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Mountain Beaver, Gorse, Coastal Trails and More…

Managing Natural Areas in State Parks by Julia Larke
I am proud to live in a society that practices enlightened self-interest with respect to the management of

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common lands. The remarkable biological diversity of California is well known: the California Floristic Province is
rated as one the world‟s top 25 biological hotspots. Guardianship of public
lands is entrusted to many fine national, state, and local organizations and
in our coastal Mendocino County region one of the best custodians of our
natural heritage is the California Department of Parks and Recreation DPR
(aka State Parks).
Managing Natural Areas in State Parks was the subject of a recent talk
by Renée Pasquinelli, Senior Environmental Scientist with State Parks in
the Mendocino District. Her presentation was hosted by the Dorothy King
Young Chapter at the Coast Community Library in Point Arena on April 13
and again at Russian Gulch Recreation Hall on April 14. Renée, who has
worked as an Ecologist with State Parks for over 20 years, addressed
various aspects of State Parks‟ mission to “acquire, protect, restore,
maintain and sustain outstanding and representative examples of
California‟s natural and scenic values for the benefit of present and future
generations.” Renée Pasquinelli at work.
Renée and only five other less-than-fulltime environmental staff members (2009/2010), including Bill Maslach,
Angela Liebenberg, Robert Gaines, Louie Reynolds, and Seth Tsujimura, have their hands full managing natural
resources in the Mendocino District. Projects range from inventory and monitoring (rare species as well as invasive
species), planning and environmental compliance (a full-time job in itself), habitat restoration, and hazardous tree
control. The Mendocino District consists of 17 units totaling 25,707 acres, including Glass Beach State Park, Jug
Handle State Reserve, Mackerricher State Park, Mailliard Redwoods State Reserve, Manchester State Park,
Mendocino Headlands/Big River Beach State Park, Montgomery Woods State Reserve, Navarro River Redwoods
State Park, Russian Gulch State Park, and Van Damme State Park.
Renée showed slides in her PowerPoint talk of inventory
work with rare animal and plant species including the federally
listed Point Arena Mountain Beaver (Aplodontia rufa nigra) and
Behren‟s Silverspot Butterfly (Speyeria zerene behrensii)
whose larvae‟s sole food plant is early blue violet (Viola
adunca). When asked by an audience member how DKY
chapter members might help State Parks, Renée said that one
way would be to help survey for occurrences of Viola adunca.
She also spoke of research work with the Western Snowy
Plover and Ten Mile Dunes and Inglenook Fen species. She
showed images of plant regeneration after the 2008 fire at
Montgomery Woods State Reserve. Teresa Sholars, Biology
Professor at College of the Redwoods, noted from the
Point Arena Mountain Beaver is federally listed
audience that in a recent class field trip to Montgomery Woods
as endangered and found only in a 24 square
they had seen thousands and thousands of redwood
mile area in western Mendocino County.
Photo by Angela Liebenberg
seedlings…it is a bumper crop this year because of the fire.
 Trail planning is another aspect of natural areas management. An ongoing project for Renée and her co-workers
is Glass Beach State Park and the challenges of establishing a Coastal Trail through a relatively small area of
species rich headland and perched dune habitat that harbors nearly a dozen rare plant species, including
Blennosperma nanum var. robustum, Chorizanthe howellii, Agrostis blasdalei, and Campanula californica.
Mackerricher State Park has its own set of
management issues including revamping of park water
supplies. The park‟s Lake Cleone is slowly becoming an
estuary again as ocean waves relentlessly erode the
man-made berm that maintains the lake.
Weed management is an ongoing aspect of natural
area protection. State Parks and partners such as the
Mendocino Coast Cooperative Weed Management Area
and the Mendocino County Fire Safe Council work
together to eradicate invasive species such as gorse
(especially dangerous as a fire hazard), ice plant,
European beach grass and blue gum eucalyptus (also a
fire hazard). English ivy removal in the Navarro Riparian
Area by high school students in the Student
Conservation Association is a project that Renée is
Bluff erosion at Glass Beach State Park is one of the proud to coordinate.
reasons the Coastal Trail will be located away from the
bluff edge. Photo origin not known.

