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The Shared Adventures of a Fortunate Botanist

Presented by JOSEPHINE GUARDINO, Botanist

T he August to October, 2013 Rim-Fire was the largest wildfire ever recorded in the Sierra
Nevada Mountain Range, burning over 400 square miles. Most of this land is encompassed
by the Stanislaus National Forest (SNF) though other affected areas include large tracts
of private timberlands and portions of Yosemite National Park. As part of the Rim Fire Recovery
Project, the SNF conducted botany surveys to account for known occurrences of sensitive botanical
resources. These included populations of
rare vascular plants, fungi and bryophytes,
as well as occurrences of noxious weeds.

Surveys were also conducted on post-burn
areas targeted for hazard tree removal and
salvage logging.

Josephine Guardino is a consulting botanist
who was unexpectedly presented with an
opportunity to participate in the landscape-
scale Rim-Fire Recovery botany surveys
during spring and early summer 2014.

Along with an amazing seasonal crew as-
sembled with personnel coming from as far away as Alaska, Hawaii, East Coast and states between,
she witnessed both awesome devastation following the conflagration, and the stunning beauty of
botanical response in a Sierra Nevada landscape adapted to fire.

This presentation will include photographs from Josephine’s adventure and information about the
recovery project, landscape, wildfire, plants and people she met. Our own Jim Bishop, retired CDF
Battalion Chief, who has experience with recent fires there, will also be available after her presenta-
tion to field questions about the Rim-Fire, fuels, forest management and fire behavior.

General Meeting
FEBRUARY 4, 2015
Wednesday 7:30 pm
Butte County Library

Botany Surveying for the 2014

Stanislaus National Forest Recovery Project

Wes Dempsey and Gerry Ingco
Co-chairs

CSU, CHICO GREENHOUSE TOUR

February 15
Sunday

Meet at the CSU, Chico Health Center parking lot at the
corner of Warner St and College Ave at 10 am. From
there we will walk the short distance to the Biological Sci-
ences Greenhouses. Tim Devine has collected hundreds
of unusual plants from all over the world and is eager to
show them to you and relate their stories. In the tropical
room he will show you vanilla bean orchid, coffee tree,
and banana. In the aquatic room you will see many ferns,
water lettuce, and blue-flowered water hyacinths. In the
desert room there are usually a few cacti in bloom. Invite
your favorite Valentine’s Day partner to enjoy the show.
Ends at noon. Leader: Tim Devine 530 345-8444.

NEW MEMBERS

Ann Bowers
Laura Cockrell
Hilary Dalton
Dorothy Glass
Japhier Huhndorf
Debbie King

For information about becoming a member of
MOUNT LASSEN CHAPTER
CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY
contact Membership Chair KarroLynn Yells
530-534-3551, KarroLynnY@att.net

or use the application on last page
of this newletter

BOTANICAL BOOKS

by John Meehan, Sales Co-chair

... Are you running out of space for your old books?

... Are you no longer using that field guide to trees?
and have too many fern books?

D onate your books for the Chapter’s USED BOOK
SALE to be held at The WILDFLOWER SHOW in
APRIL 2015. All books on plants, gardening, natural his-
tory and field guides will be welcome. Books donated to
the chapter will be reasonably priced and the proceeds will
benefit the Chapter. Bring your books to the General Meet-
ings from now to April or call John Meehan at 530 894-5339.

by Steve Overlook, Yahi Trail Chair

YAH I TRAIL MAINTENANCE WORK DAY

L ove your Park? Come spend Valentine’s morning,
Saturday, February 14, 2015, cleaning and maintain-
ing its signature trail, the Yahi Trail in Upper Bidwell Park.
We will meet at Parking Lot E, just east of Horseshoe
Lake, at 8 am. Water, gloves, loppers provided but feel
free to bring your own. Questions and information call
Steve at 530 514-4109 or stephenoverlock@sbcglobal.net

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February 2015

President’s Message

by Catie Bishop, President

P l~| appy New Year to everyone. This
LTUyear, 2015, marks the 50th anniver-
sary of the founding of CNPS. So during the
January 15-17 Conference in San Jose, as
well as during Native Plant Week April Il-
ls, all the Chapters will be offering special
fieldtrips, workshops, garden tours, and in
myriad ways celebrating the staying power
of our organization. A brief history of the
founding follows, but what I want to focus on is what CNPS has
become in those 50 years.

