El Paso County Pinieries Open Space Rare Plant Assessment CONPS 2015 Field Study During the 2015 field season CONPS collaborated with Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Denver Botanic Gardens Colorado College and CONPS botanist members to conduct a thorough field assessment of prairie woodland relict rare plants on the Pineries Open Space in Black Forest. The Read More …
Category: Field Studies Activities and Reports
CoNPS Volunteers Start Pineries Inventory Project May 15, 2015
Volunteers: Steve Olson, Daryl Mergen, Susan Hall, Judy von Ahlefeldt, and Kent Timmerman CoNPS members, botanists from Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Denver Botanic Gardens, and Colorado College complete May visits to assess the status of several species of disjunct tallgrass prairie rare plants on the Pineries Open Space in Black Forest, north of Colorado Springs. Read More …
2015 BioBlitz in the Wet Mountains
June 26, Fri. – June 28, Sun. 2015 Leader: Steve Olson, USFS Botanist If you would like to help with the bioblitz, contact Steve Olson at leadersteve01@gmail.com. We are just getting started with plans for a bioblitz for this year. The winner is the Huerfano County portion on the Wet Mountains. CNHP will be working Read More …
2015 CoNPS Field Study: Pineries Open Space in the Black Forest
In 2015, CoNPS members will be partnering with botanists from Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Denver Botanic Gardens, and Colorado College to assess the status of several species of disjunct tallgrass prairie rare plants on the Pineries Open Space in Black Forest, north of Colorado Springs. The area suffered a severe wildfire in June 2013. The Read More …
July 2013 Boreas Pass Field Trip
The Boreas Pass Field Trip The Boreas Pass field trip was part of a Draba Workshop run by Steve Olson and Sheila Lamb. The Boreas Pass field trip species list was compiled by Rea Norther, based on field observations of plants seen on July 13, 2013. Boreas Pass is in Summit County, Colorado.
2013 Field Studies at Corral Bluffs Open Space Planned
2013 FIELD STUDY TRIPS Plant Surveys of Corral Bluffs Open Space Ongoing in 2013 The Corral Bluffs Alliance conducts ongoing plant surveys of the new Corral Bluffs Open Space near Colorado Springs. We are seeking anyone interested in helping with plant surveys, especially if familiar with local flora. Results may help form a management plan. Read More …
BioBlitz in East Lost Park, July 24, 2012
East Lost Park BioBlitz, July 24, 2012 East Lost Park, July 24, 2012 Under the direction of Steve Olson, botanist for the Araphah Roosevelt National Forest, CoNPS volunteers and other botanists conducted a BioBlitz in East Lost Park, South Park, Colorado. The resulting species list is stored in SEINET at: Species Checklists for the 2012 Read More …
High Elevation Fen Reconnaissance near Boulder July 30, 2011
Join Colorado’s own fen authority Dr. David Cooper and Roosevelt National Forest Botanist Steve Popovich in exploring a subalpine fen (10,600 feet elevation) with incredible views of the surrounding mountains near Brainard Lake west of Boulder. We will be deriving baseline lists of vascular plant species and perhaps mosses. Fens are specialized wetlands that are Read More …
Plant Surveys of Corral Bluffs Open Space Ongoing in 2011
The Corral Bluffs Alliance conducts ongoing plant surveys of the new Corral Bluffs Open Space near Colorado Springs. We are seeking anyone interested in helping with plant surveys, especially if familiar with local flora. Results may help form a management plan. Help in efforts to conserve this special place! Contact: Jackie Hilaire, hilaireja@aol.com, or call Read More …
Picket Wire Canyon Bioblitz June 2-3, 2011
Join a team of biologists to survey Picket Wire Canyon to document plants and animals. The canyon is along the Purgatoire River on the Comanche National Grassland, about 25 miles south of LaJunta in Las Animas County. Cretaceous to Permian rock outcrops, juniper woodlands, and shortgrass prairie abound. Several state-tracked ferns and flowering plants are Read More …
Survey and Monitoring of Skiff Milkvetch Early June 2011
The Colorado Natural Areas Program may be surveying for and possibly conducting counts of skiff milkvetch (Astragalus microcymbus), a Candidate species in lower-elevation sagebrush areas of the Gunnison Basin. Contact: Brian Kurzel, Natural Areas Coordinator, brian.kurzel@state.co.us, or call 303-866-3203 ext. 4301.
Moonwort Monitoring at Bonny Prairie Natural Area May 14, 2011
Join moonwort authorities Dr. Donald Farrar (Iowa State University) and Steve Popovich (US Forest Service) to find and collect the elusive and rare prairie moonwort (Botrychium campestre) at Bonny Prairie Natural Area in Yuma County near the Kansas border. Plants were not observed at Colorado’s only population since 1997 until last summer, when a CoNPS Read More …
Coral Bluffs BioBlitz 2010
This is a photo from the BioBlitz at Coral Bluffs in 2010 Photo by Steve Popovich
Narraguinnep Canyon 2001
The Narraguinnep Canyon species list was compiled on a Colorado Native Plant Society field trip on June 17, 2001. The trip leader and recorder was Leslie Stewart. The field trip was organized to explore Narraguinnep Canyon in Dolores County and contribute to plant species list for Forest Service RNA.
1998 Buffalo Creek Fire Field Trip
The Buffalo Creek Fire Field Trip Sepcies List was compiled on a Colorado Native Plant Society field trip on May 30, 1998. The trip leaders were Steve Vest and Rick Brune and the recorder was Jerry Duncan. The field trip was organized to view effects of a massive fire on May 18, 1996 and of Read More …