All talks begin at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in Room 328 of the Biology Building on the NAU campus (unless a room change comes about, which we will alert you to). Field trips normally are held the Sunday following the evening talks. Meet at 10:00 am at the Arizona State Credit Union parking lot, southwest corner of Beaver and Butler. Come prepared with sun protection, water, food, and a car or gas money for carpooling. For information about the Flagstaff Chapter, contact Contact Person—Jessa Fisher, email or (928) 814-2644; Treasurer—H. David Hammond (928) 523-7242 Programs and Field Trips- Barbara Phillips, email or (928) 527-3421 |
To keep up with the latest information, join the Flagstaff Chapter e-list. You will be contacted about events, conferences, outings, workshops, and volunteer opportunities in our area. Don't forget to keep us updated on email address changes, as well as postal address changes. It will save AZNPS money! To keep up with the latest, join the chapter e-list. Contact our listserv manager Keri Stiverson
(keri.stiverson@hotmail.com ) who will add you to the list.
Regular meetings of the Flagstaff Chapter of AZNPS are held at 7:00 pm on the 3rd Tuesday of each month in Room 328 of the Biology Building, Northern Arizona University. Meetings are free of charge and open to the public. Unless otherwise noted, field trips normally are held the Sunday following the evening talks.
Fall Program
Weed Warrior Activities
Weed Pull at the Pioneer Museum September 10
On Aug. 26 members of the Flagstaff Chapter of the AZNPS and the Master Gardeners combined forces to help the Pioneer Museum in its long fight against Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa). This stuff has gotten a foot-hold at the Museum and will not let go. Many thanks to the volunteers who spent the morning pulling and digging, making a nice dent in the population. It was great fun and very satisfying every time a weed bit the dust.
Another weed pull will take place at the Museum on Fort Valley Road on Friday, Sept. 10 from 9am until 3pm Come when you can, leave whenever.
There will be a raffle among the volunteers for a fabulous T-shirt (medium) from The Arb. You can choose from red, purple or green.
Hattie Braun from Master Gardeners will provide bags, gloves and tools. Bring tools if you have some favorites. Please wear sun protection and sturdy shoes. The AZNPS will provide water and snacks. Please come prepared for the weather. We'll be lucky if it has just rained.
Please contact Hattie Braun (MG) at 928-774-1868 x 170, or Dorothy Lamm (AZNPS) at 928-779-7296 to volunteer. Or just show up. The more the merrier.
Highly invasive Diffuse Knapweed (Centaurea diffusa)
Plant Atlas Project of AZ IN FLAGSTAFF
The Budding Botanist Herbarium Training Session held at the Northern Arizona University Deaver Herbarium was an incredible experience for all involved. Wendy Hodgson of the Desert Botanical Garden led an informative workshop on voucher specimen mounting techniques, while Keri Stiverson of the Museum of Northern Arizona introduced Budding Botanists to the data entry system and searchable online database SEINet utilized by many Southwest herbaria.
PAPAZ organizers encourage all AZNPS members to become involved in this statewide project. To organize a Budding Botanist program in your chapter please contact Keri Stiverson (keri.stiverson@hotmail.com) or phone at (928) 774-5211 x 216.
For more information, go to: http://www.gcvolunteers.org/trainings_botanists.html For the Budding Botanist's Schedule, click here.
Northern Arizona Native Plant Materials Program
The Arboretum at Flagstaff and the Museum of Northern Arizona will have many volunteer opportunities for AZNPS members to become involved in various aspects of the Northern Arizona Native Plant Materials Program at each institution. The Museum and The Arboretum will be working in conjunction with the Forest Service over the next several years to accomplish the main objectives of this FS funded project: to locally collect, process and store seed; to construct six 10 ft X 30 ft seed beds to cultivate and increase native forbs; to establish 5 acres as increaser field plots; to acquire equipment to collect and process native seeds; to provide training on seed collection, processing and storage; and to work cooperatively to develop local native species lists targeting early seral stage species that will become "restoration workhorses."
US Forest Service Volunteer Opportunities: During the winter months, the Coconino NF botanists could use help with plant identification, mounting specimens, and databasing our small FS herbarium. Please contact Debbie Crisp.
Northern Arizona Native Seed Alliance (NANSA)
In conjunction with the aforementioned Museum, Arboretum, and Forest Service effort, a new working group has formed to address the need for seeds for restoration projects. The Northern Arizona Native Seed Alliance (NANSA) meets bi-monthly. The group is comprised of more than 20 people from just as many national, state, educational, and non-profit organizations. NANSA was inspired by and is being modeled after a more regional group with a similar mission, the Colorado Plateau Native Plant Initiative (CPNPI). If you would like more information on NANSA, or would like to get involved, please contact Patty West (Patty.West@nau.edu) of the NAU Landsward Institute (formerly the Ecological Monitoring & Assessment Program).
Coconino National Forest Webpage
Find information on recent projects, native plants, noxious weeds and useful links to other websites. Visit their website to learn more.