Call a contact (see home page), or join and obtain the Newsletter, for more details. Non-members are welcome!

Reno regular meetings are held the first Thursday of February, March, April, May, September, October, and November, from 7-9 pm, in the lab across the courtyard from the herbarium at 920 Valley Road. (Directions: from I-80 take the Wells Avenue exit, go south on Wells and immediately turn right on 7th St. At the stop sign turn right on Valley Road. After the overpass over I-80 take the first entrance on the right into the parking lot. Bear left and look for the courtyard on your right. Signs will be posted.) There is usually an optional dinner with the guest speaker beforehand, at Carrow's Restaurant on the northwest corner of Wells Avenue and 6^th Street at 5:30 pm.

Henderson regular meetings are held the first Monday of every month, starting at 6:30 pm, at the U.S. Geological Survey office at 160 N. Stephanie Street in Henderson, Nevada. (Directions: take I-215 south toward Henderson and exit on Stephanie St. Turn left (north) and we are located about 1.5 blocks north on Stephanie; take the first right (east) after Wigwam. The USGS office building is sandwiched between two other office buildings, Las Vegas College and Old Republic Title Co. OR, if you travel south towards Henderson on Hwy 95, take the I-215 West exit (exit 61B) and exit right (west). Stay in the right lane, and Stephanie St. is the next exit after Gibson St. Go right (north) at the end of the exit ramp, and we are in the middle office building that has US Geological Survey lettering.) Contact Sue Wainscott (702-455-3859, suewainscott [at] mac [dot] com) if you have any questions or would like to be added to the notification by email list.

Upcoming and past meeting programs are listed below. At least one meeting each year is usually devoted to member slides. Field trips occur throughout spring, summer, and early fall to local and regional areas of botanical interest (see separate listing). There is usually an December potluck and social at a park or arboretum in the Reno area. Research grants are awarded each year to support work involving Nevada flora. A seed exchange program occurs as members have the time and ability to gather, process, and package seeds.

UPCOMING AND RECENT PROGRAMS

• Reno: no meetings again until September.
• Henderson regular meeting (June 2^nd). Members’ slide shows. Bring your photos and stories to share.

• Reno regular meeting (September 4^th). Author and photographer Stephen Ingram will present a lecture and book signing for his new release from Cachuma Press, Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada. Stay tuned to the Newsletter for a review of this new book.
• Henderson regular meeting (September 8^th). Author and photographer Stephen Ingram will present a lecture and book signing for his new release from Cachuma Press, Cacti, Agaves, and Yuccas of California and Nevada. Stay tuned to the Newsletter for a review of this new book.

PAST PROGRAMS

• Reno regular meeting (May 1^st). Jim Morefield, Nevada Natural Heritage Program, will give a talk entitled A Botanical Expedition to China During and After Tiananmen Square.
• Henderson regular meeting (May 5^th). US Geological Survey staff will present a talk titled: Understanding the habitat requirements of the endangered Amargosa niterwort (Nitrophila mohavensis).

April 2008:

• Reno, Rare Plant Committee meeting (April 2^nd-3^rd). Nevada Rare Plant Workshop in Reno. Contact Jim Morefield (775-684-2902; jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov) or Steve Caicco (775-861-6341; steve_caicco [at] fws [dot] gov) for more information.
• Reno regular meeting (April 3^rd). Jason Alexander, recent Ph.D. graduate from Oregon State University, will speak about new and interesting findings from recent Astragalus field work in Nevada.
• Henderson regular meeting (April 7^th). Bob Morris will present information about the Nevada Cooperative Extension Service and their Master Gardeners’ program.
• Southern Nevada (April 12-13). Cactus and Succulent Society Sale. Location: Turner’s Greenhouse at 4455 Quadrel Street, Las Vegas. Contact Joseph Betzler for more info: jabetzler [at] aol [dot] com.
• Southern Nevada (April 19th). International Earth Day. We will have a booth at the fifth annual Summerlin Earthfaire on Saturday, April 19, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Summerlin Centre Community Park, 1800 South Town Center Drive (between Sahara and Charleston), Las Vegas. The event will feature live musical entertainment, interactive displays, children’s environmental art and learning activities, food, and exhibits.  