In 1965, the East Bay Division of Parks in Oakland was threat-
ening to discontinue the arboretum of native plants in Tilden
Park, and to dismiss its supervisor, James Roof. This brought
forth a series of protests and organized protest meetings on the
part of citizens who loved the arboretum and felt that it served a
valuable purpose in the cultural life of the area. Those plant lov-
ers were: Joyce and Dr. Horace Burr, Jenny and Scott Fleming,
Susan and August Fruge, Irja and Walter Knight, James Roof,
Leonora and Dr. Erwin Strohmaier, plus University of California
chemist Leo Brewer and botanist W.M. Laetsch. After a vigorous
campaign, they succeeded in blocking the proposed disman-
tling, and the victors realized that much more could be done to
save from destruction the rare native plants of California. So a
handful of plant lovers came together to form an organization
and fill a need.

Since then CNPS has grown to 34 Chapters, including one in
Baja California. We have over 9000 members state-wide. It is
the singular group working to conserve native plants and their
habitats in California. And with the great diversity of plants in
California, that is a tall and very important order. CNPS Pro-
grams focus on all aspects of native plants including horticul-
ture, education, rare plants, legislation, and vegetation mapping.
Chapters follow the State’s lead with education and horticulture
workshops, garden tours, general meetings, native gardens,
fieldtrips, and many, many more activities geared to introduce
people to the importance of preserving native plants. The focus
and goal has remained the same as with those first pioneering
visionaries, and today we have an organization we are proud to
support and participate in.

So as you are out enjoying the natural world this year, give a
thought to the people who work to protect that landscape.

Executive Board Meeting

February 18 - 7 pm
Janna Lathrop, 530 228-0010

Legislative Notes

by David Anderson

BERRYESSA SNOW MOUNTAIN
REGION NATIONAL MONUMENT?

s yet there is no environmental legislation news to report
from the newly convened 114th Congress and the 2015
session of the California Legislature. There is, however, a
newsworthy effort by environmentalists to encourage President
Obama to use his authority under the Antiquities Act of 1906 to
give ecologically important areas the protected status of national
monuments. One of the areas proposed for national monument
status is northern California’s Berryessa Snow Mountain region.
The Berryessa Snow Mountain region forms the west wall of the
Sacramento Valley for 100 miles. Its northern boundary is Snow
Mountain, due west of Butte County. When driving from Paradise
to Chico down Skyway, Snow Mountain is clearly visible across
the valley. In winter it is usually snow-capped.

The Berryessa Snow Mountain region is a biodiversity rich area
containing plants and animals that have disappeared in other parts
of California. It consists of 350,000 acres of federally owned and
managed lands. Any telephone calls, letters or emails to President
Obama asking him to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to
designate Berryessa Snow Mountain region a national monument
will help the cause. The Secretary of the Interior, Sally Jewell,
met with environmentalists in Napa last month and presumably is
informed of the importance of protecting the area. What is needed
now is a ground swell of political support.

To communicate with President Obama write to -The White
House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington D.C. 20500,
Send email to president@whitehouse.gov
Telephone (202)456-1111

HOSPITALITY THANKS YOU

by KarroLynn Yells, Hospitality Chair

E E D cookies for April and May 201 5. Please sign up at the
February General Meeting or notify KarroLynn Yells at 530
534-3551. THANK YOU Meryl Bond for December’s and Ellen
Copeland for February’s cookies.

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February 2015

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CELEBRATING ANOTHER WONDERFUL VOLUNTEER

©ODStLILSESQ by Catie Bishop, Vol. Recognition Chair

3 oo much time has passed since we recognized the volunteer efforts of one of our
own. Without our long-term volunteers this Chapter would not survive. They believe
in the organization’s cause, bringing their personal emphasis and fresh outlook to
contribute to its wellbeing and progress. Their dedication pays off as the Chapter grows in
size and influence, increasingly doing a better job of outreach to the public, teaching the
importance of native plant conservation, and furthering Statewide efforts to protect our wild
places. One of those special people is Suellen Rowlison.

