CoNPS News

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CoNPS News and What’s New on the Website

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a photo of the Alpine Turf Plant Community

New! Alpine Turf Plant Community

The Alpine Turf Plant Community is the ecological successor to the Alpine Fellfield community and is dominated by sedges and grasses.  Click to to learn more!

a photo of the montane-foothills shrublands

Lower Montane Foothill Shrubland

We have added this new plant community to the website.

Great Galls!

Learn about galls and how to ID them. A fruitful search while we wait for more flowers!

photo of High Creek Fen with a creek running through the middle

Clinton Reservoir Expansion

CoNPS comments on the Clinton Reservoir expansion project, which will inundate and destroy some ancient fens.

Prairie Up: A Book Review

An excellent guide for the urban and suburban gardeners who need a well-designed native garden.

A photo of a bouquet of old man of the mountain flowers

2023 Photo Contest

Click here to see the 1st winners of the CoNPS Conference Photo Contest. 

Regional Job Openings

 Botanical and horticultural job openings in our region.

Some New Photos on the Website

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a close-up photo of a spider milkweed plant

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place, Native Plants Category, Carol McGowan

a photo of a sky pilot plant on a cliff edge

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place, Native Plants Category: Photo by Steven Pearlman.

a photo of a Pasque Flower

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place, Artistic Category, Photo by Jim Pisarowicz.

a photo of a landscape with Arctic gentian plants

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place Landscape Category: Photo by Emily Griffoul.

a bumble bee on a purple prairie clover plant

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place (tie), Native Plants and Wildlife Category: Photo by Joy Lindholm.

a photo with rocky mountain penstemon and blanketflowers

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place (tie), Garden Category: Photo by Jennifer Ackerfield.

A photo of a landscape with red desert paintbrush

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place, Landscape Category: Photo by Carol McGowan.

Close-up photo of a Roundleaf Sundew flower

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place, Artistic Category: Photo by Jackson Bates

a photo with stiff sunflowers and ten petal blazing star flowers

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place, Garden Category:  Photo by Carol McGowan.

a photo with desert prince's plume and fire cracker penstemon flowers

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place (tie), Garden Category, Photo by Irene Shonle.

a photo of a Ptarmigan in some sedges

2024 Photo Contest

1st Place (tie), Native Plants and Wildlife Category: Photo by Jackson Bates.

a photo of a green metalic sweat bee on a rocky mountain bee plant

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place (tie), Native Plants and Wildlife Category: Photo by Susan Tamulonis.

a photo of a longhorn bee on a prairie condflower

2024 Photo Contest

2nd Place (tie), Native Plants and Wildlife Category: Photo by David Rudin.