11, Noon - 3 pm

101 Golf Course Drive, Tilden Park Berkeley

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(Across the street from Tilden Golf Course Parking lot)
Volunteers needed for this fun event, contact elainejx@att.
net

Martinez— Native Plant Garden and Strentzel Meadow lo-
cated at the John Muir Historical Site in Martinez, ongoing
weeding, planting, & learning about our local environment.
Contact Elaine Jackson at 925-372-0687 or email elainejx@
att.net.

Pleasant Hill— Volunteers are always welcome at the Pleasant
Hill Adult Education Center Garden. Contact Monika Olsen
at 925-937-1530 or email phecgarden@prodigy.net or go online
to http:/ / phig.webs.com.

Walnut Creek— Native demonstration garden on The Iron
Horse Trail in Walnut Creek near the Walnut Creek Intermedi-
ate. Contact Judy Adler, jadlermtnmama@sbcglobal.net.

Do you have or know of a local event coming up in your
neighborhood that would be a good location for CNPS to have
a display table? You can host it. Come on up to our Native

NATIVE HERE NURSERY

Join us on our seed collecting trips on Thursdays. Meet at the
bottom gate of the nursery at 9 am. For further information
check the calendar of the chapter website www.ebcnps.org,
or e-mail nativehere@ebcnps.org. Usually the group returns
by 1 pm, but occasional longer trips will be scheduled. E-mail
ahead if time is a concern or call the nursery on Tuesday af-
ternoon between noon and 3.

Watering the thousands of plants in the nursery must be done
carefully and with care to conserve water. If you can spend
two hours each week on a regular basis, a section can be as-
signed to you. If you can spare time less frequently, come in
on Tuesday afternoon or Saturday morning to help fill in for
those on vacation and to relieve the managers of some of the
watering tasks. No experience is necessary. We will train you.
Strong wrists are important.

Native Here customers wishing to take advantage of the vol-
ume discounts and those purchasing plants for agencies and
restoration projects will wish to shop before the Plant Fair. The
only discounts during the fair will be on five-gallon Quercus
agrifolia, Quercus lobata, and Quercus douglasii.

Here Nursery (during business hours) and pick up supplies
to pass out. Call us with any questions.

New Members

Please join us in welcoming those who joined in the May/
June time frame: Beatrice Arias, Penny Barthel, Patte Bishop,
Rubelet Domingo, Marjorie Guinasso, Nick Mealy, Lynn
Miller, Susan Miller, Juliane Monroe, Hulda Nelson, Monika
Pitchford, Suzan Requa, Robert Rhew, Mason Roberts, Mi-
chael Tice, John Tuttle, Dolphin Waletzky, Li-hsia Wang, &
Jane Whitley. Please let me know if I have missed you on
this list.

Many thanks to all who have renewed their membership
throughout the year. May you enjoy many more years with
EB-CNPS.

Elaine Jackson and Carol Castro

Iris douglasiana, will be available for sale at the plant sale. Photo
by Janice Bray.

Iris, ferns and wild ginger will not be offered until the Plant
Fair.

Charli Danielsen

VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

• Join us for work parties through September whenever the
nursery is open to help get the nursery ready for the plant
fair. Help clean up the nursery, water, weed, pot up plants,
and get familiar with our plant selection.

• We'll need many volunteers just before, during and after the
Fair for such tasks as getting the bulbs ready for sale, setting

FOR PLANT FAIR 2009

up before the fair, sales, holding area help, cashiering, helping
vendors, loading, and clean-up.

• To help at the Fair, contact Elaine Jackson, elainejx@att.
net.

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INVASIVE PLANT AWARENESS WEEK

The third week of July is always California Invasive Weed
Awareness Week. This year is extra special, because this year
we are celebrating Weed Awareness Week with the launch of
the Bay Area's Early Detection Network, BAEDN for short!
The BAEDN is an exciting new initiative that follows the
maxim "a stitch in time saves nine/' There are hundreds of
scientific studies and agency plans which all reaffirm the criti-
cal importance of early detection and rapid response (EDRR).
We use EDRR to protect human health, and it is time to use
it to protect ecosystems.

