CA pitcher plant artwork by Zane Walker. J. Springer.
Zane Walker's California pitcher plant artwork that graced the front of his thank-you note. Photo by John Springer. July 2, 2020.

The Shasta Chapter CNPS received a very nice, hand-written thank-you note from our Frank Kosko Memorial Scholarship award winner, Zane Walker:

Thank you for generously investing in my future with the Frank Kosko Memorial Scholarship! I am excited to put the resources you have provided to use as a Botany major at Oregon State University. Because of my interest in the botany of northern California, I was particularly excited to receive a scholarship from CNPS. After reading about Frank Kosko’s life story, I am very honored to continue his legacy in some small part.

Thank you so much. I hope to see you at future CNPS events. ~Zane Walker

This summer, when not on the job doing invasive species control with the US Forest Service out of Yreka, Zane has been getting out and about, and hob-nobbing with our far-northern botanists.

The Frank Kosko Memorial Scholarship was made possible, in part, by generous donations from Horsetown Clear-Creek Preserve, Shasta Chapter members Lisa Ross & Ray Pfister, and one anonymous party. The Shasta Chapter is immensely grateful for these donations, more now than ever, as the pandemic cancelled our Spring Native Plant Sale.

Donation note from Lisa Ross and Ray Pfister. J. Springer.
Thank you, Lisa and Ray! Photo by John Springer. July 9, 2020.