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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">California Native Plant Society’s plant science training workshops provide botanists, biologists, ecologists, and others the scientific skills and practical experience necessary to assess, manage, and protect native plants and lands in California and beyond. Small classes offer hands-on learning from field-leading experts in both the classroom and field.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Details & registration are available now for all 2019 workshops at <a href="http://www.cnps.org/workshops" target="_blank">www.cnps.org/workshops</a></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">--- 2019 WORKSHOPS ---</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">RARE PLANT SURVEY PROTOCOLS – taught by Heath Bartosh & Aaron Sims, with a guest lecture from Katie Gross</p><p class="MsoNormal">March 6-7, Imperial Beach, CA (San Diego County)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn to use the best available science to prepare for and conduct rare plant surveys and report your findings. This training includes one day learning concepts in the classroom, followed by one day in the field in southern San Diego County getting hands-on experience surveying rare plants.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">VEGETATION MAPPING – taught by Julie Evens, Todd Keeler-Wolf, & John Menke</p><p class="MsoNormal">March 19-21, Kentfield, CA (Marin County)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn techniques for fine-scale vegetation mapping including vegetation sampling, classification, and photo interpretation through hands-on exercises in the computer lab and field in Marin County. You will get experience creating a vegetation map using GIS, collecting reconnaissance samples, practicing techniques of photo interpretation, delineation, and attribution, and validating a vegetation map through accuracy assessment.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">MEASURING & MONITORING PLANT POPULATIONS – taught by Charley Knight</p><p class="MsoNormal">April 24-26, San Luis Obispo, CA (Central Coast)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn to sample and analyze plant populations through hands-on classroom and field exercises. Topics include principles of sampling and several sampling designs, field techniques for measuring vegetation, analysis of monitoring data, presentation of results, and development of good management objectives.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">INTRO TO PLANT IDENTIFICATION – taught by Sandy Namoff & Nick Jensen</p><p class="MsoNormal">June 4-6, Oxnard, CA (Ventura County)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn to identify plants in 15 common families, which account for over 5,000 taxa – more than 70% of the plant diversity in CA! This workshop will include two days in the classroom learning plant parts, terminology, and how to use a dichotomous key, as well as a full day in the field getting hands-on experience in the Santa Monica Mountains.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">VEGETATION RAPID ASSESSMENT/RELEVÉ – taught by Jennifer Buck-Diaz & Jaime Ratchford</p><p class="MsoNormal">July 23-25, Truckee, CA (Tahoe Region)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn to sample vegetation, focusing on hands-on data collection using the CNPS-CDFW combined vegetation rapid assessment/relevé method. Instructors will discuss applications of fine-scale vegetation sampling, classification, and mapping, how to document rare natural communities, and how vegetation information fits into planning documents.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">PYGMY FOREST FLORA & ECOLOGY – taught by Teresa Sholars</p><p class="MsoNormal">August 12-15, Fort Bragg, CA (Mendocino County)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn about the ecology and floristics of the pygmy forest as well as the process to identify and classify rare plant communities using CNPS/CDFW protocols. This workshop includes an introductory lecture followed by 3 days in the field visiting all 6+ associations developed over the last 4 years of mapping the pygmy forest and its associated oligotrophic communities.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">CEQA IMPACT ASSESSMENT – taught by David Magney</p><p class="MsoNormal">October 1-3, Berkeley, CA (SF Bay Area)</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn to read and analyze the biological resources section of an Environmental Impact Report or Mitigated Negative Declaration prepared to satisfy the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). This workshop will provide guidance on how to accurately assess the impact of a project, and submit critical, scientifically-based comments in response to CEQA documents.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">MITIGATION MEASURES & MONITORING – taught by David Magney</p><p class="MsoNormal">October 22-24, Sacramento, CA</p><p class="MsoNormal">In this workshop, you will learn the framework for mitigation and mitigation monitoring for botanical resources, based primarily on CEQA impact assessments. Topics will include which mitigation measures need to be monitored and why, various monitoring methods, and thresholds of significance and success. This workshop will focus on botanical resource issues, however non-botanical biological monitoring will also be discussed, particularly for those resources related to habitat, or methods often used.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">---</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">FULL DETAILS & REGISTRATION: <a href="http://www.cnps.org/workshops">www.cnps.org/workshops</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal">CONTACT: Becky Reilly, <a href="mailto:breilly@cnps.org">breilly@cnps.org</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:#48b9c7">Becky Reilly</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="color:#48b9c7">Engagement Strategist </span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;color:#65656a"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#65656a">California Native Plant Society<br>2707 K St, Ste 1, Sacramento, CA 95816</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#65656a"><a href="mailto:breilly@cnps.org"><span style="color:#65656a">breilly@cnps.org</span></a> | 916.447.2677 x207</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:4.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#006600"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><img border="0" width="214" height="85" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D4A8E1.BC8EF360" alt="CNPS_Horizontal_grey"></p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>