Natural Areas management also includes fish habitat

restoration and State Parks works with partners such as
Trout Unlimited, Department of Fish and Game, California
Geological Society, NOAA Fisheries Restoration, State of
California Department of Conservation, and Ross Taylor
and Associated Fisheries Consultants. A current project is
the Glenbrook Gulch Anadromous Fish Habitat
Restoration.
The last item Renée spoke about was the recent
discovery of an infestation of Sudden Oak Death (SOD)
on tanoak trees at Mackerricher State Park. If you visited
the camping area this past winter and saw red and white
syringes festooning tree trunks, these were the trees Ocean erosion of the berm at Mackerricher State Park.
undergoing treatment. What a job Renée and her Photo by Renée Pasquinelli
coworkers have…interesting and problematic issues is the
name of the game in Natural Areas management. Thank you, Renée, for a great presentation.
State budget deficits currently threaten State Parks funding, particularly those programs like Natural Areas
management that are not considered high requirements for public health and safety. Without the support of outside
sources our State Park system would be even more seriously jeopardized. Federal grants, including the NOAA
Open Rivers Initiative Project, Coastal Impact Assistance Program, Endangered Species Conservation Fund, and
US Fish and Wildlife Cooperative Agreements provide much needed monies for managing Park Natural Areas. The
State Fisheries Restoration Grant Program and Caltrans Off-Site Mitigation also contribute funds as do direct
donations from the public.
Besides those partners already mentioned, State Parks also has collaborative partnerships with the California
Native Plant Society, Audubon Society, Save the Redwoods League, Cal Fire, Mendocino Land Trust, Jug Handle
Creek Farms, and Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens.
The California State Parks Foundation and partners, in an effort to establish long-term, sustainable funding
mechanisms for State Parks, has proposed a statewide ballot measure for November 2010: California State Parks
and Wildlife Conservation Trust Fund Act of 2010. It calls on Californians to support their state park system and
wildlife conservation areas by paying $18 annually for a State Park Access Pass surcharge on vehicle license fees.
Support for the State Parks Access Pass is a simple but effective way citizens can assist the highly beneficial work
of State Parks staff in concert with other agencies and partners to protect, restore, and maintain our natural
heritage. When we protect the commons we protect ourselves and future generations. (cont‟d. p. 6)
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DKY May Field Trip
May 15th, Sat. 10:00 AM - Salt Point bluffs.
Jon Thompson will lead this walk, where we will see
many wildflowers and incredible rock formations. Meet
at the Stump Beach parking lot, on the west side of
Hwy. 1, south of Stewart’s Point. We’ll walk south to
Gerstle Cove, then walk back by a different route. We
will try to have a vehicle to take any one-way walkers
back to the starting point. Bring lunch and dress in
layers. If you have any questions call Jon at 884-4847
or email at robajon@mcn.org
Join Neighbor Chapters
to explore our Home Territory
May 28-31, Friday-Monday, all or part:
With Wilma Follette as your leader, explore many of
Mendocino's favorite botanical sites, including the
Pygmy Forest and the Mendocino Coast Botanical
Gardens. This field trip is a joint Marin--North Coast
Chapter event but members from Dorothy King Young,
Sanhedrin, and Milo Baker chapters are enthusiastically
invited. Out-of towners will overnight in campgrounds
or motels; the group will make short day hikes in the
Fort Bragg--Mendocino area. Tell Carol Ralph if you are
interested: 707/822-2015.
DKY June Field Trip
June 19th, Sat. 10:00 AM – Van Damme State Park.
Lori Hubbart will lead this walk through Fern Canyon in