March 2008:

• Southern Nevada (March 1^st). Fruit & Vegetable Gardening. UNLV - A Plant Affair, location: UNLV campus, Barrick Museum, on East Harmon Ave. See http://hrc.nevada.edu/arboretum/ for more information.
• Henderson regular meeting (March 3^rd). Dr. David Charlet will present his work cataloging the distribution and ecology of the conifers of Nevada, soon to be released in a second edition of The Conifers of Nevada.
• Reno regular meeting (March 6^th). Beth Leger, Professor of Plant Ecology at UNR will give a presentation entitled Can native plants fight back? Evolutionary response to cheatgrass invasion.
• Southern Nevada (March 15-16). Landscaping your yard. UNLV - A Plant Affair, location: UNLV campus, Barrick Museum, on East Harmon Ave. See http://hrc.nevada.edu/arboretum/ for more information.
• Southern Nevada (March 29^th). CSN Nursery Plant Sale, location: CSN Nursery, W. Charleston Ave. Volunteers needed for NNPS booth - contact Beth Hewitt: elizabeth [dot] hewitt [at] csn [dot] edu to sign up.
• Southern Nevada (March 29-30). Cactus & Succulents. UNLV - A Plant Affair, location: UNLV campus, Barrick Museum, on East Harmon Ave. See http://hrc.nevada.edu/arboretum/ for more information.

• Henderson regular meeting (February 4^th). Jeri Krueger will speak about her recent trip to the African continent. 
• Reno regular meeting (February 7^th). Tara Forbis, recipient of a Margaret Williams research grant, will give a presentation on Rare Plants of White River Valley.

• Reno annual Board Meeting (Thursday, January 31^st). Dinner and refreshments will be served at 5:30 and the business meeting will commence at 6:30. The meeting will be held at Arnold Tiehm’s house; please notify him if you plan on attending, 775-329-1645, atiehm [at] unr [dot] edu
• Henderson no meeting in January!

• Henderson regular meeting (December 3^rd). Third annual NNPS Christmas Pot Luck. Please bring photos to share with the group. We will also have an update on the poster, will be announcing the results from the elections, and discussing next years events and activities. The more the merrier!!

• Reno regular meeting (November 1^st). Steve Caicco, botanist with the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in Reno, will give a presentation on East African Ecosystems. This will have an emphasis on the Afro-alpine flora of central Kenya.
• Henderson regular meeting (November 5^th). Nancy Hall, from the Friends of Gold Butte, will talk about the restoration work that in going on and the challenges facing the Gold Butte area. Adriane Zacmanidis, from Friends of Nevada Wilderness, will be giving a presentation on her non-profit organization and what they are doing to protect wilderness in Nevada. We will also discuss the poster and be holding elections for the southern Chairperson positions, so please make every effort to attend.

October 2007: (NOMINATIONS FOR ELECTIONS)

• Henderson regular meeting (October 1^st).
• Reno regular meeting (October 4^th). Larry Taylor and Gary Monroe will present Botany, Geology, and Topography of 2007 NNPS field trips. Anyone else with photographs from the 2007 season is welcome to join in! (If you will need any special projection equipment contact Jim Morefield 775-684-2902 or Arnold Tiehm 775-329-1645 well ahead of time).

• Reno regular meeting (September 6^th). NNPS President Ann Pinzl will be giving a presentation on her trip earlier this year to the Amazon. There will be slides, focusing on the botany of that area..
• Henderson regular meeting (Monday September 10^th). Ann Pinzl, NNPS president will give a talk on her latest adventures in the Amazon. The title of her presentation is: Visiting the Amazon: A Personal Account. She will share her photos of the region, the people, and of course, the flora.

• Henderson regular meeting (July 2^nd). We will be having a follow-up to May's poster meeting. Fred Edwards will give the group a status report on the poster development progress. We encourage everyone to come and participate in poster development.

• Henderson regular meeting (June 4^th). John Brinda from UNLV will be giving a presentation and workshop on the mosses found in Southern Nevada and surrounding areas. He will bring live specimens for our examination and identification.

