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DarlingtoniaWINTER-06
Newsletter of the North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant Society
Dedicated to the Preservation of California Native Flora
Crescent City Marsh and Western
Lily Threatened by Two Proposed
Developments
By Jen Kalt
The Crescent City Marsh is one of the most biologi-
cally diverse wetlands in California and home to the
worlds largest population of the federally endan-gered western lily (Lilium occidentale). More than
230 plant species are found in the Marsh, at least adozen of which are considered rare, threatened, or
endangered. The Department of
Fish and Game purchased the landin 1979 to protect coastal freshwa-
ter wetlands.
The Marsh is currently threatenedby two proposed developments.
The Elk Valley Rancherias 15-acrecasino-resort complex is proposedon an adjacent property known as
the Martin Ranch. This project
originally included a golf course tobe built on coastal wetlands; fortu-
nately it has been dropped from the
current proposal. However, the de-velopment as proposed would be
built within the watershed of the
Crescent City Marsh, and would
very likely alter the hydrology ofthe Marsh. Because not enough is known to ensure
that the Marsh and lily populations would be pro-tected, CNPS would like to see the project moved tothe southern portion of the Martin Ranch, to an area
that does not drain directly into the Crescent City
Marsh.
Numerous public agencies and an ecohydrologist
recruited by CNPS to review the project have sub-
mitted comments regarding the inadequacies of the
hydrologic analysis. The Marsh is a very uniquecoastal wetland, and along with the lily population is
highly sensitive to changes in the water table and
soil moisture regime. Monitoring to establish base-line information on changes in the water table levels
throughout the seasons must be done to understand
the potential impacts of altering the Marshs hydrol-ogy with runoff from parking lots and roofs, irriga-
tion, and construction activities. The western lily is
highly sensitive to changes in timing and quantity ofrunoff to the Marsh, and not enough is known to en-
sure that proposed mitigation measures would pre-
vent negative impacts to the lily population and the
Marsh. Pre- and post-developmentmonitoring are crucial to prevent nega-
tive impacts to the Marsh from any
further development within the water-shed. For details on CNPSs concerns
with this project as currently proposed
in the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement, visit the North Coast Chap-ters Issues webpage.
Another proposed development in-volves a fish and wood by-products
composting facility and a retail land-
scaping materials business. This pro-ject features a proposed Army Corps
of Engineers permit to retain
unauthorized fill on 1 acre of coastalwetland within the Crescent City
Marsh. In other words, the proposalwould authorize the illegal filling of coastal wet-lands that was already done by the project applicant
without the required permits.
Hambro Forest Products and its subsidiary Eco-Nutrients currently operate a mill adjacent to the
Marsh. According to the public notice for the permit
from the Army Corps of Engineers, Hambro
(Continued on page 3)
Lilium
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MONTHLY
MEETINGS &
PRESENTATIONS
The North Coast Chapter ofCNPS holds free Public Programs onthe second Wednesday of each month(September through May) at the Ar-cata Masonic Lodge, 351 Bayside Rd.,Arcata. Refreshments at 7:45 and pro-gram at 8:00 p.m. You dont have tobe a CNPS member to attend!
Please check our website for current
information on speakers. Presenta-tions are scheduled for:
Wedsnesday, February 8th
Wednesday, March 8th
Wednesday, April 12th
SEE YOU THERE!
CCCHAPTERHAPTERHAPTER PPPROGRAMSROGRAMSROGRAMS & E& E& EVENTSVENTSVENTS
Chapter Field Trips
February 25, Saturday. COASTAL TRAIL DAY HIKE. The easy, 4-mile
trail along the bluff between Requa, on the north side of the mouth of the
Klamath River, and Lagoon Creek, where 101 meets the ocean north of
Klamath, has some early spring treats, like huge gooseberries festooned with
red flowers, masses of dainty violets, and mats of unfurling false lily-of-the-
valley. Hope for one of those glorious February days, dress for the weather,
bring lunch and water. We'll return by dark. Meet at 8:30 a.m. at Pacific Un-
ion School (3001 Janes Rd., Arcata). We will shuttle a car to the north end of
the hike, so we'll only have to walk one way. Call Carol Ralph (822-2015) to
say you are coming or to arrange another meeting place.