Van Damme State Park. Meet in the parking lot west of
Highway 1. Participants will shuttle to the top of the
trail and walk down about 5 miles. Dress in layers,
bring water and lunch. If you have any questions call
Lori at 882-1655 or email lorih@mcn.org.
We have no programs organized yet for May or
June.
CNPS Plant Science Workshops
These workshops take you to floristically fascinating
places with amazing botanical specialists. For more
information contact Josie Crawford at (916) 447-2677
or email: jcrawford@cnps.org
May 4-6. Measuring & Monitoring Plant Populations,
Los Angeles Nat’l Forest. J. Willoughby.
May 18-20. Riparian Ecology and Restoration, Davis
and various field sites. Bruce Orr, Amy Merrill.
June 1-3. Wetlands Plants and Ecosystems,
Hopland Field Station, Hopland. Kerry Heise, Gerri
Hulse-Stephens, Joel Butterworth.
June 15-17. Treasures in an Ancient Landscape:
Rare Plants of the Eastern Klamath Ranges, Shasta.
Jim and Julie Nelson.
September 28-30. Legends of the Fall: exploring the
clandestine flora of early fall in the eastern Mojave
Desert, UC Granite Mountains Desert Research
Center. Jim Andre and Tasha LaDoux.
AUDUBON WALKS
May 8, Field Trip: Navarro River and Beach. Meet at
8:00 am, south end of Navarro River bridge.
May 19, Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast
Botanical Gardens.
May 23, Field Trip: Hendy Woods. Carpool from
Harvest Market (Fort Bragg) parking lot at 7:30 am. or
meet at Hendy Woods entrance at 8:30 am.
July 3, Bird Walk: 9:00 am, Mendocino Coast
Botanical Gardens
July 10, Field Trip: Lake Cleone and Laguna Point,
MacKerricher State Park. Meet at 8:00 am, Lake
Cleone parking lot.
July 21, Bird Walk: 8:00 am, Mendocino Coast
Botanical Gardens.
Master Gardener Workshops at
Mendocino Coast Botanical
Gardens
Workshops are in the MCBG meeting room. Cost is
$5.00 for Garden Members, $10 for non-members.
Contact Kristina Van Wert at 707/964-4352 ext. 13 for
questions or ext. 16 to reserve your space. For more
information see the website www.gardenbythesea.org.
May 15, Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon. Seaside
Gardening, led by Lily Ricardi, MCBG horticulturist.
June 5, Saturday, 10 a;m. to noon. Greywater
Systems for the Home Garden, led by Bruce
Broderick of local green business „Being Water‟.
June 12, Saturday, 10 a.m. to noon. Water Wise
Gardening. Led by Master Gardener Louisa Aronow.
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 Stinging Nettle – Urtica dioica by Jon Thompson
The stinging nettle is a plant that has been highly
regarded by some and much maligned by others. In
the U.S. it is considered a weed by farmers and home
gardeners alike. But for thousands of years it has been
known to be a
virtual treasure
trove of medicinal,
nutritional, and
textile value.
This California
native plant is also
native to much of
Europe, where it
has a long history of
use as an herbal
remedy, a nutritious
addition to the diet,
and a fiber plant for
making paper and
cloth.
Medicine
Urtica dioica, photo by Gerald According to
and Buff Corsi, California James P. Duke,
Academy of Sciences Ph.D, author of the
Green Pharmacy
Herbal Handbook, stinging nettle contains natural anti-
inflammatory and antihistamine agents that open up
constricted bronchial and nasal passages. It therefore
has the capacity to provide natural relief for allergies
like hay fever without harmful side effects often
associated with pharmaceutical antihistamines.
The pain of rheumatoid and osteoarthritis can be
eased by the anti-inflammatory properties mixing with
the rich concentrations of the minerals boron and
silicon. Boron helps our bones retain calcium and
nettle has also shown some benefit against
osteoporosis due to the high amount of this element in
stinging nettle.
The stinging nettle has recently been found to be
effective in the treatment of prostate enlargement, also
known as benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH).
Although it has not been as well studied as saw
