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Subject: March Events
From: "Whitepine chapter INPS" <whitepine.chapter at gmail.com>
To: "White Pine Chapter" <whitepine.chapter at gmail.com>
Date: 02/24/15 01:29:34


THREE  White Pine INPS events during the month of March!  You are encouraged to distribute this announcement, and post flyers where you work and recreate.  Sonja will post in downtown Moscow, and sends flyers to libraries in Lewiston, Pullman, and throughout Latah County.

Thursday, March 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Palouse Prairie Foundation - INPS White Pine Chapter Joint meeting 
 Presenter: Pamela Pavek, USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center
 Topic: Attracting Native Invertebrate Pollinators with Palouse Prairie Plants
 Location: Gladdish Community Center, (Gold Room) 115 NW State St, Pullman WA

Pollinators world-wide are in trouble. Loss of habitat, poor diet, diseases, and use of pesticides have caused declines in pollinator numbers. These declines are alarming in both agricultural and natural settings, where pollinators play an important role in plant reproduction. We have the ability to improve pollinator habitat by planting diverse plant species, providing water and nesting sites, and reducing pesticide use in our yards and farms. Palouse Prairie plants are excellent species for pollinator habitat because they co-evolved with insect species in our region. They also are adapted to our climate, and therefore need minimal water and attention. Pamela Pavek has spent several years researching plants for pollinator habitat. She will discuss ideal native plant species, types of pollinator habitat, and establishment methods in her talk.

The Gladdish Community Center has a large parking lot in the back of the building. Walk over the bridge, and there will be signs to show the way downstairs to the Gold Room. There is also an elevator.

To print and post a flyer for this event click on Pamela Pavek Pollinator Flyer (1-page color 8.5x11" PDF)

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Wednesday, March 18, 2015, 7:30 p.m. Palouse Audubon - INPS White Pine Chapter Joint meeting 
Presenters: Jerry Cebula and Sarah Walker
 Topic: Birding and botanizing trip to Nome, Alaska, June 2014
Location: 1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

Naturalists Jerry Cebula and Sarah Walker will present a slide show about their birding and botanizing trip to Nome in June 2014.  Birders trek to distant Nome to behold North American shorebirds in their breeding plumage, to find Arctic residents like Ptarmigans, and because they dream of seeing uncommon birds from Siberia and southern Asia like Bluethroats or Yellow Wagtails.  Plant lovers like to explore western Alaska to see the tiny but showy tundra beauties of the Beringian flora.  Jerry and Sarah explored 250 miles of gravel roads across the Seward Peninsula and were amazed at the unexpected and unusual things they saw there. Please join them on March 18 to share in their adventure.

Jerry Cebula is field trip leader for Canyon Birders.  When not keeping an eye on regional birds, he's off on birding adventures in Alaska, Canada, Kansas and Namibia.  Sarah Walker has worked on Forest Service botany crews, as a wilderness ranger in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, and was a former editor for INPS Sage Notes.
 

Please post or distribute a flyer for Birding and Botanizing to Nome (attached)
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March 23, 2015, 7:00 p.m.  INPS White Pine Chapter meeting
Presenter:  David Tank, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Idaho, and Director of the UI Stillinger Herbarium
Topic:  Natural history collections in the 21st century: an update on Stillinger Herbarium activities and how you can get involved
Location:  1912 Center, Great Room, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)

 
Dr. Tank's research focuses on the investigation of the patterns and processes that shape plant biodiversity.  In this talk, he will give an update on current projects in the herbarium, with a focus on the Consortium of Pacific Northwest Herbaria and ongoing digitization efforts, the use of natural history collections in research, and opportunities for you to get involved in herbarium activities.


More information and flyer at a later date.


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Sent by Sonja Lewis



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