March 18, Saturday. MYRTLE CREEK DAY HIKE. This 2-mile roundtrip
trail off highway 199 in the Myrtle Creek Botanical Area of the Six Rivers
National Forest was a traditional spring destination of our chapter for many
years. Vegetation includes coastal redwood, serpentine slopes and seeps, ri-
parian, mixed evergreen forest, and colonizers after mining. We might see
goldthread (Coptis laciniata) and Trillium rivale blooming at this early date.
Let's leave promptly at 8:30 a.m. from Pacific Union School (3001 Janes Rd.,
Arcata), ready for the weather, with lunch and water packed. We'll return by
dark. Call Carol Ralph (822-2015) to say you are coming or to arrange a
more northern meeting place. (Depending on time, some of us might do an-
other trail on the way home.)
APRIL FIELD TRIP to be announced. Please watch for the schedule in the
spring newsletter.
May 20, Saturday. GRASSHOPPER PEAK DAYHIKE and PLANT SUR-
VEY. In return for a lift to the top of Grasshopper Peak in Humboldt Red-
woods State Park (a 7 mile hike), we will create for the park plant lists of all
we find in this area that was burned by the Canoe Creek Fire two years ago.
Lots of surprises have popped up in this chaparral and grassland above the
Douglas fir forest. The more eyes we have, the more we will find; you don't
have to be an expert to be helpful. Walking down the mountain is an option,
if we have time and energy, or we can ride down. Check the spring
"Darlingtonia" or the website for details.
PS. Watch the calendar on the chapter web site (www.northcoastcnps.org) for
possible other outings. We hope to see you in the great outdoors!
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OOODDSDDSDDSANDANDAND EEENDSNDSNDS
2006 IS AROUND THE CORNER
The Spring Wildflower Show will be
May 5-7 at the Manila Community Center. If
you are not already on our lists to help collect,
identify, set up, lead classes, clean up, etc., con-
tact us, so you can be part of this fun event.The CNPS-Redwood Audubon Society
Wildlife and Native Plant
is on track for 2006, with Jennifer Tompkins and
Frances Madrone at the helm. The date for the
tour is yet to be decided; it will probably be in
July. If you would like to nominate a garden,
want to help, or have questions, call Jennifer
(443-6959).
temporarily stockpiled
soil on 2.5 acres of wet-lands. This wetland wassuitable habitat for the west-
ern lily, and in 1994 a small
population of the lily wasdocumented on the site.
CNPS believes that granting
a retroactive permit for ille-
gal fill of wetlands that de-stroyed western lily habitat
is inappropriate, and that the
landowner should be heldresponsible for this illegal
activity.
CNPS also believes that a
composting facility does not
meet the definition of acoastal-dependent use that is
the only legal use for filling
coastal wetlands. Such
coastal dependent uses in-
clude boat launches, docks,and other facilities that are
listed in state and federalCoastal Zone Management
regulations. Any further de-
struction of coastal wetlandsin western lily habitat is un-
acceptable, especially for
land use activities that are
not coastal dependent uses.
Comments are due on theArmy Corps of Engineerspermit in early January, and
CNPS will be watching this
proposal very carefully as itmoves through the regula-
tory process.
(Continued from page 1)
THANK YOU to
these volunteers
who visit people'syards or properties
as our Native Plant
Consultation Ser-vice. This is a
great way to
spread the enthusi-asm for native
plants.