The California Invasive Weed Action Plan (2005), produced
by the California Invasive Weeds Awareness Coalition and
the California Department of Food and Agriculture, identifies
EDRR as "the single most important element" for coping with
invasions. Whether we are protecting humans from swine
flu or protecting ecosystems from sudden oak death, EDRR
is the most effective and cost-efficient approach for coping
with biological invasions. The creation of BAEDN encourages
broad participation, knowledge sharing and reporting of
invasive species so we can work together to most effectively
manage invasive species throughout California, enabling
native species to thrive.

The BAEDN provides an EDRR system covering the entire
nine-county San Francisco Bay Area: Alameda, Contra Costa,
Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano,
and Sonoma counties. The group coordinates EDRR efforts of
dozens of agencies, hundreds of professional land managers,
and potentially thousands of volunteers. BAEDN partners
work together to develop a scientifically rigorous list of the
most harmful invasive plants, train each other in detection

techniques, make detections and report them to the online
website, and then prioritize individual patches so that the
most dangerous outbreaks can be removed before they spread
and cause harm. We remove the easiest and most harmful
first, while removal is cheap and before ecosystems have been
harmed. It's simple, it's sensible, it's about time.

Initiated in 2006 by Audubon Canyon Ranch's Director of
Habitat Protection and Restoration Daniel Gluesenkamp,
National Park Service's San Francisco Bay Area Network In-
ventory and Monitoring Biologist Andrea Williams, U.S. Fish
& Wildlife San Pablo Bay National Wildlife Refuge Biologist
Giselle Block, and numerous colleagues throughout the Bay
Area, BAEDN has recruited partners and built the core struc-
ture of the network. Calflora has built BAEDN' s user-friendly
online occurrence reporting database, with a clickable Google
map interface and picklists to make it highly user friendly. In
addition, BAEDN has hired an Early Detection Coordinator,
thanks to support from the California Department of Food
and Agriculture, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation,
and US Fish and Wildlife funding. BAEDN also helps broaden
efforts such as the National Park Service's Weed Watchers
program, which trains volunteers in early detection at Point
Reyes National Seashore and Golden Gate National Recre-
ation Area, and builds on more targeted efforts such as The
Invasive Spartina Project.

There are several ways to participate. First, you can detect
and report unusual or harmful invasive plants. Go to the
website (http:/ /B AEDN.org) and test out the Google-maps-
driven reporting tool! Second, we hope you will help us to
build a BAEDN which is truly collaborative by becoming a
partner; please go to the website and subscribe to the BAEDN
Partners email list, come to the annual meeting to help re-
fine the system, and please let the Coordinator know of any
individuals or groups who should learn about the network
and participate.

Invasive weeds are important, not because they are out of
place but because the worst of them can destroy the ancient
biodiversity of places we love and cost California hundreds
of millions of dollars in control costs and lost productivity
annually. Humans have introduced these species, and humans
have disrupted ecosystems so that weeds can thrive. We have
the moral obligation to right what we have wronged, we
have the responsibility to use our heads so that our actions
are strategic and effective, and now we have a new tool for
protecting California's precious natural resources. Please join
us in this effort! Your help can really make a difference. You
may contact me at gluesenkamp@egret.org.

Daniel Gluesenkamp , Audubon Canyon Ranch

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California Native Plant Society
East Bay Chapter

2009 NATIVE PLANT FAIR
Native Here Nursery

101 Golf Course Drive - Tilden Park, Berkeley
(Across from the Tilden Golf Course)

Saturday October 10th 10:00 am - 3:00 pm
Sunday October 11th noon -3:00 pm

Native plants, books, posters, gift items for sale
Vendors showcasing photography, seeds & bulbs, crafts
Exhibits about invasive plants, native bees, CNPS membership

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Saturday Guest Speaker each day at 1:00 pm Sunday

Pete Veilleux, East Bay Wilds David Bigham, Landscape Architect

“Lose the Lawn, Gain a Beautiful “Gardening with Locally Native Plants"
and Functional Garden"