palmetto or pygeum, the root is a popular European
treatment for BPH. In a double-blind placebo-controlled
study performed in Iran, 558 people were given either
placebo or nettle root for 6 months. The results
indicated that nettle root is significantly more effective
than placebo on all major measures of BPH severity.
Benefits were seen in three other double-blind studies
as well, enrolling a total of more than 150 men.
Nutrition
Nettles contain formic acid (fresh plant only),
galacturonic acid, vitamin C, A, and D, histamine, 5-
hydroxytryptamine, choline, and acetylcholine. They
also have iron, sodium, potassium, phosphorus,
calcium, boron, silica, and albuminoids.
It has also been reported that regular ingestion of
nettles can help grow thicker hair, clearer skin, and
stronger nails. Indeed, a quick search on the Internet
yielded many products with nettle for nails, hair, and
skin.
Nettles can be used in any recipe to replace
spinach and are delicious when steamed or boiled and
served with butter, salt, and pepper.
Fiber and Dye
Nettle stems contain a bast fiber that has been
traditionally used for the same purposes as linen and is
produced by a similar retting process. In recent years a
German company has started to produce commercial
nettle textiles. A yellow dye is produced from the roots,
and a yellowish green die from the leaves.
In the Garden/Wildlife
This is not a plant that you would want by a
walkway or any other place someone might accidentally
get “stung”, but if you have a moist to wet, out of the
way place for a plant that will keep giving for years to
come, give this plant a try. The best way to keep the
nettle patch under control in the garden is to plant it in a
submerged tub so that the roots can't spread. I have it
in a naturally moist area on the perimeter of our
backyard and it is doing quite nicely. It has been
growing there without a container for about 4 years and
is not quickly spreading.
Growing a patch of stinging nettles in the garden,
especially in a warm, sunny spot, is a sure-fire way to
attract ladybugs, shieldbugs, and butterflies. Butterflies
lay their eggs on nettles and the resulting caterpillars
eat the leaves. The nettles may provide a deterrent
against predators. This plant also produces a large
amount of seeds in late summer that are a great food
source for seed eating birds.
Nettle leaves are also a great addition to the
compost pile. They are rich in nitrogen, which is
required by the bacteria that break down the more
woody material in the pile.
The Sting
The tip of the stinging hair breaks off upon slight
contact, leaving a sharp point that readily pierces skin
and allows fluid contents of the hair to enter flesh
through the body of the hair, which acts as a miniature
hypodermic needle. It used to be thought that the main
constituent of the sting was formic acid, which is the
same chemical produced by ants. Although formic
acid is present in the sting, research has shown that the
main chemicals include histamine, acetylcholine, and
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serotonin. The leaves of the
dock (Rumex species) contain
chemicals that neutralize the
sting and also cool the skin
when stung; it is often found
growing in the same habitat as
nettle. The plant loses its sting
when steamed, boiled or dried.
Collecting
Be sure to wear gloves
when collecting stinging nettle.
Thick dishwashing gloves work
great.
.
Propagation
The best way to propagate this plant is by seed.
You can find nettle seeds at Johnnyseeds.com. You
can buy dried nettle leaves from mountainroseherbs.com
Now, when you see this plant you will at once be
reminded that it is one of the most undervalued of
economic plants and that the usefulness of this plant
much outweighs its inconveniences. The stinging nettle
has a wide range of uses, for food, medicines, and
fibers as well as being a very important plant for
wildlife.
Detail of Urtica dioica from Volume 3, Flora of North America.

