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- Tue, 30 Aug 2011 02:15:12 +0100 - permalink
Our Annual Native Plant Sale is just around the corner!! Mark your calendars! The sale is on Saturday, September 10th and goes from 9-11a.m. at the White Mountain Research Station, 3000 E. Line St. in Bishop. Plant prices range from $3.50 for a 22 oz cup to $5.00 for a small tree pot and $8.00 for gallon pots.
Native Plant Sale | CNPS Bristlecone Chapter
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2011 Plant Sale: September 10, Saturday, 9am - 11am - Just around the corner!! An UPDATED 2011 plant list, with photos and information about the plants showing how many are growing for the September plant sale is now available.- Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:26:10 +0100 - permalink
TWO awesome-sounding high country field trips here in the eastern Sierra tomorrow - one in our southern sub-chapter, and one right up Bishop Creek! Check the events page for details: http://bristleconecnps.org/events/index.php
Events | CNPS Bristlecone Chapter
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General Chapter Meetings and Presentations, Chapter Field Trips, Annual Chapter Events, Creosote Ring Subchapter Events, and other, non-CNPS events which may be of interest to our members are posted here, organized by date. You may also view events in Google Calendar format. For board m...- Sat, 20 Aug 2011 17:16:37 +0100 - permalink
September-October Bristlecone Chapter newsletter deadline next Thursday, August 24th - send your articles, etc, to the editor at newsletter@bristleconecnps.org - also, if you have photos for the online newsletter, cc to the webmaster at web@bristleconecnps.org - Thank You!!
- Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:30:57 +0100 - permalink
Wow - go vote on this poll!
Not that a poll in the WSJ has an effect, but getting the word out to the locals who care about the Bodie Hills and other wild places so their voices can be heard, too!
WSJ: Should 40 million acres of land be removed from federal protection and opened to mining, loggin
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Push gold mining return scrubby hills around Central California ghost town Bodie has tapped national debate over land use recent surge golds value...- Thu, 18 Aug 2011 16:29:55 +0100 - permalink
Saddlebag Lake Field Trip this Saturday, 8/20!
This will be a backcountry hike from the parking lot at Saddlebag Lake. The trail around Saddlebag Lake is well maintained and the views of the back side of Yosemite are at the very least spectacular.
(more in the comments)- Tue, 16 Aug 2011 01:19:07 +0100 - permalink
In case you haven't heard I will be giving a slide show Tomorrow, Tuesday, August 16th, 7 p.m. at the White Mountain Research Station on all the plants I will have available at the plant sale to be held on Sept. 10th.
Come check out what will be for sale! And tell your gardening friends.
Katie- Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:14:46 +0100 - permalink
Not one, but TWO NEW CNPS Events for next week! First, starting on Sunday 8/14, an overnight Rare Plant Treasure Hunt in the Sweetwaters (up near Highway 108 and 395) that sounds awesome!
And Next, on Tuesday evening, 8/16, a Pre-Plant Sale Slide Show to get you ready for our annual Native Plant Sale coming up!- Mon, 08 Aug 2011 03:05:02 +0100 - permalink
Check out Sandy Steinman's blog, Natural History Wanderings, for reports on the fieldtrips this weekend, and also lots of wonderful photos and wildflower reports in the Eastern Sierra in the month of August!
Owens Valley and Mono Basin Wildflowers 8/7/11
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Buckwheats and Great Displays of Monkeyflowers Today started with another Bristlecone CNPS (California Native Plant Society) chapter field trip looking for buckwheats. We went to the Volcani...- Sun, 07 Aug 2011 18:16:17 +0100 - permalink
Buckwheat on the rocks
Wall Photos- Wed, 03 Aug 2011 22:49:02 +0100 - permalink
We have a weekend of buckwheats for you: On Saturday, August 6th, Buckwheats of the White Mountains, and on Sunday, the 7th, Casa Diablo Buckwheats! The weekend after, from 8/11-14, the Eriogonum Society is holding their annual meeting in Bishop at WMRS.
- Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:01:09 +0100 - permalink
The flowers up in Lundy canyon and out in the sage scrub between Virginia Lakes road and Green creek road in Mono county are at their peek and amazing. 8/1/11
Wall Photos- Sat, 30 Jul 2011 05:18:54 +0100 - permalink
Mammoth Plant Sale TOMORROW (Saturday, July 30) - come on up for high elevation native plants for your garden, including monkeyflowers, penstemon, cinquefoil, columbine, primrose, buckwheat and more.
