Greetings Friends!
September is here and that means the Chapter becomes more active after a summer hiatus. I can hear your clapping and collective sighs of relief as you will now have something to look forward to each month! September’s Chapter meeting will no doubt be one you won’t want to miss. Eric Knapp with the U.S. Forest Service will be presenting a talk on why homes burn in wildfires and how we can prepare.
I recently took a short detour on my way home from a work trip and stopped at Lake Tahoe for a day. I took a short hike on a trail behind a neighborhood that happened to be on land owned by the California Tahoe Conservancy. I am happy to report that there were still some flowers in bloom, including scarlet gilia (Ipomopsis aggregata), fireweed (Chamerion angustifolium), goldenrod (Solidago sp.) with male bumble bees (Bombus sp.) fast asleep inside the flowers, pinedrops (Pterospora andromedea), pearly-everlasting (Anaphalis margaritacea), checkerbloom (Sidalcea sp.), and what I think is Bolander’s madia (Kyhosia bolanderi).
I hope you are all hiking our local trails and getting out to explore our beautiful state. Happy botanizing! And I look forward to seeing you all at our monthly in-person Chapter meetings. If you have that desire to volunteer, consider doing it with our local CNPS chapter—we are always in need of volunteers.
~Amy Henderson, President
