Research Grant Reports
6/4/2016: CoNPS Board Votes to Support the Federal “Native Plants Advocate” Bill
The Plant Conservation Alliance has drafted a 'Native Plant Advocates' bill at the federal level. Its goal is to raise the profile of and to support native plant professionals and native plant programs at a federal level. At its board meeting on June 4, 2016, CoNPS...
6/4/16: CoNPS Comments on the North Trail Study Project in Boulder
On June 4, 2016 the Colorado Native Plant Society sent an email to the Boulder City Council supporting the east side alignment of the North Trail Connector. The Letter read as follows: June 3, 2016 Dear Boulder City Council: We are writing this letter in support of...
2016 Grants Awarded for Marr Fund
Kath Kleier announced the following winners of the 2016 Marr Grants: Jennifer Ackerfield – Colorado State University, working with Mark Simmons:A Prickly Puzzle: Phylogeny and Evolution of the Genus Cirsium in North America, $1000 Alyssa Albertson – Colorado State...
2016 Steinkemp Grant Awarded
Kath Kleier announces the grant award for the Steinkamp Fund. Zachary Cabin – University of California Santa Barbara, working with Scott Hodges:Understanding the ecological conditions favoring the radical morphological mutant Aquilegia coerulea var. daileyae. $1000...
3/14/16: CoNPS Comments on Red Rocks Junipers
On March 14, 2016, the CoNPS Board of Directors approved sending a letter to the Denver Landmark Preservation Commission opposing the removal of Junipers planted by the Citizens Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1941. To see the letter sent, click on the link below:...
12/31/15 CoNPS Comments on Boulder Open Space North Trail Project
CoNPS comments on the Boulder Open Space North Trail Study Project, expressing concern about the possible plan to construct a bike trail through an area with the endangered rare plant, Physaria bellii. CoNPS North Trail Study Project Comments A majority of the members...
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...
John Marr Grants Announced for 2015
John W. Marr Fund The John W. Marr Fund supports research on the biology of Colorado native plants and plant communities. Grantees for 2015 are: DeMasters, Carla (Rebecca Huft, DBG) Working on MS UC Denver. Using native annual/biennial forbs to...
CoNPS Supports House Bill 15-1006: Establishing a Grant Program to Manage Russian Olive and Tamerisk
A member of CoNPS has brought to the attention of the CoNPS Board and the Conservation Committee concern over a piece of legislation moving through the Colorado House of Representatives. This legislation is House Bill 15-1006, which would establish a grant program to...