JANUARY 2023
NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides written comment for Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) meeting in general support of the Regional Advance Mitigation Program including the GreenPrint.
17 Wednesday
21 Saturday
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center 10:00 AM - Noon. 96 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Education Farm, 356 N. Lemon St, Orange. 10 AM - Noon. 96 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Concordia University Heritage Garden, 1530 Concordia, Irvine. At the gate say you are picking up a free white sage. 10 AM. 96 plants.
NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC provides followup support letter for the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) Regional Advance Mitigation Program (RAMP).
FEBRUARY 2023
NEWS - Conservation: CNPS OC sends a comment letter to the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board. The letter outlines document discrepencies and nature disruptions (including habitat of FESA listed birds) for the proposed Reclamation Inert Waste Disposal Operation near a section of Santiago Creek. We recommend a full Environmantal Impact Report before the project proceeds.
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Environmental Nature Center, 1601 E 16th St., Newport Beach. 10 AM. 120 plants.
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Home Grown Farmers Market. 9 AM. 48 plants.
Field Trip: Tour of Tree of Life Nursery
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway returns to the Dana Point Headlands Nature Interpretive Center, 10AM, 96 plants. Sponsored by the City of Dana Point!
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Orange Coast Unitarian Universalist Church, 2845 Mesa Verde Dr. E., Costa Mesa. 10 AM. 50 plants.
25 Saturday
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Shipley Nature Center, 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. 10 AM. 80 plants. Rescheduled to March 4 due to rain.
MARCH 2023
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
CNPS Board of Director Meeting and Chapter Council Meeting in Orange County
A Sage In Every Garden giveaway @ Shipley Nature Center, 17851 Goldenwest St., Huntington Beach. 10 AM. 80 plants.
Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center, Mission Viejo: Habitats and Habitat Gardening with Bob Allen
Field Trip: O'Neill Regional Park, Trabuco Canyon
Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom: The Flora of Camp Pendleton and Using iNaturalist to Improve Regional Floristics, with Jon Rebman
FYI: March-Spring-Vernal Equinox
Field Trip: Weir Canyon with the Irvine Ranch Conservancy
CNPS OC - Board of Directors Meeting
CNPS OC Plant Sale! @ South Coast Plaza Spring Garden Show, Costa Mesa
Field Trip: Arroyo Trabuco
Field Trip: Hot Springs Canyon
Field Trip: Seaview Park, Laguna Niguel
Chapter Public Meeting via Zoom: Understanding, Appreciating, and Protecting our Native Bee Populations in California – A Community Science Perspective, with Krystle Hickman
CNPS OC Plant Giveaway @ Santa Ana Public Works Day
Field Trip: Black Star Canyon
Field Trip: Family and Friends Picnic @ Irvine Regional Park (location tentative)
Field Trip: Trestles @ San Onofre
FYI: Summer Solstice
Chapter Public Meeting @ the Murray Center, Mission Viejo: Students and Researchers share their Knowledge and Passion in lightning talks or similar presentation format
FYI: September-Autumn Equinox
FYI: Indigenous Peoples' Day
Field Trip: Falls Canyon
FYI: Thanksgiving