Kathy DilleyJim Waters
Virginia WatersCarol Ralph
Judie HinmanAnnie Eicher
Pete Haggard
Donna WildearthSuzanne Isaacs
Joan Doherty
Janelle EggerWanda Naylor
Kristen Brown
Sabra SteinbergSydney CarothersTim McKay
Andrea Williams
Liz McGeeMelissa Brooks
Chris Rall
INVASIVE PLANTS RESOURCE GUIDEfrom the Yerba Buena Chapter newsletter
Developed by the Center for Invasive Plant Management, the onlineInvasivePlant Resource Guide is a reference for materials (fact sheets, handbooks,
booklets, etc.) that support invasive plant management and education. The
materials cover a wide array of topics ranging from weed management
strategies to natural resources to "working with people" skills. For each
item, a description is provided as well as a link to the source. Most items are
available for download or in hard copy at no cost. Find it at:
Salix
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FFFIELDIELDIELD TTTRIPRIPRIP RRREPORTSEPORTSEPORTS
MAD RIVER BUTTESby Carol Ralph
Scheduling an outing to 4,000 ft. elevation
on 20 November is definitely gambling with the
weather. This year we won. It was sunny and
warm for the twenty seven people who followedDave Reckess of the California Wilderness Coali-
tion to see a bit of proposed wilderness just off
Forest Service Rte 1 about an hour south of Rte299 from Berry Summit. We parked near Board
Camp and walked a "moderately difficult" trail (all
of it was up or down; some was crumbly and verysteep) along a ridge, down to Bug Creek, and up
across serpentine balds, about 5 miles. The view
from the ridge is indeed vast, encompassing theTrinity Alps, Lassics, Yolla Bolly's, King Range,
and many closer mountains. We were reminded
of the season when we encountered ice on a wet,
shady part of the path, despite the warmth in thesun.
The varied vegetation included shady white
fir (Abies concolor) forest; sunny, brown patchesof deciduous, shrubby Brewer's oak (shrubby form
ofQuercus garryana), and in exposed, rocky
places, scratchy clumps of huckleberry oak (Q.
vaccinifolia), canyon live oak (Q. chrysolepis, but
just short ones), manzanita (Arctostaphylospatula), and silk tassle (Garrya fremontii, leaves
not fuzzy underneath). In the shady gully of thestream were some impressively large Douglas fir
(Pseudotsuga menziesii), as well as white fir, in-
cense cedar (Calocedrus decurrens), and onesmall, shrubby yew (Taxus brevifolia). The stream
was clear and mossy, already fed by autumn rains.
Very tantalizing were the goblet-shaped, single,
open pods of a lily family species, possibly a mari-posa tulip-type Calochortus. Some serpentine
slopes were barren, while others supported sparse,
dry, herbaceous vegetations. Mule ears (Wyethia)was especially abundant on one, and I noted yam-
pah (Perideridia).
The most interesting wildlife was brightyellow springtails (collembola), minute, wingless
SOUTH FORK TRINITY
by Carol Ralph
People on the October 29 hike led by the Califor-nia Wilderness Coalition to the South Fork Trail,
which accesses the proposed Underwood Wilder-
ness along the South Fork Trinity River, reportthat it was a delightful time to see an area we usu-
ally visit to see spring flowers. Fall colors of poi-
son oak, oaks, and maples were rewarding, andautumn temperatures were considerably lower
than those encountered in summer.
insects gathered in masses on the forest floor un-der the white fir, reminiscent of slime molds.
We saw tracks of a less desirable creature, a
quad recreational vehicle.The Northern California Coastal Wild
Heritage Wilderness Act, which would add the
Mad River Buttes area to the wilderness system,has good support in Congress, thanks to the thor-
ough work its proponents did before they intro-
duced it. Dave, whom you can contact at theNorthcoast Environmental Center, still empha-
sizes that we should tell our representatives in
Congress that we appreciate the wilderness and
thank them for protecting it. The bill is not fin-
ished yet! The Mad River Buttes is an attractiveand accessible addition.
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Typical section of a Headwaters road before restoration.
During excavation in 2002.
After restoration the hill slope is returned to its original contour
and planted with redwood seedlings.
HEADWATERS FORESTby Carol Ralph
Despite its fame as an important,hard-won, and expensive stand of red-woods, the Headwaters Forest Reserve is
a Bureau of Land Management preserve,
not a visitor-friendly state or nationalpark. It has only two trails open to the
public, and the one on the south side is
open only with a guide. Being escorted
to the "inner reaches" of the Reserve bythe botanist most knowledgeable about
its land management was a real treat for
the 13 people on the chapter field tripOct. 22.
