Research Grant Reports
2020 Myrna Steinkamp Grant Award Winners
The CoNPS Research Grants Committee has Chosen the Recipients for the 2020 Myrna Steinkamp Research Grants Bronwyn Taylor $1,000 for: “The reproductive ecology of Astragalus microcymbus” Emily Orr $1,000 for: “Population genomic analysis of the rare, narrow...
2019 Conservation Committee Annual Report
Here is the CoNPS Conservation Committee 2019 Annual Report of Activities.
NEPA Regulation Changes – CoNPS Signs on To Public Comment
On March 9, 2020 CoNPS signed on to a letter to the Council on Environmental Quality regarding the proposed changes to the NEPA regulations.
Eldorado State Park Visitor Use Plan
CoNPS Conservation Committee made public comment on the Eldorado Canyon State Park Visitor Use Management Plan: Eldorado Canyon Park Comment Eldorado State Park Carex sprengelii locations
Powderhorn Fuels Management Project
On November 18, 2019, CoNPS signed on to a letter written by Matt Reed, Public Lands Director with High Country Conservation Advocates and signed by fourteen other Colorado conservation organizations. The letter makes comment on the Bureau of Land Management's...
Fall 2019 Mission Grant Award Winner
The CoNPS Mission Grant committee awarded $750.00 to Jennifer Bousselot to support research on green roof effects on flowering phenology and pollinators.
July 29, 2019: CoNPS Signs on to GMUG Comment Letter
The CoNPS Conservation Committee signed on to comments made by the High Country Conservation Advocates and other conservation organizations regarding the Grand Mesa and Uncompagre Revised Forest Plan. The Committee also submitted our own comments which had a...
CoNPS Comments on the Jacks Gulch Fuels Management Plan
On July 2, 2019, CoNPS commented on the Jacks Gulch Fuels Management Plan in the Canyon Lakes Ranger District. The Forest Service plans to thin the forest in order to reduce the build-up of fuels that generate forest fires. CoNPS Comments on the project are...
CoNPS Comments on the Browns Canyon Natl. Monument RMP
On June 20, 2019 CoNPS signed on to a letter written by the Quiet Use Coalition regarding the Browns Canyon National Monument Resource Management Plan. The letter was co-signed by the San Luis Valley Ecosystem Council, the Great Old Broads for Wilderness, Wild...
Spring 2019 Mission Grant Award Winners
The CoNPS Spring 2019 Mission Grant committee awarded $700.00 to Mary Menz and the Ute Indian Museum in Montrose Colorado. The award will support interpretive signage about regional native plant communities and Ute ethnobotanical uses of local plants.