California Native Plant Society

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The California Native Plant Society (CNPS) is a non-profit organization dedicated to the understanding and appreciation of California's native plants and to conserve them and their natural habitats through education, science, advocacy, horticulture and land stewardship.

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• L.A. takes a shine to another Owens Valley product: sun
  February 2, 2010
  www.latimes.com
  

• Tracing the roots of a rare shrub
  January 8, 2010
  www.sfgate.com
  

• San Francisco\'s Namesake Plant Found Seventy Years After Going Extinct in Wild
  December 14, 2009
  wildequity.org
  

• Warming Climate Chills Sonoran Desert\'s Spring Flowers
  December 20, 2009
  www.sciencedaily.com
  

• Oak Woodlands Conservation Management Plan Takes Root
  December 4, 2009
  www.topangamessenger.com
  

• Rush to tap Mojave Desert resources raises botanist\'s concern
  November 16, 2009
  www.pe.com
  

• Longest-Living Tree Growing Faster With Warming
  November 16, 2009
  news.discovery.com
  

• Renewable energy projects threaten some of California’s rarest plants
  October 17, 2009
  latimesblogs.latimes.com
  

• U.S. Forest Service Plans for California National Forests Ruled Illegal
  October 2, 2009
  www.ens-newswire.com
  

• Judgment Protects California Desert Lands
  September 29, 2009
  www.prlog.org
  

• From pool to pond
  September 25, 2009
  www.sfgate.com