• Reno regular meeting (May 3^rd). Annual member slides show. All members are invited to display their native plant slides, particularly from NNPS field trips. Please contact John Reid at (714) 457-3149 beforehand if you are planning to display slides at this meeting.
• Henderson regular meeting (May 7^th). Fred Edwards will lead the group through selecting plants to be included in the poster and other items related to the poster. Sharon Schaffer has been selected as the artist for the poster and she will be bringing some of her work for our group to view. If anyone would like to join the poster sub-committee, please contact Sonja.

April 2007:

• Henderson regular meeting (April 2^nd). Pat Leary, co-author of The Flora of the Spring Mountains of Clark and Nye County, Nevada, will host a workshop looking at a specific family or genus (to be announced, due to lack of rainfall).
• Las Vegas, Rare Plant Committee meeting (April 3^rd). Nevada Rare Plant Workshop in Las Vegas, with Ash Meadows field trip April 4^th. Contact Jim Morefield (775-684-2902; jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov) or Kate Walker (702-515-5408; kcwalker [at] fs [dot] fed [dot] us) for more information.
• Reno regular meeting (April 5^th). Eric Peterson of the Nevada Native Heritage program will give a presentation on native lichens in Nevada.
• Southern Nevada (April 21st). International Earth Day. We will be having a booth at the Summerlin Earth Day, located at Summerlin Centre Community Park, 1800 South Town Center Drive (between Sahara and Charleston), Las Vegas. The event will feature live musical entertainment, interactive displays, children’s environmental art and learning activities, food, and exhibits.

• Reno regular meeting (March 1^st). Bruce Eisner of the California Tahoe Conservancy will discuss his agency's Lands Acquisition program, in which small parcels of land are acquired and restored to native vegetation, with limited public usage as parks, picnic areas, etc.
• Henderson regular meeting (March 5^th). Julie Draper will be giving the group a follow-up presentation to her 2005 presentation on cotyledons of the Mojave Desert.

• Reno regular meeting (February 1^st). Jenny Francis of the Tahoe Resource Conservation District - California Area, and Sue Donaldson of the Nevada Resource Conservation District - Reno/UNR Area, will be our co-speakers. The topic will be the Invasive Weeds Programs of both agencies.
• Henderson regular meeting (February 5^th). Fred Edwards, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, will present Rare plant conservation in Southern Nevada. Synopsis: overview of the Endangered Species Act and how it fits into the larger conservation picture, opportunities for public involvement and considerations for shaping the future of rare plant conservation in Southern Nevada.

• Reno annual Board Meeting (Thursday, January 25^th). Dinner and refreshments will be provided. The meeting will be held at Arnold Tiehm’s house; please notify him if you plan on attending, 775-329-1645, atiehm [at] unr [dot] edu

• Henderson regular meeting (December 4^th). 2nd Annual Holiday Potluck.
• Reno 3rd annual Christmas potluck (December 7^th).

• Reno regular meeting (November 2^nd).  Mark Ellis - Margaret Williams Research Grant recipient - will talk on his work with the Las Vegas buckwheat, Eriogonum corymbosum var. nilesii.
• Henderson regular meeting (November 6^th). Von Winkel a Restoration Ecologist will speak on the Las Vegas Springs Preserve, Clark County, Nevada.

• Henderson regular meeting (October 2^nd). James Morefield, President of the Nevada Native Plant Society, will speak on Rare Plants and the Nevada Native Plant Society.
• Reno regular meeting (October 5^th). David Polivy of the Sierra Business Council (SBC), Truckee, CA, will talk on the agency’s regional approach to planning for the future of the Sierra Nevada region. Founded in 1994 and based in Truckee, California, the SBC views environmental quality as key to the Sierra Nevada’s economic prosperity, and natural resource conservation as essential to building regional wealth. SBC is a resource for business leaders, government officials, conservation groups and other decision-makers seeking solutions to local and regional challenges.

• Henderson regular meeting (Tuesday September 5^th). Moved due to holiday. Seth Shanahan, Southern Nevada Water Authority, will present Botanical Inventory and Ecological Restoration Projects along the Las Vegas Wash, Clark County, Nevada.
• Reno regular meeting (September 7^th). Mark Vollmer will give tips on photography.

• Henderson regular meeting (July 10^th). Rescheduled from the 3rd to accommodate the 4th of July weekend. USGS Ecologist Todd Esque will present "The Joshua Tree: Is our Mojave Desert Icon in trouble?".

