Newsletter Winter 2023 (PDF)

Field Trips and Hike Destinations (PDF)

Albuquerque Area Native Plant Lists

Flower Identification Tools

Officers

Our monthly, educational meetings are currently in person and have returned to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, located at 1801 Mountain Rd NW, across from Tiguex Park near Old Town in Albuquerque. The presentations are free, open to the public, and there is plenty of parking at the museum, with overflow parking curbside on Mountain Rd and in the Explora parking lot close by.  Masks are currently optional  and you may bring water for yourself if you wish. Snacks may be available only if they are individually packaged and brought by volunteers (think energy bars).

Meetings begin at 7 p.m. usually on the first Wednesday of each month (except August and December), and seating is first come/first choice. Questions about meetings or the speakers can be sent to our program coordinator, Sara Keeney, at abq "at" npsnm.org.

During the growing season, we offer a wide variety of field trips, suitable for a range physical ability levels and degree of plant knowledge. You do not need any botanical expertise to participate, as the trip leaders and others are very happy to share what they know. Learn by observing native plants in their wild habitats! To participate in our outdoor activities, please read our rules for field trips and sign our liability release form beforehand. Download them from this page: Field Trip Documents

We encourage members to get outside with friends  for exercise, sunshine, and native plant appreciation. Our plant lists, available on this page, give hints as to places to go and wildflowers and other plants you may find. Please minimize wear and tear on the terrain and vegetation by staying on the trail and going single file if it is narrow.

Share your pictures! We invite you to join our members-only Facebook group: Native Plant Soc. of NM, Albuquerque Chapter and post your observations or your invitations to informal hikes in advance for others to join you.

• President: Tom Stewart
• Vice President: Carmen Alexander
• Program Coordinator: Sara Keeney
• Secretary: Dara Saville
• Treasurer: Vacant
• Representative to State Board: Judith Phillips
• Membership: Ann-Marie Yaroslaski
• Newsletter Editor: Diane Stevenson

• Field Trip Coordinator: Sharon Miles
• Conservation Issues Coordinator: Volunteer needed!
• Books: Lee Regan
• Communications: Carmen Alexander
• Publicity:  Janet Mura
• Outreach Coordinator: Carol Conoboy