Idaho  Native  Plant  Society

P.O. Box 9451 Boise, ID 83707

Category Archive - Conservation

December 23, 2009

Native Flora Workshop March 23-24, 2010

Idaho State University, Wood River Room, Pocatello, Idaho

The Sah-Wah-Be Chapter of the Idaho Native Plant Society is pleased to sponsor the 1st Idaho Native Flora Workshop. Co-hosts include: The Idaho Museum of Natural History, Ray J. Davis Herbarium, and the Idaho State University Department of Biological Sciences.

Theme: Back to Basics in Field Identification

Held in alternate years between Idaho Rare Plant Conferences, this workshop provides opportunities to learn more about our native flora and to network with fellow native pant enthusiasts and professionals. All plant aficionados who want to learn more about native plants in Southeast Idaho and improve their field identification skills are encouraged to attend. Professional botanists from Southeast Idaho and surrounding states will speak on topics of local interest and lead the workshops.

Tentative Conference Schedule:

There will be a no host social on Monday evening, March 22 from 6:30-8:30 pm for anyone coming in early at, Portneuf Valley Brewing, 615 S. 1st Ave.

The conference will start Tuesday, March 23, with registration and poster submissions starting at 8:30am. Presentations by professional botanists on different aspects of native flora common to Southeast Idaho and surrounding states promise to be educational and interesting.

On the evening of the 23rd we will hold our dinner banquet. This is a great opportunity to socialize with botany friends of old, as well as make new acquaintances. Our scheduled speaker is H. Wayne Phillips who will present Wild Orchids of Montana and Idaho. The banquet will be just down the hall from the conference at the Pond Student Union Ballroom. The banquet is open to all conference attendees, INPS members and their guests.

Included in the Wednesday morning session will be a presentation by NatureServ on how they rank plant species followed by a panel discussion on the same topic from professional ranking botanists from Idaho and surrounding states

Wednesday afternoon there will be keying workshops on the Tribes of Asteraceae and the Tribes of Poaceae. Each session will last 2 hours from 1:00-3:00pm and from 3:00-5:00pm. Sessions will run concurrently.

A $35 registration fee ($15 for students) is due by February 28th. Registration submitted on March st or later will be $45 ($25 for students). Cost of the banquet will be $21.00 per person.

Please contact me with any questions or concerns, and thank you for your interest. Janet Bala, Organizing Committee (208) 282-2815 (work) (208) 317-3824 (cell)

balajane at isu dot edu

January 10, 2009

Pathways for Restoration and Conservation

A workshop for those seeking to improve, manage, and conserve their lands.

This workshop will focus on providing information to ranchers and small acreage landowners for conservation and restoration of their lands. Expert practitioners and scientists will be on hand to address issues and challenges landowners face to improve their lands. The workshop is jointly offered by the Idaho Society for Range Management (SRM) and the University of Idaho Department of Rangeland Ecology & Management.

Land_Conservation_2009_Flyer.pdf

http://www.uidaho.edu/range/workshop

Friday - January 16, 2009
9:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Holiday Inn - 3300 Vista Ave.
Boise, ID

October 25, 2008

24th Rare Plant Conference, February 2009

The 24th Rare Plant Conference will be Feb. 11 and 12, 2009, at Idaho Power, 1221 West Idaho Street, Boise. Our keynote speaker will be Del Wiens, who has conducted plant research in Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Honduras, and many other exotic places around the globe.

The Rare Plant Conference is always a great chance to meet with friends and colleagues, and to learn the latest on rare plants of Idaho. The schedule is:

• Tues, Feb 10:
  3:00pm - 5:30 pm: INPS board meeting -- MK Nature Center, 600 S Walnut St.
  6:30pm - 8:30 pm: social (no-host food + drinks) -- Red Feather Lounge, 246 N 8^th St.
  


• Wed, Feb 11:
  8:00 am - 8:30 am: registration, poster set-up -- Idaho Power, 1221 W Idaho St.
  8:30 am - 5:00 pm: welcome, species updates, posters -- Idaho Power, 1221 W Idaho St.
  6:00 pm - 9:00 pm: banquet, Del Wiens' presentation -- Old Spaghetti Factory, 610 W Idaho St.
  


• Thur, Feb 12:
  8:00 am – 8:30 am: second day registration, poster set-up -- Idaho Power, 1221 W Idaho St.
  8:30 am – 5:00 pm: presentations, posters, closing -- Idaho Power, 1221 W Idaho St.
  5:15 pm – 6:45 pm: dinner (no-host) -- TableRock BrewPub & Grill, 705 Fulton St.
  7:00 pm – 9:00 pm: Polygonaceae keying workshop -- Rm. 248, Science & Nursing, Boise State U.
  

Registration details will be posted on the INPS website in December. In the meantime, we need folks to plan conference speakers, workshops, food, and other events. If youd like to help, attend our next planning meeting Tuesday, Nov. 18, 6-8 p.m. at the MK Nature Center, or contact Lynn Kinter, conference chair, at lkinter at idfg dot idaho dot gov or 208-287-2734.

January 09, 2006

Slickspot Peppergrass

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September 09, 2005

Relocating Aase's Onion

Saturday, Sept. 24, 8:45 a.m
Ridley's Market, Boise, Idaho

[Rescheduled from June 18.] A new phase of the Hidden Hollow Landfill will displace several populations of Aase's onion, and Rod Burke has offered a new home for them at the IBG. Join fellow rare plant enthusiasts for 4-5 hours of roping the wily wild onion and really bring native plants "home" to future garden visitors. Meet at Ridley's Market (formerly Crane Creek Market) on Bogus Basin Road. Bring gloves, hats, shovels, trowels, sunscreen, water and lunch. For more information, contact Judy Ferguson at judy.ferguson at ch2m dot com.

April 16, 2004

Forest Service Dropping Endangered Species, Riparian and Archaeological Reviews

The Bush Administration continues to eradicate requirements and opportunities for public and scientific review of public lands management activities that may harm imperiled plant species and communities. The Administration is proposing to eliminate reviews by outside agencies, such as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service or the Environmental Protection Agency, of Forest Service projects that may threaten plants or their habitats. For more information on the Bush Administration's approach to science see the California Native Plant Society's web page on the topic:
http://www.cnps.org/federalissues/letters1.htm or http://www.cnps.org/federalissues/ click "Misuse of Science".

Also see the Union of Concerned Scientists report "Scientific Integrity in Policymaking" http://www.ucsusa.org/global_environment/rsi/report.html

March 17, 2004

NATIVE PLANT CONSERVATION CAMPAIGN NEWS

Forwarded from the Plant Conservation Alliance.

The Utah Native Plant Society is pleased to announce the availability of an on-line rare plant guide for Utah which is in part intended to be an update to the 1991 Utah Endangered, Threatened and Sensitive Plant Field Guide. The URL is:

http://www.utahrareplants.org

Tony Frates -- Utah Native Plant Society -- www.unps.org