Suellen has been with us for eleven years. In that time she has been President for three terms
and Conservation Chair. She has worked on many committees, staffed numerous tables,
helping out at plant sales and other outreach events. She has spent many an evening since
2008 attending meetings making input to the discussions on the Butte County Habitat Con-
servation Plan, along with other topics relevant to native plant conservation.

Suellen is pleasantly persuasive, and uses her influence to make connections with other
conservation organizations, and convince donors to sponsor our events. She is great at networking, believing we are stronger
when we collaborate... and she’s right. Suellen is one of those people who is a full-time volunteer, finding time to help no mat-
ter what else she is doing. She looks for opportunities to share information about CNPS, and she does the same for the other
organizations she supports. She is a valuable member of the Executive Board, and we rely on her insights to help us make good
decisions.

There is no way for a volunteer organization like CNPS to adequately compensate the fine people who give up their time to work
for something important, without any monetary reward. The only thing we can do is make sure they know how very important
they are for the cause, how much we notice and appreciate what they do, and publicly recognize them as an indispensable part
of the conservation community. Thank you Suellen.

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FRIENDS of the HERBARIUM

March 7, 2015

INTRODUCTION TO LICHEN IDENTIFICATION

by Tom Carlberg

For most people lichens are only colorful blotches on rocks or just
moss-like stuff on tree branches. But lichens are a unique associa-
tion between a fungus and an alga. This workshop will explore the
basics of lichens in the lab in Holt Hall and also in the field from
9 - 4 in Holt 129 at CSU Chico. Please register in advance. For
more information about registration please contact the CSU, Chico
Biology office at (530) 898-5356 or epurvis@csuchico.edu

Detailed workshop descriptions and sign up forms are available
on the Chico State Herbarium website: csuchico.edu/biol/Herb/
Events.html

MEMBERSHIP

If you have changed your . . .

address, phone number or e-mail
or leave temporarily

please notify Mount Lassen Chapter CNPS
Membership Chair, KarroLynn Yells at
530 534-3551 or karrolynny@att.net

This will help eliminate returned Pipevines
from the Post Office. Thank You, KarroLynn

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Officers & Chairs

ELECTED OFFICERS

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President

CAT IE BISHOP

cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net

Past President

SUELLEN ROWLISON

897-0226

suellen@garlic.com

Vice-President

JANNALATHROP

228 0010

jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net

Secretary

ANN ELLIOTT

521-4402

secretary@mountlassen.cnps.org

Treasurer

JOHN MEEHAN

894-5339

johnmeehan64@gmail.com

Members-at-Large

NANCY PRAIZLER

891-8910

praizlermom@gmail.com
PAUL MOORE

343-4287

pmoore@csuchico.edu
KARROLYNN YELLS

534-3551

KarroLynnY@att.net
RON COLEY

533-1238

rcoley64@comcast.net

CHAIRS

Conservation / Web Administrator

WOODY ELLIOTT

588-2555

woodyelliott@gmail.com

Education

OPEN

Invasive Plants

SUSAN MASON

892-1666

smason908@gmail.com

Field Trips

WES DEMPSEY

342-2293

Co-chairs

wdempsey@csuchico.edu
GERRY INGCO

893-5123

genaroingco@aol.com

Membership / Hospitality

KARROLYNN YELLS

534-3551

karrolynny@att.net

Horticulture

OPEN

Newsletter Editor

DENISE DEVINE

345-8444

dsrdevine@hotmail.com

Mailing

MARJORIE MCNAIRN

343-2397

mlmcnairn@aol.com

Programs

JIM BISHOP

Co-chairs

cjbishop1991@sbcglobal.net

WOODY ELLIOTT

588-2555

woodyelliott@gmail.com

Rare Plants

OPEN

Publicity

CINDY WEINER

342-7645

wildflowermaven@comcast.net

Sales

JOHN MEEHAN

894-5339

Co-chairs

johnmeehan64@gmail.com
ELLEN COPELAND
copelande12@yahoo.com

Vol. Recognition / Chapter Council Delegate

CAT IE BISHOP

cj bishop 1 991 @sbcg lobal.net

Events

JANNALATHROP

228 0010

jlathrop4mlc@comcast.net

Yahi Trail

STEPHEN OVERLOCK

892-0635

stephenoverlock@sbcglobal.net

CCNC Gardens

CLAIRE MEEHAN

meehanclairel @g mail, com

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