About 3,000 of the 7,500 acres of
the Headwaters Forest is old growth; therest was logged before the property came
into public ownership in 1999, leaving a
network of logging roads and young,even-aged stands of trees. BLM is work-
ing to reduce the erosion, and resulting
stream siltation, caused by the roads and
to hurry along the development of old-
growth characteristics in the young, re-covering forest. Greg Jennings took us
to an area where the logging roads arebeing erased by recontouring the slopes
they crossed and, most important, by re-
moving the dirt and log fill that had beenpiled into streams to cross them. With or
without culverts, these stream crossings
are a continual source of loose sediments
that wash into the streams unless the fillis removed down to the original surface
level. To cross Salmon Creek, a 6 ft.diameter culvert and enough dirt andlogs had been dumped in to fill up the
20-ft. deep channel. Now it has been
removed by a huge excavator andtrucked to a log landing on a ridge.
Some 2500 truckfuls of dirt were hauled(Continued on page 8)
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BBBOOKOOKOOK RRREVIEWEVIEWEVIEW
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Book Review: Tending the Wild,
by M. Kat Anderson.
University of California Press, 2005.
Tending the Wild: Native American Knowledge and the Man-
agement of Californias Natural Resources is an insightful re-
source on indigenous peoples influence on the California land-
scape, particularly coastal prairies, valley grasslands, and oak
woodlands. Using a blend of traditional and scientific ecologi-
cal knowledge, the author describes the ecological basis for
indigenous land management practices that shaped the natural
world.
Traditional ecological knowledge
isthe rich knowledge of how nature
works and how to judiciously harvest
and steward its plants and animals
without destroying them[It is] the
product of keen observation, patience,
experimentation, and long-term rela-
tionships with plants and animals
built on a history, gained through
many generations of learning passed
down by elders about practical as well
as spiritual practices. (p. 4)
Upon their arrival in California, Europeans
observed lush hills and valleys teeming
with wildlife, acorns, seeds, and berries.Although they often compared the scenery
to parks, gardens, and orchards, these early
immigrants failed to recognize the role of
tribal management on this thriving biodi-
versity. Todays society has inherited this
view of a formerly pristine world un-
touched by human influence, yet ecologists are beginning to
understand that burning, pruning, weeding, sowing, transplant-
ing, irrigating, and harvesting by indigenous peoples played an
integral role in shaping many ecosystems.
The cultures of the indigenous people of California
are rooted in a belief that nature has an inherent abilityto renew itself, to cause the return of the geese, the
regrowth of the plants with edible bulbs, the germina-
tion of next years crop of wildflowersBut native
peoples also believe that renewal cannot happen in the
absence of appropriate human behavior toward na-
ture. (p. 9)
The traditional use of the renewal power of fire is a central
topic. Fire has been used in California since time immemo-
rial to promote high-quality basketweaving materials, forage
for wildlife, healthy pest-free acorns, and other important
resources. Through numerous quotes gleaned from inter-views with elders and basketweavers, Anderson describes
Native methods of caring for the land. She describes in detail
traditional methods for producing high-quality basketweav-
ing materials and food sources such as bulbs, grains, and
acorns, and maintaining open grasslands and oak woodlands.
Examples from biological research illustrate the scientific
basis for many of these cultural traditions, and historical ob-
servations abound. Several passages from the late 19 th cen-
tury describe the loss of meadow to encroaching trees and
shrubs in Yosemite Valley due to the lack
of Indian burning. In 1910, botanist Willis
Linn Jepson observed that a colony of Cali-fornia walnut near an old village site is
gradually being exterminated by the ad-
vance of the primitive forest which is no
longer held in check by the one-time occu-
pants of the tribal settlement. (p. 151)
A chapter on contemporary gathering and
management practices addresses barriers
that face todays traditional Native gather-
ers, and how they continue their traditions
despite these barriers. Californias indige-
nous people had one of the highest popula-
tion densities in North America at the time
of European contact, yet their descendantscontrol a tiny fraction of their ancestral ter-
ritories. As a result, most tribes depend on
government agencies to manage public
lands in ways that are compatible with tra-
ditional gathering practices. The ever-
increasing pace of development, agricul-
ture, and industrial timber production results in more lost
habitat for native plants and animals each year. Some of the
most important native habitats for culturally important spe-
cies are also some of the most threatened. Riparian wood-
lands, freshwater wetlands, and native grasslands have been
reduced to a small fraction of their former extent. This infor-
mative blending of indigenous and scientific knowledge willgive land managers more tools to help preserve Californias
biological diversity by documenting the cultural traditions
that can help restore these landscapes.
