hosted by San Gabriel Mountains chapter, assisted by LA/Santa Monica Mountains chapter
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Wildfires, Loss, and Our Relationship to Nature with Richard Halsey
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Morning & Afternoon
- 9:30-11:30a – Field Trip – Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area
Explore coastal sage scrub and ancient alluvial scrub, one of the few remaining undeveloped places within the L.A. basin. Past fires within the area have provided the opportunity to observe succession of plant communities. The San Gabriel Mountains chapter conducts weekly weeding sessions and monthly educational programs on-site. Led by biologist Mickey Long and Ellen Dean, CNPS Associate Rare Plant Botanist. Easy walking on flat terrain. Irwindale, CA 91706. On Google Maps, look for Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area Entrance Kiosk. Check for meet up sign at the first stop sign after passing the kiosk (free on weekdays). “Flowering Plants of the Santa Fe Dam Recreation Area,” photo gallery
- 2:00p - Board of Directors Meeting Contact Board president Vivian Neou if you wish to attend. California Botanic Garden, 1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont CA, 91711
- Starting 5:30p - No-host drop-in Gathering - Pizza 'N Such, 202 Yale Ave Claremont, CA 91711. Late arrivals welcome, but this particular place closes at 9:00p.
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CHAPTER COUNCIL
- 8:00a appx. - Light breakfast - (no charge)
- 9:00a-5:00p appx. - Council Meeting - agenda pending
(Select lunch preferences when you register.)
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- 5:30p appx. - Social Hour non-alcoholic specialty drinks with appetizers, native plant tea tasting - (no charge)
- 6:30p appx. - Dinner (Select preferences when you register.)
- After-dinner speaker: Danielle VonLehe - Test Plot, an experiment in community based land care
Test Plot is a non-profit whose goal is to establish longer term, care-based relationships between communities and public lands. "We begin by partnering with land managers, design professionals, and community members to grow 'test plots' on degraded land. Through these plots, we establish longer term, care-based relationships between communities and public lands. Test Plot seeks to repair urban parks and landscapes that are ecologically degraded, under-funded and in need of care and attention."
Danielle VonLehe is a landscape designer at Terremoto Landscape in Los Angeles, California. She holds graduate degrees in Aesthetics and Politics from CalArts and Landscape Architecture from the University of Southern California. She has helped plan, design, plant and steward the Elysian Park and Rio de Los Angeles Test Plots. Her work advocates for the power of community stewardship and care of native ecologies within our public parks.
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- 9:00a Field Trips
- 9:00a-noon - California Botanic Garden & Herbarium (Rancho Santa Ana)
Tour the renown facility with CalBG staff. Explore our native plants in a park-like setting and learn about the extensive herbarium and seed collection. Garden Guide Stephen Bryant leads the portion of the tour that covers the grounds. He is a retired professor from Cal Poly Pomona. (limit 15) 1500 N College Ave, Claremont, CA 91711. Meet at entrance. The fee has been waived for our group but donations are appreciated.
- 9:00a-noon - Canyon Loop Trail (cancelled) - Summitridge Trail System, Diamond Bar, with Dan Cooper, Principal Conservation Biologist of the The Resource Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains. Diverse coastal sage scrub habitat with gnatcatchers and cactus wren. Meeting location will be announced at the meeting.
- 9:00a-2:00p - Claremont Foothills Chaparral, (with a leave-early option)
Explore the habitat with botanist Keir Morse and Ellen Dean, CNPS Associate Rare Plant Botanist. See the rare San Gabriel Oak (Quercus durata var. gabrielensis) and related hybrids. Steep incline initially, with lots of ups and downs. Bring sun protection, water, and lunch snack. We will meet at the Sycamore Canyon Trailhead at 9 am on Sunday. Coordinates are: 34.128756, -117.724558. MAP.
Street parking is available at the south end of Higginbotham Park. To get to the Sycamore Canyon Trailhead from Higginbotham Park, go to northern edge of the park and look for a bridge over a fenced concrete-lined creek. The trailhead is on the north side of that bridge. Parking is also available at the parking area on Indian Hill Blvd; from there follow the Thompson Creek Trail to the west looking for that same bridge along the fence.
- 9:00a-noon - California Botanic Garden & Herbarium (Rancho Santa Ana)
| Council Chair - Judy Fenerty | Host chapter - Gabi McLean | website issues - Larry Levine |