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| SUMMER 2024 NEWSLETTER |
New Website Launched for Jepson ChapterThis summer the Willis Linn Jepson (WLJ) Chapter posted a new website hosted by WordPress. The CNPS state office is the webmaster for our website. This change is part of a statewide effort by CNPS to get the chapter websites it supports to migrate to WordPress. The new website has all information on our chapter organized on one webpage. Visitors scroll down the webpage to get information. Our old website had information organized on separate web pages. The new website comes with a new URL www.cnps.org/chapters/jepson. A screenshot of the website's masthead is shown below. The WLJ Chapter supplements this website with periodic emails and newsletters we send to our members. We appreciate your comments on the new website.
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Fall 2024 Plant Sale Approaches
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Budding Ties for Native Plants & Sewer District WLJ Chapter members tour the native plant landscaping recently installed at the administration building of the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District.
On August 30, members of the WLJ Chapter toured the treatment plant operated by the Fairfield-Suisun Sewer District (FSSD) to see how the district was using native plants. The tour highpoint was the native plant habitat and rain garden recently installed on the grounds surrounding the FSSD administration building. The garden replaces about 14,000 square feet of lawn and iceplant, and provides pollinator habitat and cleans stormwater runoff from the surrounding parking lots and roads.[READ MORE]
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Update on California Forever Project Graphic of the new community proposed by California Forever LLC for East Solano County. Photo courtesy of the East Solano Plan website.
Here's an update on the status of the project by Flannery Associates LLC (California Forever) to build a new city on farmland in Solano County. The WLJ Chapter has been working with others through Solano Together, an organization formed to oppose this project while supporting development in cities and a strong agricultural industry. Alot has happened since the project became public in 2023. To get a quick update, take 16 minutes to watch this well-done documentary, click here. The documentary describes where we have been and where we are going with California Forever. |
Nursery Upgrades Under ConstructionThe Jepson Nursery in Vallejo, established in 2002, is finally getting a new shade structure and irrigation system. In July, a contract was executed with Dean Lafayette Landscapes, CA Contractor Lic. #744632, for an amount not to exceed $27,681.44. Construction will be completed by the end of September.
Piers have been poured and the framing for the shade structure is being assembled at the Jepson Nursery. |
Newsletter IdeasThis is a call for contributions to the WLJ Chapter newsletter for the Fall 2024 edition. Please send your articles, announcements, events, hikes, photos, programs, reports, volunteer opportunities etc. for this upcoming newsletter to contact@jepson.cnps.org. The deadline for submissions is November 1st. Thank you for helping to keep the Chapter informed and active.
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Native Plant Events Calendar
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This photo is from the fall 2023 plant sale.
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