[originally published in Roots & Shoots, the newsletter of the
California Indian Basketweavers Association, Summer/Fall
2005.]
Thalictrum
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CCCONSERVATIONONSERVATIONONSERVATION NNNOTESOTESOTES
Stop off road vehicle impacts at
Californias Tolowa Dunes State Park
California Parks OHV Division seeks to establish newoff road vehicle riding areas in ecologically sensitive
State Parks and Park beaches
The California State Parks OHV Division is actively
championing a new and unprecedented proposal to for-mally sanction ORV use within Tolowa Dunes State
Park on Californias northern coast. The adoption of
such a policy would cause continued damage to sensi-
tive dune habitat, and endangered fish and wildlife spe-
cies habitat, including critical habitat
for the birds such as the snowy plover.
Please contact California State Park
Director Ruth Coleman and ask her to
halt this totally inappropriate attempt
by California State Parks OHV Divi-
sion to establish ORV riding areas
(most specifically on park beaches or
the illegal worm trail). Unregulated
ATV riding here, continually spills
over to other environmentally sensitive
areas of Tolowa Dunes State Park and
the adjoining Lake Earl Wildlife Area,and has greatly increased damage to
the park particularly since the park
stopped actively enforcement, and the
issuing of citations to violators
(particularly between 2001 to 2004).
Ruth Coleman, Director
Calif. Dept. of Parks & Recreation1416 9th Street, Sacramento, CA 95814
(916) 653-8380; (916) 657-3903 fax;
When the Tolowa Dunes State Park was formally des-ignated in 2001, ORV use was expressly excluded in
the documentation accompanying the parks formal
designation. Previously, it had been allowed on the
beach, which led to increased illegal off road vehicle
use in the 10,500 acre park and adjacent State WildlifeArea. Most recently, Californias (gasoline tax funded)
OHV Division is now actively lobbying the State
Parks Sacramento staff to adopt a new policy for OHV
use at Tolowa Dunes, in total contradiction of the OHV
Divisions codes, State Park policy, and the previouslyexpressed intent of local State Park officials to try to
rein in area OHV lawlessness.
Areas now proposed for continued OHV and ATV useinclude varying portions of the State Park beach and
adjacent dunes (north and/or south of Kellogg Road).
This would enable the continued destruction of sensi-
tive and rare plant species in the dunes, and would con-
tinue to further impact the adjacent Tolowa/Lake Earlestuary, including disturbance to wildlife and USFWS
designated snowy plover critical
habitat in the Tolowa estuary area
(south of Kellogg Road) and the
Smith River mouth (north of Kel-logg Road).
In the adjoining Lake Earl Wildlife
Area, ORVs also have never been
legally allowed, but increased illegaluse on park lands regularly spills
over into these state lands where
California Fish and Game has been
able to provide little or no law en-
forcement. The areas general lack
of law enforcement has on various
occasions also resulted in the illegal
breaching (and draining) of the Park
and Wildlife Areas Lake Tolowa
and Lake Earlwhich together
comprise Californias and the Pa-
cific Coasts largest coastal lagoon.
Failure now to uphold local State Park staffs recent
2005 attempts to stop illegal ORV riding sets an unfor-
tunate and dangerous precedent for all other California
State Parks. Please write California State Park Director
Ruth Coleman specifically requesting ATVs not beallowed on State Park beaches--as 1) most off road ve-
hicle riders do not respect rules requiring on the beach
wave slope; 2) vehicles on the wave slope still im-
pact wildlife on the beach and in area estuaries; 3)
ATVs at Tolowa Dunes State Park continue to ille-
gally destroy native and rare plants, and harm and dis-
rupt the very resources the Park was designated to pro-
Stellaria
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from this single stream crossing. Ironically,
some of the stream crossings being re-moved now were originally installed by the
same heavy-equipment operator, who is a
former Pacific Lumber Company em-
ployee.Foresters long ago figured out how
to thin stands of young trees to maximize
growth and hence timber production. BLMnow is experimenting with thinning to de-
velop old growth forest structure and spe-
cies composition. Whereas a natural oldgrowth stand has a mix of redwood and
Douglas fir, clear cuts in this forest contain
mostly Douglas fir, which germinates read-ily on disturbed ground. In one 80-acre
stand that was clear-cut in 1991and cur-
rently has about 1200 trees/acre, 95%
Douglas fir, BLM has reduced the densitydown to 250 trees/acre by cutting Douglas
fir saplings. When the canopy fills in, the
stand will be thinned again to bring itcloser to the old growth target conditions
and then left alone to continue developing
on its own.At the top of a ridge behind a solid
slope of bushy, pointy-topped, young trees,
we came to a wall of tall, narrow-canopied,scraggly-topped trees at the edge of an old
growth forest, a forest with no stumps.
