Research Grant Reports
Guardians of the Galaxy: CoNPS in Action
When our Executive Director, Maggie Gaddis, opened the Boulder Chapter’s first meeting of the year, she offered a powerful reminder: "For the past 50 years, we have been the constant guardians of our native plants." This wasn't just a reflection—it was a call to...
From Weeds to Wildlife: An HOA Embraces the Native Garden Revolution
When I relocated from the verdant East to the dry Colorado Front Range, I traded my tractor for a townhouse—and an HOA. We hear many stories about HOAs that do not welcome anything but turf grass and regimented landscape designs, but this was not the case in my new...
Hits and Misses in a Native Garden
No matter how much planning and research goes into the creation of a native garden, there are bound to be hits and misses! Even if we use plants that we know are native to our region, the conditions in our garden - from soil composition and drainage to the effects of...
Embracing the Shade
I’m the proud owner of a 28-year old native plant garden in central Boulder. I started thegarden myself, back in the 90s, by planting many little shrubs and tiny native pines I gotfrom a local nursery. Not so surprisingly, over the intervening decades, my little...
2025 John Marr Grant Recipients
The CoNPS John Marr Grant recipients for 2025 are: Ashlee Kerber, Master's student at Denver Botanic Garden/University of Colorado Denver, "Genetic and volatile chemical signatures in the Polemonium viscosum complex: a combined approach to species delimitation"...
Rise to the Challenges: Every iNaturalist is a Winner!
This spring Colorado is hosting several exciting iNaturalist City Challenges and Special Projects. New to iNaturalist? Now is the perfect time to join! You can learn so much by participating while contributing to an invaluable database for global biodiversity,...
March 10, 2025: CoNPS Comments Removal of Ute Ladies’-Tresses from the List of Endangered and Threatened Plants
The Colorado Native Plant Society submitted comments both separately and in joined forces with the Montana and Idaho Native Plant Societies to provide details on the many reasons delisting Spiranthes diluvialis is not warranted at this time. Please click here to read...
National Seed Conference 2025: Takeaways, Reflections, and Ideas
National Seed Conference 2025 Takeaways, Reflections and Ideas Mele Avery, CoNPS Restoration Committee Chair The 2025 National Native Seed Conference, coordinated by the Institute for Applied Ecology, was held in Tucson, Arizona in late February. When the...
Conservation Committee Meeting Minutes 2/4/25
Cimmarron-Comanche Grassland PlanThe committee chair is in touch with Henry Pollack, Executive Director of the Southern Plains Lands Trust, who is following the planning process. Delisting Ute ladies-tresses, Spiranthes diluvialisA proposal by USFWS to delist...
Be Bold, Be Native: Speak for the Plants!
The election is over, now let’s vote for Colorado’s native plants and habitats! The CoNPS is collaborating this year with the Colorado Gives Foundation in our annual fundraising effort and we are reaching out to our members and friends for their support. The...