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o Special plants for fall: Ferns, Douglas Iris, Wild Ginger
o 5 -gallon Coast Live, Blue, and Valley Oaks half price
o Plant holding area for your shopping convenience
o Limited parking with plant-pickup loading zone available
o Volunteers shuttle purchased plants to loading zone

Checks or Cash only; no credit cards Carpooling is appreciated

Bring sturdy boxes for your purchases Volunteer traffic control

For more information please visit our website:
http://ebcnps.org

A map showing the location of Native Here Nursery can be found at
http://ebcnps.org/nativehere.html

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California Native Plant Society
East Bay Chapter
P.O. Box 5597, Elmwood Station
Berkeley CA 94705

Nonprofit Org.
U.S. Postage
Paid

Oakland, CA
Permit No. 2018

Time Value
September 2009 issue

Chapter Directory

Officers

President and Chapter
Council Delegate

Delia Barnes Taylor

510-527-3912

deliataylor@mac.conn

Vice President

Carol Castro

510-352-2382

carollbcastro@hotmail.com

Recording Secretary

Barbara Leitner
925-253-8300
bleitner@pacbell.net

Corresponding Secretary

Janet Gawthrop

janetgawthrop47@gmail.

com

Treasurer

Holly Forbes
hforbes@berkeley.edu
h 510-234-2913
w 510-643-8040

Assistant Treasurer (not an
officer)

David Margolies

510-654-0283

dm@franz.com

Committees

Bayleaf Newsletter

Bay Leaf Editor and Web-
master

Joe Willingham, Chair

510-841-4681

pepel 066@comcast.net

Bay Leaf Assistant Editor

David Margolies

510-654-0283

dm@franz.com

Mailing

Holly Forbes

Conservation

Laura Baker, Chair
510-849-1409
Lbake66@aol.com
Conservation analyst
Lech Naumovich
conservation@ebcnps.org

Field Trips

Janet Gawthrop, Chair

Funds Development

Carol Castro, Chair
Grant Management
Sally de Becker
510-841-6613
sallydebecker@comcast.net

Horticulture Planning

Sue Rosenthal, Chair
510-496-6016

rosacalifornica@earthlink.net

Information Infrastructure

Peter Rauch, Chair
peterar@berkeley.edu

Membership

Elaine Jackson, Carol Castro
Co-Chairs

Volunteer coordinator
Delia Taylor
volunteer@ebcnps.org

Programs

Sue Rosenthal, Chair

Publicity

Dinah Russell, Chair

510-528-0547

maphappy@sonic.net

Rare Plants

Heath Bartosh, Chair
925-957-0069
hbartosh@nomadecology.
com

Unusual Plants

Dianne Lake, Chair

510-741-8066

diannelake@yahoo.com

Vegetation

Erin McDermott, Chair
erinmcd2004@yahoo.com

EBCNPS Sponsored
Activities

Book & Poster Sales

Joanne Orengo
greentheglobe@juno.com

Grant Awards

Sandy McCoy

sandymccoy@mindspring.

com

Native Here Nursery

510-549-0211

Manager — Charli Danielsen

nativehere@ebcnps.org

Sales — Margot Cunningham

bunchgrassmarg@gmail.com

Seed Collection — Gregg

Weber

510-223-3310

Plant Fair

Gudrun Kleist
510-222-2320
gkleist@sbcglobal.net
and Charli Danielsen
Coordinators

Restoration Projects

Leaders:

Huckleberry — Janet
Gawthrop

Point Isabel — Tom and Jane
Kelly

510-704-8628 (w)
510-684-6484 (c)
kyotousa@sbcglobal.net
Strawberry Creek — Tom and
Jane Kelly

Officers and Committee
Chairs serve on the Board.

Committees are formed
based on chapter needs and
the interests of volunteers.
Proposals for committees
and projects are welcome
and will be considered by
the Board.

Membership Application

Name

Address

Zip Telephone

I wish to affiliate with:

East Bay Chapter (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)

Other

Membership category:

Individual, $45

Family, Library, Group or International, $75

Plant Lover, $100.00

Plant lover, $100

Patron, $300

Benefactor, $600

E-mail Mariposa Lily, $1500

Limited Income or student, $25.00

Other

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