When we stepped into this forest, on a his-
toric trail trod by human feet for manythousands of years, we could feel the calm
of the ancient trees there, their patience and
tolerance, the slower pace of theirneighborhood than that of the sunny, bus-
tling second growth. This redwood forest
had all the usual suspects, the same specieslist you'd expect in Humboldt Redwoods or
Prairie Creek, but being on a ridge rather
than in a river bottom, the trees were not as
massive as in these other places.The expense and energy go-
ing into managing this special forest is con-
siderable. It will be interesting to watch theoutcome.
(Headwaters ForestContinued from page 5)
NATIVE PLANT CONSULTATION
SERVICEAre you wondering which plants in your yard
are native? Are you unsure if that vine in the corner is
an invasive exotic? Would you like to know some na-tive species that would grow well in your yard? The
North Coast Chapter of the California Native Plant So-
ciety now offers the Nativ Plant Consultation Service toanswer these questions and to give advice on gardening
with natives. If you are a member of CNPS, this ser-vice is free, if not, you can join or make a donation toour chapter.A phone call or e-mail to our coordinator,
Kathy Dilley (825-7665 or [email protected]), will put
you in touch with a team of volunteer consultants who
will arrange a visit to your property to look at what you
have and help choose suitable plants for your garden.
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OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS!
Enrich your life by taking on a responsibility with our chapter. We guarantee you will meet
new people and learn new a lot. Contact the president +/or the appropriate person on the contact list
(see the back page).
Here are three rewarding positions needing people: Legislation Watch Dog. Learn the nitty gritty of the legislative process with CNPS Legislative
Consultant Vern Goehring. Super important for advancing CNPS's conservation goals. Work with
Vern and others to analyze bills, decide on which to focus, develop CNPS's position on them,
keep the chapter informed, be eyes and ears in our community for our local legislators' activities,
identify issues CNPS may want to sponsor, etc. Vern says even a little of your time would be valu-able.
Conservation issue specialist. Track some local conservation issue or agency (e.g. the CaliforniaCoastal Commission) and keep us informed.
Content Editor for this newsletter. Work with a
Layout Editor. Here is a position of power!
Here are some useful things you can do
on a smaller scale: Help tend our Arcata Plaza gardens, an hour now
and then
Grow plants for our plant sales Suggest a speaker for our evening program
(yourself included!)
Suggest a field trip
Lead a plant walk
Staff our information booth for an hour at an occa-
sional event
Suggest a workshop
Nominate a native plant garden for our garden tour
Post a few flyers about our events
Collect flowers for our spring wildflower show
VVVOLUNTEEROLUNTEEROLUNTEER OOOPPORTUNITIESPPORTUNITIESPPORTUNITIES
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JOIN CNPS NOW!North Coast Chapter
Membership in the California Native Plant Society,a statewide nonprofit organization, is open to all.The task and mission of CNPS is to increase aware-
ness, understanding, and appreciation of Californianative plants. The challenge is to preserve theirnatural habitat through scientific, educational, andconservation activities. Membership includes sub-scriptions to the informative quarterly journal Fre-montia, the statewide newsletter Bulletin, and ourlocal chapter newsletter Darlingtonia.
Name________________________________________
Address______________________________________
City________________________ Zip______________
Phone________________________________________
I wish to affiliate with the North Coast Chapter____
Or, (other chapter_____________________________
MEMBERSHIP CATEGORY
Student/Retired/Limited Income... $20
Individual or Library. $35Family or Group.... $45
Supporting... $75
Plant Lover...... $10
Patron $250
Benefactor.... $500
Dues to CNPS are tax deductible.