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President’s Message Currently CNPS is developing a horticultural

database that will allow you to enter information specific
by Nancy Morin to your site and get recommendations for plants to use;
through a consortium of botanically related
The big news for the DKY Chapter is
organizations it is developing a certification program for
that we will host the September 10—12,
botanists; it will soon unveil a curriculum package for
2010, Chapter Council Meeting, which will
classroom use for younger students; it is extending its
focus on conservation. It has been about 15 years
mapping and assessment to include locally rare plants;
since DKY has hosted a meeting. The Chapter Council
and it is protecting our natural heritage through
is composed of one delegate from each chapter
advocacy and education, just to mention a few CNPS
(usually the president) and the Chapter Council officers.
activities.
The Chapter Council has responsibility for basic
If you are reading this and aren‟t a CNPS member,
governance of CNPS, including electing the Board of
please consider joining. If you are a member, please
Directors and reviewing its work; establishing the
take a look at the membership directory included in the
strategic direction for the Society, establishing native
last Calypso—are there people you know who share
plant policies and resolutions, and maintaining strong
your interests but are not members? Please consider
relationships throughout the organization and especially
giving them a gift membership, or bring them to a
with the chapters. Council meetings typically have
program or field trip.
50—60 people attending, and local members are
welcome. I am very glad to say that Julia Larke, longtime
editor of the Calypso (and who still helps with it), has
We are working to find a suitable meeting space in
agreed to serve as Publicity Chair for our chapter.
Fort Bragg. Attendees will camp, stay with local CNPS
Helene Chalfin, long-time director of education at
members, or stay in local motels. We will be
Jughandle Farm, has agreed to be our Education Chair.
responsible for organizing meals, snacks, and field
We still need a hospitality host for the Fort Bragg
trips. We need volunteers to help with organizing (1)
area—especially now that we are trying to have
accommodations, (2) food, (3) field trips, (4)
programs in both north and south coast venues. Let
miscellaneous logistics. If you would be willing to help,
me know if you would be willing to organize
please contact me, nancy.morin@nau.edu, 882-2528.
refreshments for programs in Fort Bragg.
The March Chapter Council meeting at Rancho
Santa Ana Botanic Garden was the first I had attended,
and it really brought home what a great organization
Chorizanthe
CNPS is. It has an incredibly talented, dedicated, hard- howellii,
working staff and Board, but its great strength is in its Howell‟s
membership. Like most membership organizations, spine-flower.
Photo by Vern
CNPS has been seeing a steady attrition of members Smith.
and currently has about 9,400, but it provides more to
members than ever before.
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 Jenner Headlands Field Trips
Partipants in the field trips April 17 and 29 to the
Jenner Headlands, recently acquired for preservation
by the Sonoma Land Trust, reported that they had a
wonderful time, seeing great views and interesting
plants. Our thanks to Brook Edwards and Kristin
Martinez and their colleagues for making this field trip
possible.
Becky and Win Bowen reported that, in addition to
the views and plants, they saw several Cliff Swallows, a
Northern Harrier, hummingbirds, Western Bluebirds
and the first Cedar Waxwings they have seen in several
years. A peaceful moment on Jenner Headlands, photo
by B. & W. Bowen

Field Trips with Peter Warner

Peter Warner is planning the following field trips to fascinating places and invites you to join him.
If you are interested, contact him at 707/829-1183, phytopagan@gmail.com

May 15 and 16: Cache Creek and Walker Ridge: a two-day adventure into the recently
designated Cache Creek Wilderness.

May 30: Salt Point State Park: Meet at the Woodside campground parking lot, east side of
Highway 1, at 9 a.m. Contact Peter first in case plans change.

June 25—27 (date tentative): Plaskett Meadows, Black Butte, Anthony Peak. Call Peter for
more information.

Call for Photos of Coastal Plants

Point Cabrillo Light House volunteers refurbished the educational displays in the old smithy for their 100th
anniversary, celebrated last year. There are two rooms, one has a large marine aquarium and the other has space
for exhibits. Photo topics so far have been marine mammals and coast birds. The Light House would like to have a
show on coast wildflowers, possibly sometime in 2011, that could also be exhibited in the Fort Bragg library and
College of the Redwoods, and presumably in south coast venues as well. The photos must be of very high quality
and would be displayed as 5 x 7” or 8 x 10”. If you are interested in helping organize such an exhibit, please contact
Nancy Morin, nancy.morin@nau.edu; 882-2528.