• Henderson regular meeting (June 5^th). Members will bring in slides and digital photos for a presentation of this year's spring wildflowers. As always, members are encouraged to bring in plant specimens for identification and general botanical appreciation.

• Henderson regular meeting (May 1^st). David Charlet, Professor of Biology with the Community College of Southern Nevada will give a presentation on The Iranian Flora and Vegetation from a Nevada Botanist's Perspective.
• Reno regular meeting (May 4^th). Members' Photographs.

• Henderson regular meeting (April 3^rd). Patrick Leary, Professor of Biological Sciences at the Community College of Southern Nevada will present Recognizing the Poaceae of the Spring Mountains: a Workshop to Learn the Salient Features for Identifying Our Common Grasses.
• Reno, Rare Plant Committee meeting (April 6^th). Nevada Rare Plant Workshop in Reno. Contact Jim Morefield (775-684-2902; jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov) for more information.
• Reno regular meeting (April 6^th). Anna Thompson, botany instructor at the Feather River Community College, will speak on Botanizing with Fossil Plants, or PaleoBotany.
• Southern Nevada (April 22nd). International Earth Day. Volunteers are needed to help with NNPS participation.

• Reno regular meeting (March 2^nd). A speaker from the The Sierra Business Council will talk on The New Sierra Nevada Conservancy, and Development vs Preservation in Sierra Valley, Sierra/Plumas Counties, California.
• Henderson regular meeting (March 6^th). James Andre, Botanist with University of California's Sweeney Granite Mountains Desert Research Center will present The Mojave Desert: A Floristic Frontier in a Conservation Black Hole.
• Henderson (March 10th-12th). Community College of Southern Nevada Native Plant Sale.
• Las Vegas (March 25th). Annual UNLV Native Plant Sale.
   

• Reno regular meeting (February 2^nd). Ann Bollinger, Graduate Student at UNR will give a talk on Vegetation Recovery and Trends after Wildfire on Public Lands in the Orovada Area (northern Humboldt Co.).
• Henderson regular meeting (February 6^th). Matt Brooks, Research Scientist with US Geological Survey, will give a presentation on Invasive Species and Wildfire Research in the Mojave Desert.
• Reno Field Trip Committee meeting (February 9^th). The field trip planning committee will meet, and consume a potluck dinner, the evening of February 9th to create the field trip schedule for 2006. If interested in attending, please contact Bonnie Larsen at 972-0583. John Reid has agreed to be field trip chair with Bonnie this year, and Janet Bair will be keeping the meeting notes on her laptop. We look forward to a productive meeting and a great potluck dinner.

• Reno annual Board Meeting (Thursday, January 26^th). Dinner and refreshments will be provided. The meeting will be held at Arnold Tiehm’s house; please notify him if you plan on attending, 775-329-1645, atiehm [at] unr [dot] edu
• Henderson. No meeting planned for January.

• Henderson regular meeting (December 5^th). 1st Annual Holiday Potluck and Celebration. Please bring a dish to share with others, and members are encouraged to bring digital photos that we will run in the background during our meeting.  We will also discuss our field trip schedule, so please bring your suggestions, your appetite and your good cheer!
• Reno (December 14^th). 2^nd annual Christmas Potluck in conjunction with Death Valley Picture Night. Dinner at 5:30 in the lab room just across the court yard from the Herbarium at 920 Valley Road. Bring a dish, bring yourself, and bring your spectacular pictures and testimonials of Death Valley, 2005. Power point is not available in this room but slides would work fine. Or present on a lap-top, an old-fashion CRT station or, even more old fashion (but still very acceptable)- prints! This is an informal presentation. NNPS will provide turkey, gravy, dressing, and smashed potatoes. Call John Dyer for questions about food and pictorial presentation (775-677-2714 evenings, 775-689-7800, ext 124 days, or cell 775-848-0371).

• Reno regular meeting (November 3^rd). Annual Meeting to vote on new officers and Board Members. Terry Miller, Plumas National Forest, will speak on Management of Rare and Endangered Plant Species on the Plumas National Forest.
• Henderson regular meeting (November 7^th). Annual Meeting to vote on new officers and Board Members. Botanist Joey Betzler will give a presentation on Cactus and Succulents of the Desert Southwest: Mojave Desert, Northern Baja and Anza Borrego.

