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5th Natural History of the Gila Symposium
February 27 – 28, 2014 Western New Mexico University Silver City, NM Field Trips Saturday March 1st www.gilasymposium.org
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American Penstemon Society Seeks to Fund Projects
The American Penstemon Society is seeking to fund small projects that focus on scientific or horticultural aspects of Penstemon, especially those that promote conservation or public appreciation. Grants of up to $1000 are available. The deadline for application is March 31, 2014, with funds distributed in May. Details are provided on the attached flier. Penstemon […]
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2014 Annual Meeting: Save the Date
The 2014 Annual Meeting will be held July 31 – August 2 in El Paso TX. Details will follow.
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2014 Board Meeting
The 2014 Board Meeting will be held February 8 & 9 at Sevilleta. Board meetings are open to all members–if you would like more information please contact Deb Farson @ nativeplantsnm@gmail.com.
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Desert Blooms and Marathon Moths – Plants are Cool, Too!
Giant hawk moths fly for miles each night in search of flower nectar — and are thus critically important as pollinators of desert wildflowers. Dr. Chris Martine joins Krissa Skogen (Chicago Botanic Garden) in New Mexico’s White Sands National Monument and finds plant romance happening by the light of the full moon.
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Robert DeWitt Ivey: 1923–2013
Of those who cherish the plants native to the Land of Enchantment, there are few unaffected by the small and simple word IVEY. Thousands have paged through his Flowering Plants of New Mexico while puzzling over a plant in the field. For all of us, his passing on June 23 was a sobering tragedy. As […]
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NM Native Plant Day August 17th
A Proclamation has been issued from the Governor’s office naming August 17, 2013 as Native Plant Day. The Native Plant Society of New Mexico encourages you to celebrate Native Plant Day in New Mexico by appreciating the beauty and diversity of New Mexico’s native plants and by using native plants in your garden for the […]
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Native Plant Day | August 17th, 2013
WHEREAS, THE GREAT STATE OF NEW MEXICO CONTAINS A GREATER NUMBER OF PLANT HABITATS THAN NEARLY ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY, FROM CHIHUAHUAN DESERT TO ALPINE TUNDRA; AND WHEREAS, NEW MEXICO ALSO SUPPORTS A LARGER NUMBER OF NATIVE PLANT SPECIES THAN NEARLY ANY OTHER STATE IN THE COUNTRY; AND WHEREAS, SOME OF THESE SPECIES […]
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Venue Change for 2013 Annual Meeting
Due to space restraints at the MCM Elegante, the locations for the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico have been changed. See details below. New Meeting Location: The Thursday board meeting, registration, Friday and Saturday presentations will be at State Bar of New Mexico Center, 5121 Masthead St NE, in […]
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New Curator announced at NMSU Herbarium
The Department of Biology and College or Arts and Sciences (NMSU) are pleased to announce the recent hire of Dr. Patrick Alexander into a half-time postdoctoral position as curator of the Department’s Herbarium (NMC). This two year position and University support for the herbarium is, in part, the result of many years of donations to the […]
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