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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• Climate change threatens two-thirds of California\'s unique plants, study says
  June 25, 2008
  www.latimes.com
  

• Native plant enthusiast dies
  June 25, 2008
  www.redding.com
  

• Beauty rarely beheld
  June 1, 2008
  www.thereporter.com
  

• New plants discovered in Mount Diablo foothills
  June 11, 2008
  origin.mercurynews.com
  

• 101-405 improvement project may slice into wildlife refuge
  May 7, 2008
  www.dailynews.com
  

• Wildfire and Population Growth Are On a Collision Course in the Sierra
  November 7, 2007
  www.californiaprogressreport.com
  

• California wildfires could snuff out rare species
  October 27, 2007
  news.yahoo.com
  

• Water concerns drive zoning rules on drought-tolerant plants
  October 16, 2007
  www.dailynews.com
  

• October 15, 2007 : Stephanomeria virgata
  October 15, 2007
  www.ubcbotanicalgarden.org
  

• Blog action day: the environment
  October 16, 2007
  h20325.www2.hp.com
  

• Rarest plant in world found here
  October 7, 2007
  www.insidebayarea.com