Native Plant Sale | CNPS Bristlecone Chapter
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The second plant sale of the summer has been scheduled in Mammoth! The sale will be on Saturday, July 30, 2011, from 9-11am at 107 Sugar Pine Drive, Mammoth. All plants are $4 (20 and 32 oz. containers). Don't forget to bring a box to transport your new plants Click here for a printable flyer.- Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:35:36 +0100 - permalink
Gorgeous wildflowers just northwest of Sagehen summit on Hwy 120 - the entire sandy flat area is PINK!
- Sun, 17 Jul 2011 17:19:50 +0100 - permalink
ANOTHER field trip postponed because of too much snow! This is a photo of the Saddlebag Lake trailhead. The July 23rd trip has been rescheduled to August 20th.
Wall Photos- Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:54:01 +0100 - permalink
Some flowers above 11,000' - in between snowfields.
Penstemon and Lichen above Timberline Tarns
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net- Sun, 17 Jul 2011 16:45:34 +0100 - permalink
The wildflowers (and mosquitoes) are out in the Sierra - hiked up past Long Lake last Wednesday - still some large snow fields higher up (11,000' and above) but many flowers from the trailhead on up to that point. And the mosquitoes weren't a problem once we reached Long Lake - just in the forest below. At least as long as there was a breeze.
Long Lake Columbine
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net- Sat, 16 Jul 2011 02:40:12 +0100 - permalink
The plant list of what will be available at the plant sale in September is on the web page - check it out!
- Thu, 14 Jul 2011 17:12:35 +0100 - permalink
Hate cheatgrass? Help rid Devils Postpile and the surrounding area of this nasty invasive! This Sunday, 7/17, meet 9 am at Minaret Vista. Bring water, gloves, garbage bags, and clothing layers. Be prepared to hike. Call or email Holly with questions: 760-709-2212; holly.alpert@gmail.com.
- Fri, 08 Jul 2011 06:34:18 +0100 - permalink
Some nice flowers around Convict Lake today - what a beautiful place! Don't miss the Bristlecone Chapter field trip there this Sunday!
Columbine
fbcdn-sphotos-a.akamaihd.net- Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:22:16 +0100 - permalink
The July-August Bristlecone Chapter Newsletter is online! Some good articles in this issue - check it out!
Newsletter, Volume 32, Number 4, July-August 2011 | CNPS Bristlecone Chapter
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In this issue: Going Social, Upcoming Events, Trip Report, Plant Sale Update, Fire on the Mountain, Mary’s Notes, Birch Creek Journal, Conservation Notes- Tue, 05 Jul 2011 04:30:20 +0100 - permalink
Come see flowers at beautiful Convict Lake next weekend! Holly Alpert will be leading a field trip on Sunday, July 10, starting at 9 am. Meet in the day-use parking lot near the entrance to the campground. Bring water and flower guides!
- Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:14:42 +0100 - permalink
All I have are some not so great photos of shooting stars so far. Owens Lake posted a great flower shot! Let's see some more! I know there are much better photographers than me out there hiking and looking at flowers, so I'm throwing down the gauntlet! I hereby challenge you all to a wildflower shoot out!! :)
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a4.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net- Sat, 02 Jul 2011 05:49:04 +0100 - permalink
Don't be a Wallflower - share some wildflower photos on our page!
:)
Wall Photos- Wed, 29 Jun 2011 19:40:34 +0100 - permalink
Two CNPS events this coming Saturday - one field trip/work day at Witcher Meadows (meeting at Swall Meadows), and also the first of two Mammoth Native Plant sales - find out more about both on our events page!
- Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:44:37 +0100 - permalink
Last week I saw shooting stars at the trailhead, and this week looks like there are more things in bloom - we should have a great, if slightly late, mountain spring!
Bishop Creek Wildflower Report 6-28-11
Wildflower Report Updated 6-28-11 It's time to break out the cameras folks, the summer wildflower bloom has begun! As of right now we're really only seeing three species of flowers but I'm seeing more and more blossom every single day. The meadow out near our hydro generator is...- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 21:39:18 +0100 - permalink
The Devils Postpile cheatgrass-pulling work day has been re-scheduled for Sunday, July 17. Meet at Minaret Vista at 9 am. We'll post a reminder here with more details. Hope you can join us!
- Sat, 25 Jun 2011 17:17:18 +0100 - permalink
Some great field trips coming up, including a new one with Cathy Rose on Friday July 8th - check the website for more details! Or stay tuned here and I'll post reminders a day or so before. Happy summer!
- Wed, 22 Jun 2011 02:48:39 +0100 - permalink
The July-August Newsletter Deadline is in one week - send in your submissions to newsletter@bristleconecnps.org by June 27th!
- Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:12:20 +0100 - permalink
The June 25 cheatgrass-pulling field trip to Devils Postpile is being postponed due to uncertainty about the road opening. Check back here and on our website for updates!
