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Tuesday, March 14 at 6:30 p.m. – “A Brief Natural History of Pines” with Renee Galeano-Popp
Renee will talk about “Project Pine Cone,” the natural history of pines, and the sad story of white pine blister rust. She guarantees everyone will learn something they didn’t…
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Tuesday, February 14th at 6:30 p.m. – “The New Mexico Flora during the Great Cool-Earth to Warm-Earth Transition in the Late Paleozoic” with Dr. Bill DiMichele
The late Paleozoic, Pennsylvanian, and Permian periods record a change from a glacial, cool Earth to an ice-free warm Earth about 300 million years ago. In the far western…
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Saturday, January 14th at 1 p.m. – Plant Walk
Field trip! Join us for a plant walk at Dripping Springs on January 14th from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m.. Come and explore the diversity of cool season plants already taking…
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Saturday, March 25th at 8:30 a.m. – Field Trip: Desert Wander at White Sands National Park
Meet at the Alamogordo Visitor Center Parking lot at 8:30 a.m.. Cactus search in the White Sands National Park area. A desert wander to…
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Saturday, February 11th at 10:30 a.m. – Noxious Weeds in the Sacramento Mountains and Tularosa Basin
Let’s talk noxious weeds! This presentation will detail how to recognize them, what to do about them, and how the battle against salt…
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Saturday, January 14th at 11:30 a.m. – Annual Chapter Meeting
Bring a dish for lunch; we will eat and then meet. Bring your ideas and questions for the coming year. Location TBA.
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Tuesday, January 10th at 6:30 p.m. – Meeting: Gwen Wion on the Southwest Seed Partnership
Gwen Wion, of the Institute for Applied Ecology, will speak about the Southwest Seed Partnership. Free and open to all.
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Friday, March 17th at 7 p.m. – Meeting: “Boston Hill Wildflowers: A Different Lens” with Andrew Tree
With Andrew Tree, GNPS Member and Wildflower Photographer. Boston Hill, a historic Silver City mining district, is now a 500+ acre open space….
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Friday, February 17th at 7 p.m. – Meeting: “Native Trees for Silver City: Ten Best Practices for Using Native Trees in Urban Environments to Improve Climate Change Resilience”
With Ann Audrey, Environmental Consultant. Native trees are well adapted to our southwest climate and weather: they have endured extremes of heat, drought…
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Friday, January 20th at 7 p.m. – Hybrid Meeting: “Knowing the Sunflower Family in New Mexico” with Richard Spellenberg
Richard Spellenberg, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University, and Author of “The Sunflower Family: A Guide to the Family Asteraceae in the Contiguous…
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