by CONPS SD | Aug 16, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
The Columbine Challenge has been met and mastered! Common mullein, an introduced weed, has officially lost its crown as the most observed plant in Colorado on iNaturalist. Even after surpassing mullein, participants were urged to push forward and make our iconic blue...
by CONPS SD | Aug 3, 2026 | CoNPS Blog, Myrna Steinkamp Grant Recpients
Clark Hollenberg, student at Colorado State University, Fort Collins, “Unraveling a species complex: Evidence-based delimitation of Erigeron wilkenii and allied lineages” – $2,500Kelby Anderson, student at Northwestern University,...
by CONPS SD | Aug 3, 2026 | Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipients, CoNPS Blog
2025 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipient: Kat Barr (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado Boulder). $950. Kat is an aspiring restoration and plant ecologist pursuing a second undergraduate degree at the University of Colorado Boulder. Her research...
by CONPS SD | Aug 3, 2026 | Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipients, CoNPS Blog
2023 Alice Eastwood Scholarship Recipient: Aubanie Dubacher (Biology, Fort Lewis College). $950. Aubanie is training as a botanist, whose research has addressed the genetics and conservation of Colorado endemic milkvetches and photosynthetic processes in native fern...
by CONPS SD | Jul 29, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
For years, a native sunflower standing over 10 inches tall could land a property owner a code violation in Pueblo. Thanks in large part to the efforts of Di Graski, Pueblo has newly updated language in their local weed ordinance. “Intentional native plant...
by CONPS SD | Jun 30, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
Exploring Five Decades of AquilegiaFifty years ago, William Weber wrote the first issue of Aquilegia. He couldn’t have known then that a simple black-and-white newsletter would evolve into the full-color, resource-rich magazine we enjoy today. Until...
by CONPS SD | Jun 14, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
Coming Soon to State Land Near You: Native Plants! The Colorado Native Plant Society (CoNPS) was a vital part of a coalition headed by Joyce Kennedy, Executive Director of the People and Pollinators Action Network (PPAN), which drafted and sucessfully advanced...
by CONPS SD | Apr 30, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
Welcome to the wild world of a Colorado spring! “It’s 95 degrees today! It’s snowing today! We’re going to have 100-mile-an-hour winds today!” But guess what? John Muir was right: “Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” Pasqueflowers, spring beauties, and...
by CONPS SD | Feb 15, 2026 | CoNPS Blog
When our Executive Director, Maggie Gaddis, opened the Boulder Chapter’s first meeting of the year, she offered a powerful reminder: “For the past 50 years, we have been the constant guardians of our native plants.” This wasn’t just a reflection—it...
by CONPS SD | Dec 4, 2025 | CoNPS Blog
When I relocated from the verdant East to the dry Colorado Front Range, I traded my tractor for a townhouse—and an HOA. We hear many stories about HOAs that do not welcome anything but turf grass and regimented landscape designs, but this was not the case in my new...