Welcome to the Otero (Alamogordo) Chapter

Virtual chapter meetings with interesting presentations have been and are being conducted via the Zoom app. Visit particular chapter pages for details.

Otero Chapter Student Grant Information

2022 STUDENT GRANTS for BOTANICAL RESEARCH / STUDIES

The Otero Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico is offering up to $5000 in grants for the 2022 field season. The grant(s) may be awarded to one person or split among several applicants. Grant applications will be considered from New Mexico State University & New Mexico Institute of Mining & Technology upper-level undergraduates and graduate students with career interests in botany, ecology, conservation biology or land management. The project focus must be on plants native to the Chihuahuan Desert Ecoregion. Additional points will be awarded for field projects occurring within the Chihuahuan Desert in New Mexico. Funds are meant to assist with the implementation of the research/study project outlined in the grant proposal.

Deadline for submission of application packet: Midnight, Sunday, April 24, 2022

Chapter Officers

President: Jen Gruger

Vice President: Elva Osterreich

Treasurer: Karen LeComte

Recording Secretary: Kerry Coleman

Membership Secretary: Kathy Fuller

State Representative: Helgi Osterreich

For field trip information, contact Elva Osterreich, echoofthedesert [at] gmail.com, 575/443-4408; or Jennifer Gruger, jengruger [at] gmail.com, 505/710-2924. More info will be available by the beginning of each month.

Banner Photo by Randal Pair