Encelia Seedlings – Round 2 Only days after my last post, I examined the newly watered trays and found them bursting to life yet again. Now that the weather has taken a turn for the better, I anticipate that these seedlings will have better luck. I will try to be a better plant mother this time and make sure that [...]
Student Lunch: Welcome New Weed Warriors! At the student lunch, we had 17 new members sign up for the chapter. We look forward to working with you all! You’ve already helped us with some great ideas for new projects (my favorite: TV Public Service Announcement)! So get out there and get started, let the Riverside Branch know if you’d like some [...]
Encelia Seedlings – Mother Nature vs. Us Sorry for the delay in updates, but I have sad news to report on the seedling front. Due to the heat wave that came through Riverside during the second week of the project, the seedlings that initally germinated were unable to survive. The trays that the seeds were planted in were not deep enough to [...]
New Collaboration! Post Fire Herbicide Experiment. The Riverside and Desert chapters have teamed up with Carole Bell at the Santa Rosa Plateau Ecological Reserve to study non-native forb control after prescribed fire. Following prescribed fire at the reserve, natives have been found to be hindered by competition with forbs such as Erodium that increase in cover once non-native grasses are controlled. [...]
Ryan Jones Catalyst Award I want to offer my congratulations to our Co-Chairs Heather Schneider and Sara Jo Dickens, who were both awarded the Ryan Jones Catalyst Award at the 2009 Cal-IPC Symposium. The Ryan Jones Catalyst Award is awarded to individuals for creatively spearheading actions or creating partnerships that make exceptional progress in protecting California from invasive plants. [...]