(State Parks, continued from page 2)

Campanula californica, swamp
harebell. Photo by Doreen Smith
Sources:
Renée Pasquinelli, Managing Natural Areas in State Parks - Presentation to
the California Native Plant Society, April 2010.
Protecting the Commons: A Framework for Resource Management in the
Americas. Editors Joanna Burger, Elinor Ostrom, Richard Norgaard, David
Policansky, and B. D. Goldstein, 2001
http://www.biodiversityhotspots.org/Pages/default.aspx
http://www.parks.ca.gov
http://mendoparks.mcn.org/Index.htm
http://www.mendoparks.org/
http://www.calparks.org/takeaction/#Advocacy_efforts
http://yesforstateparks.com/get-the-facts/initiative-text
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 Arbutus menziesii, Pacific
Madrone, our Woodland Queen
by Nancy R. Morin
The stately trees that grace our roadsides and hills
are now bearing their creamy clusters of flowers.
Handsome all through the year, with their elegant,
smooth/shreddy, reddish-brown trunks and stems and
their large, simple, glossy leaves, they seem to outdo
themselves in flower. Our species of madrone, Arbutus
menziesii, grows from San Diego County (where it is
rare), north along the coast to British Columbia, and
west of the Sierra Nevada and Cascades It grows with
tanoak, douglas fir, and sometimes redwoods; it
resprouts and is an early colonizer after logging or fires.
Madrone wood is hard-grained and heavy and is
prized by wood-workers. Native Americans used an
infusion of bark, roots, and leaves to treat colds and
brewed a tea from the bark to relieve stomach-ache. A
lotion made using leaves and bark helped sores heal
faster. The berries were eaten fresh or cooked. Even
the charcoal was used to make gunpowder (Ball, 1962).
Marjorie Schmidt (1980) gave instructions for
propagation, cautioning that young plants are
susceptible to fungal infection. She noted “In autumn
the glowing berries enliven the forests and bring flocks
of Robins, Cedar Waxwings, and Bandtailed Pigeons to
dine. In former days some large old specimens were
known as council tree, and were the meeting place of
Indian tribes.”
Arbutus is one of the six genera that make up
subfamily Arbutoideae in the heath family Ericaceae.
Arctostaphylos is another genus in the subfamily, with
its 66 species. The rest are, like Arbutus, graceful trees Illustration of Arbutus menziesii, by Yevonn Wilson-
or tall shrubs. Comarostaphylis has one species in Ramsey, Volume 8 of Flora of North America.
southern California (the other nine in Mexico and
Central America, Diggs, 2009). Ornithostaphylos has
only one species; only 103 individuals are known in the Arbutus menziesii was discovered by Archibald
U.S., all in the Tijuana Hills in San Diego County Menzies when he was the naturalist under Captain
(Diggs, 2009). Xylococcus, also just one species, George Vancouver on the ship Discovery. It was
grows on the coastal plain and Peninsular and named for him by Frederick Pursh, a botanist in
Transverse ranges in Los Angeles to San Diego Philadelphia, in 1813.
counties and on Santa Catalina Island (Dorr, 2009).
Arctous, the last genus, is circumboreal and doesn‟t References:
reach California. Treatments in Flora of North America Volume 8, 2009,
Of the 10–11 species of Arbutus , five are edited by the Flora of North America Editorial
neotropical, mostly growing in montane areas. Arbutus Committee: Sorensen, Paul D., Arbutus, pp. 398–
unedo, the strawberry tree, which is cultivated in 400; Diggs, George M., Jr., Comarostaphylis pp.
California, and A. andrachne are from the eastern 401–403, Ornithostaphylos, p. 403: Dorr, Laurence
Mediterranean, and A. canariensis is endemic to the J., Xylococcus, p. 404.
Canary Islands (Sorensen, 2009). Balls, Edward K., 1962. Early uses of California Plants,
The other two North American species of Arbutus University of California Press.
