Sanhedrin Chapter of the California Native Plant Society

This Month

• June 13 Bob Wood's Meadow, Jackson Demonstration State Forest : Open to everyone. Meet at 9am in south part of Willit's Safeway parking lot, or 8:30 at Longs parking lot in Ukiah. Folks coming from Fort Bragg can meet at Camp One Recreation area at 9:45. This is an unusual meadow on alkali soil deep in Jackson State Forest, about an hour's drive from Willits. The hike will be 2 or 3 miles. May visit a burned area and endangered plant. Trip will be led by Lynn Webb, from CAL FIRE and Tina Fabula, CAL FIRE Senior Wildlife Biologist. Questions: Contact Lynn at 964-5674.
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• June 27 Leonard Lake : At the end of Reeve's canyon road is a beautiful natural lake, in a private nature reserve. We aim to walk slowly around the lake through old growth forest and then picnic. Limit of 25. Meet at shopping center at bottom of the hill between Ukiah and Willits at 9am (Black Horse / old cookie factory spot) sign up by emailing Sandy at san.marshall at gmail.com

Next Month

• Thursday, July 23, 2009 Lake County Weed Mangement Area (WMA) Auto Tour : Details to be announced. Typically, the tour starts at 8AM and finishes with lunch furnished by the Lake County WMA. The Sanhedrin CNPS Chapter is a partner of the Lake County WMA. For info contact the Lake County Agriculture Department at (707) 263-0217 or e-mail Katherine Blyleven at kathrynb at co.lake.ca.us
• Friday and Saturday, July 24-25, 2009 Vegetation Sampling Workshop: Sponsored by the Pepperwood Foundation, California Native Plant Society (CNPS) and the CNPS Milo Baker Chapter. Will provide an introduction to the CNPS rapid assessment and relevant vegetation sampling protocols. Participants will learn about the essential role of vegetation inventories and classification in ecological management and conservation, will practice accessing and compiling observations and data and relate these data to the classification format in the new Manual of California Vegetation. Bring lunch, water and appropriate field clothing. Instructors: Julie Evens, CNPS Vegetation program Director, and Peter Warner, botanical consultant to Pepperwood. Meet at Bechtel House. Registration begins June 24. Friday, July 24, 2009, 10am-4pm & Saturday, July 25, 2009, 9am-3pm
  For registration information, those interested should log on to pepperwoodpreserve.org.
  

This Year

• Second Saturday of March, annually Broom Pull on Orr Springs Rd. and Montgomery Woods Lunch :

  Brooms- Scotch, French, Spanish - line the roadsides in many parts of Mendocino County. Their names give the clue- they are not native to this area, but were introduced as horticultural plants and then escaped into the wildlands. Although the blooms are beautiful, these plants are devastating for wildlife and increase wildfire risk because they are very flammable. Along roadsides, they also pose a safety hazard as they reduce visibility and obstruct pedestrian corridors. What can we do about it?

   

  BASH IT! The California Native Plant Society and the Inland Mendocino Cooperative Weed Management Area are hosting a broom bash on Sunday, March 28, 2010 in our Adopt-A-Road corridor along Orr Springs Road near Montgomery Woods State Reserve. Manual removal of the broom, including the roots, followed by annual monitoring to remove seedlings is a proven effective strategy to be rid of broom on roadsides. However, it takes a lot of time and effort. Come help us pull out the broom! Mild to strenuous exertion according to your ability and desire. Meet at the north side of the Mendo Mill parking lot (1870 N. State St.) in Ukiah at 9AM for carpools, at 9:30AM at Montgomery Woods State Reserve parking lot for a mandatory safety training.

   

  Wear long-sleeved shirt, long pants, bring gloves. Participants must be 16 or over.

   

  Trip Leaders: Chuck Williams 462-8984, Tara Athan 485-1198 (coord at imcwma.org)
• First Saturday in April every year unless it is pouring rain Low Gap Park Annual Flower Count : Meet at 10 AM at Low Gap Park parking lot. Every year for over 27 years we have gathered here to count the great variety of blooming plants in the park. It is a great opportunity to learn your local wildflowers, meet new friends and help with the count. This can be an amazing show of spring blooms. Everyone welcome to enjoy the day. We will finish around 2PM. For info contact Mark at 462-7843
• In May, the Saturday before Mother's Day, 11AM - 2PM Family Wildflower Day Howard Forest Picnic Grounds. At the top of the ridge on Hwy 101 behind the Calfire station, 5 miles south of Willits Come learn the wildflowers on short guided walks given by CNPS members.
  Free cookies and lemonade.
  A free magnifying glass for the first 50 people.
  Great fun for kids and all who want to know the local wildflowers. Activities and games.
  Bring a picnic and enjoy the day.
  For info contact Geri 459-3689.