CNPS Orange County, San Diego, and Riverside/San Bernardino chapters are jointly sponsoring a vegetation training weekend with Julie Evens, state CNPS Vegetation Ecologist. See below for details. Let me know if you would like to participate.
VEGETATION SURVEY TRAINING
Saturday and
SANTA MARGARITA ECOLOGICAL
RESERVE
Learn how to conduct a
vegetation survey using CNPS' preferred protocols at a weekend at Santa
Margarita Ecological Reserve (SMER) near Fallbrook. Julie Evens, statewide
Senior Vegetation Ecologist for CNPS, will be providing the training for members
from
The training will focus on the
releve (pronounced REH-leh-vay) survey method. For an idea of what to expect
from this training, please read the overview of CNPS vegetation trainings at: http://www.cnps.org/programs/vegetation/index.htm
(a 3-page PDF file; the third page has especially useful information).
Click on "2005 Chapter Trainings" and on the links to the summary of the
vegetation program of CNPS and the description of the releve method. For
information about the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve visit: http://fs.sdsu.edu/kf/reserves/smer/.
The training weekend is free to
CNPS members (except for food--more about that below), although donations are
always welcome to help offset the trainer's travel costs (she comes to us from
There is
a maximum cap of 25 participants total from the three chapters, so please sign
up immediately!
The research facility at SMER has four dormitory rooms
with 12 beds, and additional camping space outside. We will have a central
commissary for a simple Saturday dinner and Sunday breakfast. We will be
in the field at lunchtime, please bring your favorite "trail food" for Saturday
and Sunday.
Please contact Katie Barrows to sign up at kate.cnb@verizon.net or call (760)
564-2413. Please indicate if you
will be staying overnight, your preference for sleeping indoors or
camping,
and if you have special dietary needs. Directions, schedule, and a "what
to bring" list with food cost will be emailed.