are A. arizonica, found from 1500—2400 meters in Schmidt, Marjorie G. 1980. Growing California Native
Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, and A. Plants. University of California Press.
xalapensis, from the Edwards Plateau in Texas and
west into southwestern New Mexico.
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 Dorothy King Young Chapter
CNPS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION
OFFICERS 2010 DOROTHY KING YOUNG CHAPTER
President: Nancy Morin 882-2528 Membership in the California Native Plant Society is open to all.
nancy.morin@nau.edu The task and mission of the Society is to increase awareness,
Vice President: Mario Abreu 937-3155, understanding, and appreciation of California native plants. The
abreu@mcn.org challenge is to preserve their natural habitat through scientific,
Secretary: Lori Hubbart (temp) 882-1655 educational, and conservation activities. Membership includes
lorih@mcn.org subscription to the quarterly Fremontia, as well as our local
Treasurer: Mary Hunter 785-1150, chapter newsletter, the Calypso.
dardmary@wildblue.net Name_____________________________________
Address___________________________________
COMMITTEE CHAIRPERSONS City _______________________ Zip ___________
CAMPING Diane Wickstrom 884-4556 Tel. ___________ E-mail_____________________
CONSERVATION Lori Hubbart 882-1655
EDUCATION Helene Chalfin I wish to affiliate with the DKY Chapter___________
FIELD TRIPS Mario Abreu & or, other chapter ____________________________
Nancy Morin(temp) (Please check, or name a chapter; CNPS will make
HISTORIAN Ramona Crooks 884-3585 assignment if none is specified by applicant.)
HOSPITALITY: North Coast - OPEN MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY
South Coast Roberta Rams 884-4847 Student/Retired/Limited Income $25
INVASIVE PLANTS Julia Larke 964-2845 Individual $45
JUBATA ERADICATION OPEN Family/Group/Library $75
MAILINGS Roberta Rams 884-4847 Plant Lover $100
MEMBERSHIP Bob Rutemoeller 884-4426 Patron $300
NEWSLETTER Nancy Morin 882-2528 Benefactor $600
Mariposa Lily $1,500
PLANT SALE Mario Abreu 937-3155
PLANT WATCH OPEN Make check out to the California Native Plant Society;
POSTERS Lynn Tuft 785-3392 mail check and application to:
PUBLICITY Julia Larke 964-2845 Bob Rutemoeller, Membership Committee
PROGRAMS Lori Hubbart (pro tem) DKY Chapter, CNPS PO Box 577
RARE & ENDANGERED: Gualala, CA 95445
Coordinator Teresa Sholars 962-2686
Inland Clare Wheeler-Sias 895-3131
Sea Ranch
South Coast
Lynn Tuft
Mary Rhyne 884-3043
Calypso notes
VEGETATION Rhiannon Korhummel Do you want to see the Calypso photos in color?
WEBMASTER Norm Jensen:webmaster@dkycnps.org You can by viewing them at the www.dkycnps.org
All phone numbers area code: 707 website. Or you can request an emailed copy as an
attached pdf file. Just contact DKY membership: Bob
CHAPTER WEBPAGE: www.dkycnps.org. Send in photos Rutemoeller at 707/884-4426, or by email at:
and articles to Norm Jensen. brutem@mcn.org.
A few members are helping us save paper, trees,
NEXT BOARD MEETINGS: The next Board is meeting is
and postage by switching to the email copy of the
Thursday, June 10, 2 p.m., Mendocino Coast Botanical
Gardens meeting room, Fort Bragg. Calypso. It will be sent to your email address when the
regular issue is mailed. Contact Bob, above.
MEMBERSHIP: Renewal - your renewal date is listed on the Non profit postage and annual permit fees have
address label of your CNPS Bulletin. Give a friend or
been steadily increasing. Your chapter has decided to
neighbor a gift membership! If you have any question, please
contact Bob Rutemoeller at 884-4426 or brutem@mcn.org. switch over to mailing the Calypso as first class mail to
give you better service and save a few dollars.
CALYPSO Items: Send newsletter items to Nancy Morin @
nancy.morin@nau.edu, 882-2528.

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