Preview local trips:

Pine Hill Preserve

Traverse Creek

Wrights Lake area

Bassi Falls

Thunder Mountain

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Butterflies of EDC

Native oak woodlands cover a large portion of our county. According to the Oaks 2040 report published by the California Oak Foundation, El Dorado County has more oak woodlands at risk than any other county in the state.

Several General Plan Policies relate to the conservation of oak woodland habitat. To implement these polices, the El Dorado County has recently developed and released a draft Oak Woodlands Management Plan (144k PDF). CNPS joined with the Sierra Club, the Center for Sierra Nevada Conservation, and El Dorado Taxpayers for Quality Growth to provide comments.

CHAPTER MEETINGS AND PROGRAMS

The chapter monthly programs are held on the third Tuesday of each month with the exception of August and December. Programs begin at 7 pm at the Placerville Library, 345 Fair Lane, Placerville. Our chapter meetings are free and the public is invited to attend. Each meeting includes a show-and-tell about a particular plant, an announcement of chapter happenings, and the speaker presentation. Books will be available for purchase at the meeting.

The next meeting: July 15, 7:00 pm

A Botanical Trip to Israel with Kaitlin Lubetkin

Take a botanical trip to a Mediterranean country with similar climate and geography to California: Israel. Explore the similarities and differences between their plant communities and ours, focusing on their forests and chaparral. View unusual adaptations, and plants that are just plain bizarre. Look at plant exchanges between California and Israel: native plants from there that have become invasives here, and vice versa. Re-examine the meaning of "native" in a land where resource use has been intensive for thousands of years. Finally, learn about research Kaitlin participated in to conserve a rare, native Israeli iris by examining its pollinators.

The public is welcome to join us at the Placerville County Public Library, 345 Fair Lane. For more information, download the latest newsletter .

CHAPTER BOARD MEETINGS

Chapter board meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month (except for July and December) at 6:30 PM to discuss business items concerning the chapter and its activities. Meetings are held at various locations. The board meetings for the months of March through May will be held at the Eldorado National Forest Supervisor's Office at 100 Forni Rd., Placerville, in the small conference room in back (west side) of the building. From Forni Rd. turn onto Briw Rd. and it's the second building on the right. All members are welcome.

Copies of the minutes from our latest board meeting are available at the chapter meetings or you can request a copy from any one of our board members.

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TRIP PLANNING MEETING

The trip planning meeting occurs in the early part of the year as we figure out where to go for field trips in the coming year. This is your chance to tell the chapter what areas you would like to visit for field trips, overnight trips, local walks or visiting a native plant nursery. If you can't make it but have a great idea for a trip, please let us know by contacting our field trip coordinator, Shellie Perry at 644-6335, or contact one of the board or chair members (check the recent newsletter for names and phone numbers).

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PLANT SALES

Chapter plant sales are held twice yearly, on the first Saturday of April and this year, on the second Saturday of October from 9 AM to 1 PM. There is always a variety of native plants and cultivars, books, posters, cards, walking sticks, and other items for sale as well as various displays and handouts. This is a great opportunity to get information and advice about growing natives, to meet and talk with members and plant experts, to join CNPS, to find out about cool places to explore for our plant hikes and walks, to share local plant news and information, and in general have a great time!

Plant Sale Dates for 2008

2007 Clark Youth Fund Grant Recipients

by Rosemary Carey, Coordinator, Clark Youth Fund Grants

The Clark Youth Fund has just concluded its tenth year of funding the study, conservation and exploration of California's native plants by the teachers and students of western El Dorado County. Money for the Clark Youth Fund comes from the profits of our bi-annual plant sales, now an established community event in Placerville.

Since its inception in 1997 the average award has increased substantially and the Chapter is now able to fund significantly more ambitious projets. This year we had a first: an application by a high school student aiming for a career in natural resource management who will use peer labor to revegetate with native plants on the Ponderosa High School campus in Shingle Springs. I am pleased to present such a variety of creative award-winning projects this year which embody the idea of thinking globally and acting locally.

CNPS MEMBERSHIP

Ready To Join CNPS? Go to the state website and either join online or print the membership form and mail it in. Be sure to specify your chapter affiliation as El Dorado. Once you join, it may take as long as 3 to 4 weeks for you to receive your first mailing.

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