• Henderson regular meeting (Monday, October 3^rd). Author Brian Beffort will tell us about his new book, Afoot and Afield in Las Vegas and Southern Nevada, a comprehensive guide to more than 100 hikes within a 3 hour drive of Las Vegas.
• Reno regular meeting (October 6^th). Rose Strickland and Dennis Gighlieri will speak on Eastern Nevada and Western Utah Water Wars.
• Adopt-a-Wash Weed Pull (Clark Co., Saturday, October 8th). See Field Trips page for details.

• Reno regular meeting (September 1^st). Gary Monroe will speak about and show slides of Wild Flowers of the Spring Mountains, Clark County, Nevada.
• Henderson regular meeting (Tuesday, September 6^th). Please note that the September meeting will be held on Tuesday due to the Labor Day holiday. Elizabeth Hewitt of the Community College of Southern Nevada's Ornamental Horticulture Department will present The Role of Native Plant Propagation in Restoration Efforts at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge.

 August 2005:

• Henderson regular meeting (August 1^st). Susan Potts will present Nevada Wilderness - Pictures, Places and People.

July 2005:

• Henderson regular meeting (Tuesday July 5^th). The July meeting will be held on Tuesday the 5th of July to avoid the Fourth of July weekend. Lesley DeFalco will present Seed Establishment in Disturbed Mojave Desert habitats: How Much Do Wind Dispersal and Granivores Matter in Restoration?

June 2005:

• Henderson regular meeting (June 6^th). Members will bring in slides and digital photos for a group presentation of this year's spring wildflowers. In addition, members are welcome to bring in plant specimens for identification and general botanical appreciation.

• Henderson regular meeting (May 2^nd). Dean Tonenna will demonstrate Native American uses of Native Plants.
• Reno regular meeting (May 5^th). Members' Slides.

• Henderson regular meeting (April 4^th). Kent Ostler will present a slide show of Wildflowers and Botanical Research at the Nevada Test Site .
• Rare Plant Committee meeting (April 5^th). Nevada Rare Plant Workshop in Las Vegas. Contact Jim Morefield (775-684-2902; jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov) for more information.
• Reno regular meeting (April 7^th). Christy Malone will give a talk on Native plants in the landscape.

• Reno regular meeting (March 3^rd). Jim Seifert will give a presentation on How to grow plants from cuttings.  NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR THIS MEETING. This meeting will be held in the classroom next to the herbarium at 920 Valley Road. This is one building south of (toward the freeway) the current meeting place.
• Henderson regular meeting (March 7^th). Julie Proctor will present a photographic library representing a multitude of Mojave Desert plants from the cotyledon stage through flowering. Get ready to play "Guess That Plant!"

• Reno regular meeting (February 3^rd). Dr. Alan Gubanich will be speaking on the Wintering Birds of Northern Nevada, with references to the plants that they use in 'normal' years for food sources.
• Henderson regular meeting (February 7^th). Elizabeth Powell will give a presentation that will wet the botanical appetite of members preparing to view the Mojave wildflower extravaganza expected in spring 2005. In addition, members will bring in favorite, perplexing, and unusual plant specimens to share with others.

• 2005 NNPS Board Meeting (January 12^th). This will held at Arnold Tiehm's house with dinner at 5:30 and the meeting commencing at 6:30. If you plan to attend please notify Arnold at 329-1645 or atiehm [at] unr [dot] edu.

• NNPS XMAS POT LUCK (December 23^rd). This will be at 920 Valley Rd. (same place as November 2004 meeting) starting at 5:30. Bring a favorite Xmas treat and a potluck dish. In the spirit of Christmas and learning more about each other we are asking everyone to bring a batch of your family's favorite Xmas treats: tamales, stollen, gingerbread, etc. (and recipe to share). If your traditional item is a dessert, please bring a non-desert item as well so we can balance out the food pyramid at the buffet! RSVP: Christy Malone (784-1105 or unrherb [at] unr [dot] edu.

