2008 Annual Meeting

 

September 5-7, 2008

In Montrose

The focus of the annual meeting is on

The Amazing Plants and Ecosystems of the Adobes.

 

 

We hope you will join us in Montrose for discussions about the status of rare plants in Colorado, for lectures and poster sessions about the plants of the Adobe Hills, for field trips in the Montrose area, and for socializing with Native Plant Society members who share your love of Colorado flora.

 

Colorado Native Plant Society Annual Meetings are open to Society members; if you are not presently a member, please join us. (See the Annual Meeting Registration page.) 

 

The meeting will be held in the Jordan Room of the Holiday Inn Express in Montrose.  (Click for Montrose map and Holiday location.)  

 

The planning committee and Board of Directors would like this to be as green a conference as possible. 

1)  Please carpool.  On the registration form you will be able to indicate that you would like to carpool. 

2)  Please bring your own coffee/tea mug and your own plates, cups, bowls, silverware, and cloth napkin for the lunch and snacks that will be served at the Annual Meeting. 

3)  Please click to register on-line and save paper (and make the registration process much easier for the Annual Meeting Committee).

 

 

Schedule of Events

(Remember to bring a copy of the Saturday and Sunday schedule to the Annual Meeting.  You will receive a printed copy in the June special issue of Aquilegia, the Society newsletter.)

 

Friday, September 5
Rare Plants Symposium, Board Meeting,
and Social

 

Rare Plants Symposium: 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

 

Board Meeting:  5:30 p.m.

 

Social and Registration: 7 p.m. - 9+p.m.

 

 

Saturday, September 6
Speakers on the Amazing Plants and Ecosystems of the Adobes

 

8:00 – 8:30  Registration, Book Sales, & Social.

 

8:30 – 8:40  Welcome & housekeeping.

 

8:40 – 9:20  Keynote Speaker Amanda Clements, Ecologist, Bureau of Land Management:  "Ecology and Wildflowers of the Adobes".

 

9:30 – 10:00  Mike Crumly, Botanist, WD Yards: "Pollinators of Sclerocactus glaucus (Uinta Basin Cactus)".

 

10:00 – 10:20  BREAK & Book Sales.

 

10:20 – 10:35  Betsy Neely, Conservation Planner, The Nature Conservancy: "Rare Plant Initiative: Saving Colorado's Wildflowers".

 

10:35 - 10:50  Brian Kurzel, Ecologist, Colorado Natural Areas Program:  "Rare Plant Monitoring Stewards Program".

 

11:00  - 11:45  Stanley Welsh, Author of A Utah Flora:  "Plant Endemism on the Colorado Plateau".

 

11:45 – 12:00  CoNPS State of the Society announcements and awards.

 

12:00 – 1:15  LUNCH: 4-H Taco Buffet in the meeting room  &  Book Sales.

 

1:15 – 1:45  Steve Popovich, Botanist, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Scott Smith, Colorado Native Plant Photographer:  "Colorado Botrychium (Moonwort) - Are They in the Adobe Hills?"

 

1:45 – 2:00  Steve Popovich:  "Rare Plant Symposium Summary, First Five Years".

 

2:10 – 2:40  Stacy Stecher, Chelsea Nursery:  "Landscaping With Native Plants on Adobe Soils".

 

2:50 – 3:20  Barbara Hawke, Executive Director, Black Canyon Land Trust:  "Lichens and Biological Soil Crusts of the Adobes".

 

3:20 – 3:50  BREAK & Book Sales

 

3:50 – 5:20  POSTER SESSIONS

            Evelyn Horn, Author and Botanist:  "Adobe Shrub Identification".

            Peggy Lyon, Botanist, Colorado Natural Heritage Program:  "Eriogonum             (Buckwheat) Identification".

            Barbara Hawke, Executive Director, Black Canyon Land Trust & Cindy                        Carlson, Botanist:  "Lichens and Biological Soil Crusts of the Adobes".

       Stacy Stecher, Chelsea Nursery:  "Landscaping With Native Plants on Adobe Soils.

            Steve Popovich, Botanist, Arapaho-Roosevelt National Forests and Scott                  Smith, Colorado Native Plant Photographer:  "Botrychium (Moonwort)             Identification".

            Presenter to be announced:  "Noxious Weed Threats in the Adobes".

            Mike Crumly, Botanist, WD Yards:  "Pollinators of Sclerocactus glaucus".

 

5:20 –    Book Sales

 

                                        

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Sunday, September 7
Field Trips

 

Trips focus on the flora of the Adobe Hills.

 

To preserve the areas we visit, trips will be limited to 15 participants.  We encourage you to sign up early (on the registration form) so you can attend the trip(s) of your choice.

 

Cottonwood Gallery Ecology Along the Uncompahgre Riverfront Trail:
                                        9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.

 

Fairview Natural Area:   9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.

Montrose Botanic Garden, Native Plant Landscaping:  
                                        9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.

Ironton Fen Above Ouray:   9 a.m. and again at 1 p.m.

Rim of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison:   10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Dominguez Canyon:   10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

 

 

 

Registration

 

The Annual Meeting Committee encourages you to register as soon as possible and to register and pay on-line.  Registering on-line saves paper and saves the Committee time and money.  Payment on-line is through the secure servers at PayPal:  you may pay with your credit card and do not have to register with PayPal.  Details are on the registration form. 

 

Instead of registering and paying on-line, you may print a registration form and mail it in with your payment. 

 

Registration should be sent via mail or electronically on-line no later than August 24.  After that please call Ann Litke, Annual Meeting Registrar (970-242-9395), to say you are coming and then register and pay (by check or cash) at the Annual Meeting.

 

 

Click for the registration form. 

 

More Annual Meeting Details

 

 

Click for Montrose Map

 

Accommodations

 

Motels:

 

Holiday Inn Express.  On-line room cost is approximately $106.  No special rates are offered for our Annual Meeting, but be sure to ask for AAA, AARP, etc. discount.  Holiday Inn Express is located at 1391 South Townsend Avenue (toward the south end of Montrose on Highway 550).  Holiday phone: 970-240-1800.  Click for motel room reservation information.

 

Black Canyon Motel is holding a block of rooms for us until August 15.  Price: $65.  Colorado Native Plant Society members have looked at the motel and find it very pleasant.  Motel rooms have a refrigerator and microwave and the motel has hot tubs, a pool, picnic and playground area, and a free breakfast is offered.  Pets are allowed at no extra charge, but be sure to indicate you have a pet with you.  If you have sensitivity to perfumes, be sure to indicate that they should not spray your room with air freshener.

 

The Black Canyon Motel is in Montrose 2 miles from the Holiday Inn meeting site.  Several of us who planned the Annual Meeting will be staying here.  800-348-3495.

 

Click for the Black Canyon Motel web site. 

 

Many other motels are available.  Click for a list.

 

 

RV Parks and Camping: 

 

1)  Cedar Creek RV Park, 126 Rose Lane, Montrose, 81401. 
Phone: 877-425-3884         www.cedarcreekrv.com

 

2)  Riverbend RV Park, 65100 Old Chipeta Trail, Montrose, 81401.

Phone: 970-249-8235

 

3) Montrose RV Resort, 200 Cedar Avenue, Montrose, 81401.
Phone: 888-249-9554.        www.montroservresort.com
Ask for 10% discount for Colorado Native Plant Society Annual Meeting.