Field Studies Activities and Reports
CoNPS Conducts Bryophyte Inventory of Lair ‘O Bear Park
On October 1, 2020, the CoNPS Bryophyte Group, called the Rocky Mountain Mossers conducted a bryophyte inventory of Lair 'O Bear Park in Jefferson County. The bryophyte group newly formed during the 2020 Covid pandemic conducted their first bryophyte inventory at...
Brown’s Canyon National Monument Bioblitz
The bioblitz held at Browns Canyon National Monument was on June 1 to 3 . We had nearly 70 participants during the event. About 20 of those were CoNPS members (thanks to Mo Ewing for helping coordinate these folks). Other people came from the Forest Service, BLM,...
2015 Pinieries Open Space Rare Plant Assessment a Grand Success
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...
CoNPS Volunteers Start Pineries Inventory Project May 15, 2015
Volunteers: Steve Olson, Daryl Mergen, Susan Hall, Judy von Ahlefeldt, and Kent TimmermanCoNPS members, botanists from Colorado Natural Heritage Program, Denver Botanic Gardens, and Colorado College complete May visits to assess the status of several species of...
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...
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,...
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. ...
Manitou Experimental Forest Bioblitz
The Field Studies Conducted an inventory of the Manitou Experimental Forest on June 27, 2013. The Manitou Experimental Forest lies roughly 30 miles (48 km) northwest of Colorado Springs, Colorado. Established in 1936, its 16,700 acres (6,758 ha) straddle the Trout...
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...
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...