The speaker at our May 4, 2023 general membership meeting will be Dr. Scott Armbruster speaking on Mysteries in the California Wildflower Genus Collinsia, the Blue-eyed Marys. Scott Armbruster is a renowned 'boots on the ground' evolutionary biologist, and has been studying how flower size in the Collinsias is influenced by their native bee pollinators. Scott […]
Save the extended weekend of May 5 through 8 for this citizen science event to detect the presence of Sudden Oak Death in San Luis Obispo County. Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a serious exotic disease that is threatening the survival of tanoak and several oak species in California. Every year, the SOD scientists anxiously […]
RESCHEDULED DATE May 13th, 2023, Saturday, 10:00 am, Santa Rita Ranch, located near the intersection of Old Creek Rd. and Hwy 46, west of Templeton, CA. Meet at the ranch at 10:00 […]
Local botanists Kristen Nelson and Dena Grossenbacher will lead a field workshop to help biologists improve their plant keying skills. Participants will key plants in serpentine meadows at Laguna Lake […]
May 21st, 2023, Sunday/Domingo, 9:00 am, Reservoir Canyon, City of San Luis Obispo, Ranger led hike – Bilingual/bilingüe Join the City of San Luis Obispo Rangers and CNPS for a […]
At our Thursday, June 1, 2023 general membership meeting, Dr. David Keil will introduce the newly published second edition of the Vascular Plants of San Luis Obispo County. Dr. Keil is the author of this second edition which was originally published in 1970 by fellow Cal Poly professor Robert F. Hoover. The much updated second edition features […]
Learn bird calls and plants of the El Moro Elfin Forest in the town of Los Osos. This park on the south end of Morro Bay supports more than 200 […]