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SPEAKERS/PROGRAMS AT FORTHCOMING CHAPTER MEETINGS
Meetings are held at Eaton Canyon Nature Center beginning at 7:30 p.m. They are preceded from 7:00 to 7:30 p.m. by social time and informal plant identification.
No program meeting in July or August.
Thursday, September 25, 2008: Program to be announced.
PREVIOUS PROGRAMS:
Thursday, June 26, 2008: Plant Identification Workshop
Thursday, May 22, 2008: Caring for Oaks with Rebecca Latta
Thursday, April 24: Historical Wetlands of the San Gabriel River with Dr. Shawna Dark
Thursday, March 27: Arid Land Restoration: Purpose and Need with Richard Montijo
Thursday, February 28, 2008: Lester Rowntree, a Pioneer Female Horticultuarlist, with Rosemary Foster
Thursday, January 24, 2008: Understanding Invasive Species: What are the Basic and Why with Janet Nickerman
Thursday, October 24, 2007: Lawn-friendly native plants, with Rick Fisher
Thursday, September 27, 2007: Tejon-Tehachapi Park: A Vision for California’s Newest Park, with Ileene Anderson
Thursday, June 28, 2007: Early Natural History Clubs of Southern California Prior to the 1950s, with Gary Wallace
Thursday, May 24, 2007: Plant Communities of the San Bernardino Mountains, with Scott Eliason
Thursday, April 26, 2007: Rare Plants of Palomar, with Robert Lauri
Thursday, March 22, 2007: The Ballona Wetlands Marsh, with Lisa Fimiani and Edith Read
Thursday, February 22, 2007: Chumash Healing, with James D. Adams and Cecilia Garcia
Thursday, January 25, 2007: Ceanothus, with Barbara Eisenstein
OUTINGS AND FIELD TRIPS SPONSORED BY OUR CHAPTER
Eaton Canyon Plant Walks: Meet in front of Eaton Canyon Nature Center at 9 a.m.
Sunday, September 14, 2008, 9:00 a.m., led by Eva Morgan
Mountain Plant Walks at Chilao, in the Angeles National Forest, San Gabriel Mountains:
These walks came to a close in August 2008 after a year of monthly outings. Thank you to Jane Strong for organizing this instructive and enjoyable series in the Chilao area.
PAST FIELD TRIPS OF OUR CHAPTER:
October 2007 through August 2008, first Saturday of the month, Chilao Mountain Walks, with Jane Strong
Sunday, April 6, 2008: Antelope Valley Wildflowers and Ecology
Sunday, March 9, 2008: Joatngna Trail at Lower San Antonio Fire Station
Saturday, January 5, 2008, mountain plant walk: Manzanitas and other winter bloomers
Saturday, April 28, 2007, 8:30 a.m., Santa Fe Dam County Park, led by Mickey Long
Sunday, April 15, 2007, 8:30 a.m., Sturtevant Falls, led by Tom Hood
Activities and events of other chapters — see our Links page
BOARD MEETINGS
Next board meeting: May 1, 2008, at Eaton Canyon Nature Center, 7:30 p.m.
Everyone is welcome. See the Our Chapter page for more about the board.
PLANT SALES
Our 2008 Plant Sale — Under the Oaks VIII
November 15, 2008, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Eaton Canyon Nature Center
. . . followed one week later by our free Native Gardening Workshop
November 22, 2008, 3 p.m., in the Becky Rothenburg Memorial Garden at Eaton Canyon Nature Center. This will be a demonstration of how to plant natives, and attendees will be given first-hand experience. Gloves and Tools will be provided by the Nature Center. The workshop will be run by Gabi and Cliff McLean.
EVENTS AND NEWS OF OTHER GROUPS
Employment opportunities for environmental professionals
Envicom Corporation, an environmental consulting company, has advised us that they have openings for a Senior Biologist and a Field Biologist. For information about these positions, see their web site, envicomcorporation.com. PLEASE NOTE: We provide this notice for the benefit of anyone interested. The Calfornia Native Plant Society is not associated with the company, and no endorsement of their activities or of the advertised positions is implied.