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

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

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

148 donors contributed $16,573 during the 2022 CO Gives Campaign. These funds will help us continue to offer mission-driven programming all over the state.

CoNPS would like to thank our sponsors for the 2022 Annual Conference

Continuing our republishing of Aquilegia articles, this one is about the Yellow Lady’s Slipper Orchid written by William Weber in January 1978.

Prairie Goldenrod (Solidago ptarmicoides) is considered imperiled in Colorado (S2) but is secure globally.  It is our only goldenrod which isn’t yellow, and quite frankly, doesn’t look much like our usual goldenrods.  The photo was taken by Rick Brune. 

Heil Valley Ranch is located in Boulder County and is run by Boulder County Open Space. This photo was taken near the Wapiti Trail in the summer 2021 following the Cal-Wood Fire. The photographer, David Hirt said that not one of the Foothills Arnica (Arnica Fulgens), pictured in the foreground, was to be seen when he returned in 2022.

Arctic Yellow Violet (Viola biflora) is a native wildfower of the montane and subalpine on the Front Range.  It is considered vulnerable in Colorado, the only state in the U.S. where it is found.  But globally it is considered secure because it also occurs in Canada in British Columbia and the Yukon Territory, and in Alaska. Marlene Borneman took this photo.

Sky Pilot (Polemonium viscosum) is a Colorado endemic plant, and in spite of that is is only listed in Colorado as imperiled (S2), and globally as aparently secure (G4).  The reason for such low ratings is because it is found in 10 counties with extensive populations that are well protected.  This photo is by Jim Pisarowicz.