• Annual meeting (November 4^th). We will be electing new officers and at-large Board Members.  Then Christy Malone will lead a panel discussion on Small Scale Propagation of Native Plants. This will be a hands on presentation that will include information, techniques, and methods for growing plants from seed. This presentation will take place in the classroom next to the herbarium at 920 Valley Road (look for signs). This is one building south of (toward the freeway from) the current meeting place. NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION FOR THIS MEETING. Gary Monroe will be bringing seeds for about twenty species of Penstemon. Any members with seed to exchange please bring it to this meeting. Seed envelopes will be available. Seed exchange will begin at 7 pm.

• Regular meeting (October 7^th). Rose Strickland and Dennis Ghiglieri will speak on Following in the steps of Ripley and Barneby. In 2001 they followed the 1944 route of Dwight Ripley and Rupert Barneby as described in Impressions of Nevada - the countryside and some of the plants - as seen through the eyes of an Englishman, by Dwight Ripley. Reprinted in NNPS Occasional Papers no 3.

• Regular meeting (September 2^nd). Ann Pinzl will talk on Papua New Guinea - Kaukau Anyone?

• Regular meeting (May 6^th). Member slides: Feel free to bring up to 20 slides to share with the group.

• Nevada Rare Plant Workshop (April 1^st) in Reno. Contact James Morefield (email: jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov), phone 775-684-2902) for more information.
• Regular meeting (April 1^st). Jan Nachlinger will speak on Desert Islands: Highlights of Two Decades of Botanical Explorations in Nevada.

• Regular meeting (March 4^th). Bob Goodman will present a slide show about the Nature Study Area in Lemmon Valley entitled Swan Lake - The Backyard Treasure.

• Regular meeting (February 5^th). Rebecca Niell, UNR Graduate Student, will speak on Butterfly uses of native plants.

• Annual Board meeting (Thursday, January 29^th). All officers, Board members, and committee chairs are encouraged to attend, beginning 5:30 pm at Jerry Tiehm's house.

November 2003:

• Regular meeting (November 6th). Peter F. Brussard, Department of Biology at UNR, will give us a talk entitled Butterflies, their food plants, and livestock grazing. Included in the talk will be a general introduction to butterflies, their larval food plants, and their adult nectar sources.

October 2003:

• Regular meeting (October 2^nd). Evert Broderick and Kim Powers will show us a photo chronicle of their recent trip to northern Ecuador. They spent time in a mid-elevation cloud forest as well as the paramo, a wind-swept, high elevation steppe covered with a unique and bizarre flora. A focus of the presentation is the deforestation of these regions and what one Ecuadorian foundation is doing to stop the damage

September 2003:

• Regular meeting (September 4^th). Alanah Woody, Collections Manager at the Nevada State Museum in Carson City will speak on Rock Art of Nevada. Rock art is engravings or paintings on stone and is found throughout the world. Nevada has a wide diversity of prehistoric and even some historic rock art ranging in age from as much as 10,000 years ago to historic times. It is found in a variety of settings and although many questions remain as to it's function or meaning, all agree that it has great artistic merit and the threat to it's preservation is on the rise.

• Regular meeting (May 1^st). Rich Rust, Biology Professor, will speak on Threesomes in the Plant World or Maximizing your Pollinators with Native Bees and other Friends.

• Regular meeting (April 3^rd). Paul Tueller, Environmental and Resource Sciences Professor, will talk on Nevada Plant Communities.
• Nevada Rare Plant Workshop (April 1^st, 9 am to 5 pm, Las Vegas). Contact Jim Morefield (jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov or 775-684-2902) or visit http://heritage.nv.gov/workshop.htm for more information.

• Regular meeting (March 6^th). James Young and Charlie Clements, Agriculture Research Service in Reno, will talk about their new book, Purshia: The wild and bitter roses.

• Regular meeting (Feb. 6^th). Brian Beffort and Marge Sill, Conservation Director for Friends of Nevada Wilderness, will give a slide show on 18 new wilderness areas designated in southern Nevada.

• Regular meeting (Nov. 7^th). Gary Monroe will show slides and talk about the 2002 NNPS trip to Ash Meadows.

• Regular meeting (Oct. 3^rd). Jim Morefield, Botanist with the Nevada Natural Heritage Program, will give a slideshow and talk entitled "Rare and interesting plants of the White Mountains of California and Nevada".

• Regular meeting (Sept. 5^th). Ann Pinzl will give a talk entitled "Economic plants of the world - a look at some local markets.

