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California Native Plant Society
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November 2022 Newsletter
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 Marin Chapter Meeting
"Protecting biodiversity and facilitating landscape-scale tidal marsh restoration: Management of invasive Spartina in the San Francisco Estuary"
Monday, November 14 @ 7:30 pm
Guest Speaker: Drew Kerr and Simon Gunner, California State Coastal Conservancy’s Invasive Spartina Project (ISP)
Since 2005, the Coastal Conservancy’s Invasive Spartina Project has used airboats, genetic testing, sophisticated GIS, and a lot of hard, muddy work to push back the invasive plants that threaten the San Francisco Bay estuaries and the endangered species, like the Ridgway’s rail and salt marsh harvest mouse, that live there. Learn about how hometown heroes are doing their part to address the global biodiversity crisis.
Register for this Zoom meeting here.
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 Rooting Together
Stacey Pogorzelski and Ann Elliott
The CNPS 2022 Conference Oct 20-22 in San Jose, CA, went beyond the traditional sharing of native plant science and conservation issues; it also included concurrent session tracks on horticulture and education. With the conference theme of Rooting Together, a broader community gathered to share ideas for restoring our connections to nature, conserving native plants, and honoring and including indigenous voices in CNPS’ work.
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 Highly Successful Fall Plant Sale!
A huge THANK YOU to all who helped and all who bought plants at our record fall plant sale. Customers took home a wide variety of gorgeous plants, custom grown by Home Ground Habitats. We look forward to seeing you again at our spring sale. |
 Special Sale on Books Celebrating Indigenous People and Culture
Marin Chapter is offering our inventory of books about Native American basketry, ethnography, and use of native plants at a discount, just in time for Holiday gifts. See what’s available on our website store.
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 2023 Micro Grants to Aid Native Plants
The Marin Chapter is pleased to offer the 2023 round of funding for micro grants, intended to assist with projects that advance our mission. Individuals, nonprofits, community organizations, educational facilities and local governments will use the funds to benefit native plants, native plant knowledge and education, and the organizations and people who care for the lands where these plants grow. The application is short; deadline for applying is December 16, 2022.
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 Advocate for Native Plants to Enhance Biodiversity
The County of Marin is finalizing its plan to address housing needs across the next 8 years, also known as the Housing Element. A group of Marin CNPS members has been following this planning update with the goal of getting the new policy to encourage biodiversity by requiring use of more native plants. County planners will be sharing the status of this update at upcoming community meetings, scheduled for Nov. 1 to 10. For more information contact Paul da Silva.
Register for a Marin County Housing Element meeting.
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 Green Visits to Green Spaces
CNPS has adopted the goal to become carbon neutral in its activities by 2030. Visiting our favorite spaces for viewing native plants involves some kind of transportation. Walking to a park, forest, or seashore is a very green transportation option. To go farther from our home, public transportation, bicycles, electric cars, and car pooling are good ways to reduce our carbon footprint.
For the first installment of "Green Visits to Green Spaces" we will explore getting to our beloved Muir Woods National Monument. This magnificent redwood forest has become so popular that reservations are always required to park your vehicle there.  If you are not lucky enough to live within walking or biking distance, consider using the Muir Woods Shuttle from Larkspur Landing. It has connections to the Golden Gate Ferry from San Francisco, SMART train, and Marin Transit bus routes 17, 29, 228.
Reservations for the Muir Woods Shuttle as well as park entrance fee (if needed) can be ordered at GoMuirWoods.com. Currently running weekends and holidays, the shuttle costs $3.50 and is free for 15 and under.
Marin Transit identifies several parks to visit by public transit. We will explore getting to another park in the next installment of "Green Visits to Green Spaces."
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 Biological Technician Career Opportunities, County of Marin
Application for all of these positions closes 11/14/22.
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 Upcoming Marin Chapter Events
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