Our tour of Steens Mountain, Oregon has been preempted by a “Rim Run” on Saturday, August 7, which will close the roads to vehicular traffic and likely create a shortage of accommodations in Frenchglen. Join DR. KARL HOLTE for a fun alternate tour – a visit to Hart Mountain National Antelope Refuge ON SATURDAY and […]
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Calypso Chapter INPS Next Meeting
The next meeting is Wednesday, October 6, 2004, at 7:00 p.m. at the Life Care Center, 500 Aqua Drive, Coeur d’Alene. (Just West of Hwy. 95 and South of Prairie Ave.) The program will be a video on the Lady Bird Johnson National Wildflower Research Center. Also: The latest newsletter for the Calypso Chapter can […]
FOSSIL WORKSHOP
Have you ever wondered how fossils are collected out in the field? Or, what happens to them after they are collected? Or, how they are stored and organized in a museum? Or, what they can tell us about past life? Have you ever wondered what southwestern Idaho and adjacent areas were like millions of years […]
IDAHO NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY STATEWIDE ANNUAL MEETING JULY 16-18, 2004, Priest Lake, Idaho
This summer the three northern INPS chapters (White Pine, Calypso, and Kinnikinnick) will host the statewide INPS Annual Meeting July 16-18. In addition to the meeting there will be camping at Priest Lake and field trips to visit Idaho old growth forest near the Canadian border. See this link for complete details.
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 […]
Loasa Chapter Native Plant Sale
Saturday May 8, 2004, 8am to 4pm Location: The Buzz Langdon Visitor Center located on the Snake River Canyon Rim off of U.S. Highway 93 in Twin Falls. Come and purchase beautiful native plants for your home and property. For more information please contact Dusty Preece 420-3811 or Steven Paulsen 420-6900.
Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument Field Trip
The Pahove Chapter is sponsoring a field trip to explore the flora of Hagerman Fossil Beds National Monument. There is an optional trip to Box Canyon State Park. See the flier for complete details (pdf format). DEPARTURE: 9:00 a.m., Saturday May 15, from MK Nature Center Parking Lot, 600 S. Walnut (on the south side […]
Read the Spring 2004 Sage Notes Online
Hooray! After 50-some diligent after-hours labor, this edition of Sage Notes is enroute to the printer. Mark will pick the completed work up from the printer, label and seal it, and send the Spring 2004 edition to waiting mailboxes all over Idaho and beyond. Expect yours sometime early next week. Here is the link to […]
Annual Native Plant Sale
Annual Native Plant Sale Saturday, April 24th, 10AM-2PM Co-sponsored by the Northwest Earth Institute, this annual gardener’s delight has been transported to Idaho Department of Fish and Game’s MK Nature Center, 600 S. Walnut, Boise. Parking will be blissfully simple this year! You’ll find buckwheat’s (Wyeth and sulfur), Douglas hawthorn, kinnikinnick, old-man’s whiskers, orange globemallow, […]
Kinnikinnick Chapter of INPS has a new website
The Kinnikinnick Chapter of INPS has a new website at http://www.nativeplantsociety.org.