• Regular meeting (May 2^nd). Dawn Rafferty, invasive weed specialist with the Nevada Department of Agriculture, will give a presentation on (ob)noxious weeds.

• Grass Identification Class (April 2-3). The University of Nevada, Reno herbarium will be offering a two day class on grass identification. Participants will learn terminology, dissecting techniques with the aid of a dissecting scope, use of keys, and how to collect and press specimens. Participants are encouraged to bring a copy of Intermountain Flora volume 6 to class. Identifications will be limited to flowering material only and participants are encouraged to bring their own unidentified collections to class. Instructors: Arnold Tiehm and Christy Malone. For more information contact Christy at 775-784-1105 or cmalone [at] unr [dot] edu.
• Nevada Rare Plant Workshop (April 4^th, 9 am to 5 pm). Contact Jim Morefield (jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov or 775-684-2902) or visit http://heritage.nv.gov/workshop.htm for more information.
• Regular meeting (April 4^th). Jim Shevock, Botanist with the Pacific West Regional Office of the National Park Service, will give a talk on our current knowledge (or lack thereof) of Nevada's native mosses, or Nevada's miniature bryophyte forests.

• Regular meeting (March 7^th). Eric Peterson with the Nevada Natural Heritage Program will talk about Lichens in Nevada and the western U.S.

• Regular meeting (February 7^th). Michael Cameron with The Nature Conservancy will speak about the Truckee River Project.

• Regular meeting (November 1^st). Gail Durham, botanist for the Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit of the U.S. Forest Service, will speak on Guide to Great Basin wildflowers.

• Regular meeting (October 4^th). Jan Nachlinger of The Nature Conservancy will speak on Winter and spring floras of unique southern California habitats.

• Regular meeting (September 6^th). John Stanley of the Desert Research Institute will speak on Riparian habitat restoration in California.

• Pot luck dinner, social, and tour (August 9^th) at Rancho San Rafael Park.

• Regular meeting (May 3^rd). Speakers will be Steve and Paula Gessler.

• Regular meeting (April 5^th). Ron Lanner will speak on the uncommon biology of Great Basin bristlecone pine.

• Regular meeting (March 1^st). Larry Taylor will present a slide show on NNNPS's 2000 field trips.

• Regular meeting (February 1^st). Ann Pinzl will present a talk and slide show on her recent trip to Egypt.

• Regular meeting (November 2^nd). Jeanne Chambers, U.S.D.A. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station, will speak on Great Basin Riparian Areas: understanding the effects of climate and humans.

• Regular meeting (October 5^th). Jim Morefield will speak on a trip he took to China.

• Regular meeting (September 7^th). Members' slides.

• Regular meeting (May 4^th). Final spring meeting for 2000. Robin Tausch, U.S.D.A. Forest Service's Rocky Mountain Research Station, will speak on The paleoecology, geomorphology, and changing of Great Basin ecosystems.

• Annual Nevada Rare Plant Workshop (April 6^th, all day). Contact Jim Morefield (jdmore [at] heritage [dot] nv [dot] gov or 775-684-2902) for more information.
• Regular meeting (April 6^th). Sue Donaldson, UNR Cooperative Extension Service, will speak on the War on Noxious Weeds currently being waged in northern Nevada.

• Regular meeting (March 2^nd). Rich Rust, Professor of Biology at the University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on White horses, pink flamingos, and spitting cucumber: My summers in Provence (France).

• Regular meeting (February 3^rd). Mitzi Hultin, NNNPS member, will show slides and give us a travelogue from a trip she took to Greece last summer.

• Regular meeting (November 4^th). Dave Weixelman of the U.S. Forest Service will speak on Sedges of the Tahoe Meadows areas.

• Regular meeting (October 7^th). Chris Ross, Ph.D. candidate at the University of Nevada, Reno, will speak on Revegetation of disturbed lands.

• Regular meeting (September 2^nd). Arnold Tiehm will speak on The Spring That Finally Came. This will be a slide show on his travels in western Nevada in the spring of 1998 and the wonderful wildflowers that the late, wet spring produced.

• Final spring meeting for 1999 (May 6^th). Ann Pinzl will show slides of a recent trip she took to Baja California.

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