Research Grant Reports
1/27/18 CoNPS Comments on GMUG Draft Forest Plan
On January 27, 2018 CoNPS provided public comment on the Grand Mesa, Uncompagre and Gunnison Forests Draft Forest Assessment: Identifying and Assessing At-Risk Species. We thank Linda Smith for working on and writing up comments on this project. GMUG Species-at-Risk...
March 2018: Mission Grant Awarded to Longs Peak Science Foundation to Sponsor Award for Plant Science
March 2018: The CoNPS Board of Directors awarded a $125 grant to the Longs Peak Science Foundation to sponsor one Junior Level Award for plant science.
Conservation Committee Annual Report 2017
Conservation Committee 2017 Report CoNPS/NPCC Meeting, January 2017 – Mo Ewing, Dawn Welles, Linda Smith, Jenny Neale met with Emily Roberson of NPCC at DBG. She expressed her goals for her group, and how we can help. Dawn Welles is following up with Emily regarding...
7/3/2017: CoNPS Comments on the Rio Grand National Forest Management Plan
On July 3, 2017 the CoNPS Conservation Committee provided public comment on the Rio Grand National Forest Management Plan. The letter supported the protection of iconic areas recommended by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council. In addition, because of the presence...
6/28/17: CoNPS Comments on Fossil Creek Natural Areas Management Plan
CoNPS Comments on the Fossil Creek Natural Areas Management Plan On June 28, 2017 the CoNPS Conservation Committee provided public comment on the Fossil Creek Natural Areas Management Plan. The comments were drafted by Renee Popp, the president of the Northern...
2017 John Marr Grant Awarded
Marr Grants Awarded: Austin Lynn $900 “Investigating Evolutionary Relationships among native and exotic Taraxacum in the Colorado Rocky Mountains” Mike Kintgen $900 “Does Aridity Drive Species Richness in Colorado’s Alpine Tundra?” Erin Bissell $500...
2017 Steinkamp Research Grant Awarded
Steinkamp Grant Awarded: In 2017 a Myrna Steinkamp Grant of $1,000 was awarded to Richie Hum $1000 to study “Genetic Analysis of Aliciella penstemonoides using Microsatellite Markers”
February 2017: Mission Grant Awarded to Native Plant Masters Program to Update CO Plant Database
Mission Grant Awarded to the Native Plant Master Program At their meeting on February 4, 2017, the CoNPS Board of Directors awarded a $200 grant to the Native Plant Master Program in Jefferson County to update their Colorado Plant Database. The Colorado Plant Database...
February 2017: Mission Grant Awarded for Garden Guides to Print Low-water Garden Guides
New Mission Grant Awarded for Low Water Garden Guides At the February 4, 2017 board meeting, the Board of Directors voted to provide $2,411.00 for the printing of 1,110 copies of the new CoNPS Low Water Gardening Guides which had been produced by the Horticulture...
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,...