Please make check payable to CNPS and mail to:
2707 K Street, Suite 1Sacramento, CA 95816 5113
Or, join on-line at www.northcoastcnps.org
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REDWOOD MEDICINALSby Natalie Schaefer, M.S.
Illustrations by Rosemary Bauman
TrilliumovatumAlso known as birthroot, trillium has a long-standing history
of use during and after childbirth. The Karuk used the bulb
for labor pains (as well as a love charm), while other tribes
used the plant to stop hemorrhaging after birthing, for uterinedisorders, and for sore nipples. A poultice from the leaves is
useful for insect bites and skin irritation. The powdered root
can be used in milk, and is a diarrhea remedy. The juice of
the plant may be applied to boils, bringing them to a head.
Trillium has astringent, tonic, alterative, expectorant, and
antiseptic qualities.
FAWN LILIES GALORE
Early spring, usually the first weekend of April, is the time to revel in blooming fawn lilies(Erythronium). Our scheduled field trips won't necessarily see this spectacle this year, so here is a re-
minder that you can find it on your own at Burnt Ranch Campground (on Rte. 299 just east of Burnt
Ranch), along the road to South Fork Trail along the South Fork Trinity River, and on the Stony Creek
Trail (turn north off Rte 199 in Gasquet, go about 1 mile to end of road).
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Join us on our frequent, local plant walks. check the newspapers, visit the chapter web-
site at www.northcoastcnps.org, or join the e-mail notification list (contact [email protected]).
FEBRUARY8th Wednesday Monthly Program: 8:00 pm To Be Announced (Details on page 2)
25th Saturday Field Trip Coastal Prairie Dayhike. (see pg 2 for details)
MARCH8th Wednesday Monthly Program: 8:00 pm To Be Announced (Details on page 2)
18th Saturday Field Trip Myrtle Creek Dayhike (see pg 2 for details)
APRIL12th Wednesday - Monthly Program: 8:00 pm To Be Announced (Details on page 2)April Field Trip To Be Announced!
MAY10th Wednesday Monthly Program: 8:00 pm To BeAnnounced (Details on page 2)
20th Saturday Field Trip Grasshopper Peak Day-hike (see pg 2 for details)
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NORTH COAST CHAPTER, 2005 STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS/CONTACTSWEB SITE: HTTP://WWW.NORTHCOASTCNPS.ORG
PRESIDENT CAROL RALPH 822-2015 [email protected]
VICE PRESIDENT FELICITY WASSER 826-7712 [email protected]
SECRETARY SUZANNE ISAAKS 825-7469 [email protected]
TREASURER TAMARA CAMPER [email protected]
MEMBERSHIP PEGGY DUNAVAN 954-4059 [email protected]
INVASIVE EXOTICS KYLE WEAR 826-1398 [email protected]
NATIVE PLANT GARDENING PETE HAGGARD 839-0307 [email protected]
NATIVE PLANT CONSULTATION KATHY DILLEY 825-7665 [email protected]
PLANT SALES JENNIFER KALT 839-1980 [email protected]
SUNNY BENNETT 441-9545 [email protected]
EDUCATION KAREN MAYER 476-8149 [email protected]
LEGISLATION NEEDED!
CONSERVATION JENNIFER KALT 839-1980 [email protected]
PROGRAMS TAMARA GEDIK 677-9073 [email protected] TRIPS CAROL RALPH 822-2015 [email protected]
RARE PLANTS KIM IMPER 444-2756 [email protected]
DAVID LOYA 834-5013 [email protected]
PLANT COMMUNITIES TONY LABANCA 826-7208 [email protected]
NEWSLETTER EDITOR GREG JENNINGS 668-1775 [email protected]
WEBPAGE & PUBLICITY LARRY LEVINE 822-7190 [email protected]
BOOK & POSTER SALES FELICITY WASSER 826-7712 [email protected]
WORKSHOPS GORDON LEPPIG 839-0458 [email protected]
ADDRESSSERVICEREQUESTED