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<div class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="line-height: 115%; font-size: 14pt;">Upcoming Events--White Pine INPS</span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Tuesday, February 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m., INPS White Pine Chapter meeting</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Presenter</span>:<span> </span> Brenda Erhardt,</b> <span><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Resource Conservation Planner<i>,</i></span></b></span> <span><b><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Latah Soil and Water Conservation District</span></b></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Topic</span>:<span> </span> Part 1:<span> </span> The Value of Common Weedy Native Plants</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Part 2:<span> </span> Fires Effects on a Local Prairie Remnant</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Location</span>:</b> <a href="http://www.1912center.org/join.php" target="b1912"><b>1912 Center, Great Room</b></a><b>, 412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)</b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal">The first part of this program focuses on the value of various native plants that have a reputation for being weedy or overly aggressive in certain settings.<span> </span> Many of these plants, both annual and perennial, are important components of the local native plant community but are often overlooked.<span> </span> This presentation will help identify these natives and will demonstrate the value these plants can have in restoration efforts.<span> </span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal">Part two will highlight the results of monitoring efforts three years following a prescribed burn on a local Palouse Prairie remnant.<span> </span> This monitoring project was particularly focused on determining the effects of this burn on the non-native invasive annual grasses.</div>
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<a href="https://mail.google.com/mail"></a><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail">Brenda Erhardt, 2-24-15, Value of Natives, + Effects of Fire, Poster.pdf</a><span><a href="https://mail.google.com/mail"> </a> </span> You're invited to post or distribute this flyer.<span> </span> It has been sent to Latah County and Pullman Library and a few UI and WSU departments.<span> </span> White Pine board members will post in downtown Moscow.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Thursday, March 12, 2015, 7:00 p.m. Palouse Prairie Foundation - INPS White Pine Chapter Joint meeting<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Presenter</span>: Pamela Pavek, USDA-NRCS Plant Materials Center<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Topic</span>: Attracting Native Invertebrate Pollinators with Palouse Prairie Plants<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Location</span>:</b> <a href="http://www.gladishcommunity.org/" target="glad"><b>Gladdish Community Center</b></a><b>, (Gold Room) 115 NW State St, Pullman WA</b><br /><br />Pollinators world-wide are in trouble.<span> </span> Loss of habitat, poor diet, diseases, and use of pesticides have caused declines in pollinator numbers.<span> </span> These declines are alarming in both agricultural and natural settings, where pollinators play an important role in plant reproduction.<span> </span> 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.<span> </span> Palouse Prairie plants are excellent species for pollinator habitat because they co-evolved with insect species in our region.<span> </span> They also are adapted to our climate, and therefore need minimal water and attention.<span> </span> Pamela Pavek has spent several years researching plants for pollinator habitat.<span> </span> She will discuss ideal native plant species, types of pollinator habitat, and establishment methods in her talk.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;">The Gladdish has a large parking lot in the back of the building.<span> </span> Walk over the bridge, and there will be signs to show the way downstairs to the <span>Gold Room</span>. There is also an elevator.</div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><i>** A poster for Pamela's presentation will be available soon.**</i></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b>Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at</b> <b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">7</span>:</b><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">30</span>p.m., Palouse Audubon Society-INPS White Pine Chapter joint meeting</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Presenters</span></span></b><b><span>:<span> </span> Jerry Cebula</span></b> <b><span>and <span>Sarah Walker</span></span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Topic</span></span></b><b><span>:<span> </span> Birding and botanizing trip to Nome, Alaska, June 2014</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Location:</span></span></b><b><span><span> </span></span></b> <a href="http://www.1912center.org/join.php" target="b1912"><b>1912 Center, Great Room</b></a><span><b>,</b></span> <b><span><span>412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)</span></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span>Tuesday, March 24, 2015, 7:00 p.m.,</span> INPS White Pine Chapter meeting</b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Presenter</span></span></b><b><span>:<span> </span> Dr. David Tank, Associate Professor of Biology, University of Idaho, and Director of the UI Stillinger Herbarium</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Topic</span></span></b><b><span>:<span> </span> Natural history collections in the 21st century: an update on Stillinger Herbarium activities and how you can get involved</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><span>Location:</span></span></b><b><span><span> </span></span></b> <a href="http://www.1912center.org/join.php" target="b1912"><b>1912 Center, Great Room</b></a><span><b>,</b></span> <b><span><span>412 East Third St., Moscow, Idaho (between Adams and Van Buren)</span></span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span>Saturday, May 16, 2015</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span>***<span> </span> 4<sup>th</sup> Annual Native Plant Sale<span> </span> ***</span></b></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0pt;"><b><span>Pamela Pavek is the 2015 lead person for this important project.</span></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;">Find other information and updates at</div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="http://www.whitepineinps.org/">http://www.whitepineinps.org/</a></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlantSocietyWhitePineChapter">https://www.facebook.com/IdahoNativePlantSocietyWhitePineChapter</a></div>
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