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CANCELED – Saturday, September 16th – Field Trip to Karr Canyon Road/High Rolls
CANCELED We will carpool towards Alamogordo up to High Rolls and down Karr Canyon Road with stops along the way to focus on composites, variation, structure, tribes, and…
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Wednesday, September 13th at 7 p.m. – Mini Workshop: Family Asteraceae Flowers with Dr. Richard Spellenberg
In-person and Zoom (link + note of interest at bottom of page) meeting in the classroom adjacent to the NMSU Herbarium on the…
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CANCELED – Wednesday, July 12th at 7 p.m. — “Climate Ready Trees: Planting Smarter for a Warmer Future” with Dr. Marisa Thompson
CANCELED (but may be moved to 2024) — Please attend this event instead, scheduled at the same time:
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Thursday thru Saturday, September 21st – 23rd: Plant & Tree Sale and Booth at the 84th Otero County Fair & Rodeo
The Otero County chapter will have a booth at the 84th Otero County Fair & Rodeo offering books for sale and information, and we will have lots of plants/tree for sale…
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Saturday, August 12th at 12 p.m. – Field Trip: James Ridge Lookout area (16 Springs)
Summer is a great time for a hike in the forest north of 16 Springs. The area around the James Ridge Lookout has many flat roads…
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Saturday, July 8th at 12 p.m. – Fieldtrip: Switchback Trail (Bailey Canyon)
Meet at the T5004 tailhead just inside Bailey Canyon at noon. The switchback trail makes a loop with the Harkey Pedestrian Bridge, and offers great views of the forest.
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Wednesday July 5 at 6 p.m. — Presentation: “Why Piñon Pines Exhibit Masting: years of seed production followed by years of crop failure” with Dr. Andreas Wion
Join the Taos Chapter and Dr. Wion at 118 Cruz Alta Rd., Taos, NM.
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Wednesday, June 14 at 8 a.m. — Field Trip to Mora Forestry Research Center
where they are celebrating the importance of forests at the John H. Harrington Center. Meet SW corner of Wal Mart lot at 8am to carpool.
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May 14 – Quebradas Backcountry Byway, east of Socorro. Leader: Lee Regan.
An intriguingly scenic and botanical exploration through desert country. We will be looking for early blooming wildflowers. Moderate hike of 3-4 miles round trip, mostly in arroyos. Bring raingear,…
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June 7 Meeting: Knowing the Sunflower Family in New Mexico.
Dr. Richard Spellenberg, professor emeritus from NMSU takes a new approach for the serious amateur to learn the diverse genera and species of plants in the Asteraceae family (the “composites”)- learn to recognize them by “tribes,” the major groups…
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