Kelseya, Our Quarterly Newsletter

Starting with the Spring 2009 issue of the Kelseya an electronic version will be posted online soon after the print edition is mailed. The Board intends to continue surveying membership opinion as to whether publication should be electronic (online) only or a matter of choice in the future.

Click here to retrieve the current issue of the Kelseya in .PDF format (large file)

 Highlights of the Summer 2010 issue include a biographical article on Frederick Pursh written by Walter Fertig, "What's in a Name, Pursh and Purshia." An article by Patrick Cross discusses, "Bladderpod: A Study in Diversity." And Sheila Morrison highlights a new source for native seeds in, "Native Ideals Seed Company: Bryce Christiaens and Rebecca Shoemaker."

Spring 2010

 The Spring 2010 issue includes: "Montana's First Important Plant Area," by Tara Carolin and Karen Shelly;"Consider the Dandelion Before You Dig," by Peter Lesica; Notices about the 2009 Small Grants Recipients; and all sorts of Society news, the ballots for the election, and registration information for the annual meeting coming up in Southwest Montana.

Winter 2010

 The Winter 2010 issue includes: An analysis of the early, sudden, hard freeze experienced in October 2009 written by Paul Alaback; "Teaching Gardens," by Leah Grunzke; and an article on "Dodder," by Peter Lesica. Also included in the mailed edition were fliers on the 2010 Montana Plant Conservation Conference and The MNPS Small Grants program - you can link to information on these subjects on this website.

Fall 2009

The Fall 2009 issue includes: Several articles remembering Dennis Nicholls: "Before Columbus" by Dennis Nicholls; "In Memoriam," by H. Wayne Phillips; remembrances by Steve Shelly, Kathy Lloyd, and Peter Lesica, and a poem by Dennis. Also included is an excerpt from Dakota Flora: "Chokecherry: An American Legend" and current society news.

Summer 2009

 Includes: "Blackfoot Botanist: Annie Mad Plume Wall," by Rosaly La Pier;"In Praise of Poaceae," by Leah Grunzke; "Native Gardens and Native Animals," by Peter Lesica; Notes about Maria Mantas and Jerry DeSanto, 2009 MNPS honorees and current chapter and society news.

Spring 2009

Includes:  "Montana's Threatened Plants Need Your Help" by Peter Lesica; High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants (Robert Nold, Timber Press, 2008) By Kelly Chadwick, Sheila Morrison and Mike Young; "MNPS Member Mapping Flora in Madagascar" By Debbie Mueller; "Pollinator Wars:How leafy spurge affects bees & native plants" By Jennifer Palladini, 2008 MNPS Small Grant Recipient; "Grower Profile: First Creek Seeds" By Tim Connolly and Beth Madden, Maka Flora Chapter

Selected articles from previous issues of the Kelseya are linked below.

Winter 2009

• Is Sheep Grazing Good for Native Plants? by Peter Lesica

Fall 2008

• Carlton Ridge Research Natural Area by Steve Shelly

• MNPS and Audubon Petition to List Russian Olive as a Noxious Weed by Peter Lesica

 Spring 2008

• Montana's Fossil Forest Journey by Robyn Klein

• Project Budburst by Paul Alaback

Winter 2008

• Opinion: Beartooth Travel Management DEIS by Don Heinze

• Will Plants Run Your Car? by Peter Lesica

• Windflower Native Plant Nursery: Re-establishing Native Plants in NW Montana by Betty Kuropat

Spring 2007

• 20th Anniversary Celebration: MNPS Annual Meeting at Georgetown by Scott Mincemoyer

• Focus on Westscape Wholesale Nursery: Native and Adapted Plants for the Northern Rockies by Linda Iverson

• Stuck Between a Squirrel and a Hot Place by Peter Lesica

Winter 2007

• Kelseya uniflora and Francis Kelsey by Kathy Ahlenslager and Peter Lesica

• Phylogenetic position of Kelseya based on molecular data by Dan Potter and Shannon Still

Fall 2006

• Fabulous, Fantastic Frasera Facts by Kelly Chadwick

• Natural Prairie Holds Key to Sustainable Fuels by Deane Morrison

• Montana Conservation Assessment for Spalding's Catchfly from the Montana Natural Heritage Program

Summer 2006

• Can Botanists Be Bought? by Jim Habeck

• Focus on Valley Nursery by Patrick Plantenberg and Kathy Lloyd

• What's a Tree to Do? by Adam Siepielski

Spring 2006

• Auspicious Beginnings by Rebecca Durham

• Jove's Buttercup Found in the Pryors by Clayton McCracken

• My Favorite Garden Plants by Sheila Morrison

Winter 2006

• Montana's Plant Species of Concern: From Acoris to Zizia by Scott Mincemoyer

• Natives in the Winter Garden by Linda Iverson

Fall 2005

• Al Joyes Receives the MNPS Outstanding Service Award by the Awards Committee

• Flower Creek Restoration Project: A Small Grant Report by Vicky Lawrence

• A Book Reviewof Wildflowers of Glacier National Park and Surrounding Areas (S. Fitzpatrick Kimball and P. Lesica; Published by Trillium Press) by Annie Garde & Diane Hafeman

Summer 2005

• Landscaping with Native Grasses by Mark Majerus

• MONTU Awarded National Science Foundation Grant by Peter Lesica and Elizabeth Crone

• UM Native Plant Gardeners Honored by Kelly Chadwick

Spring 2005

• Orchid Seed Longevity by Dee Strickler

• Are Spring Flowers Blooming Earlier in Montana? by Sharon Eversman

• Pollinators and Predators by Peter Lesica

• Prunus pensylvanica at the Lewis and Clark Herbarium by H. Wayne Phillips

Winter 2005

• Riparian Forests of the Upper Missouri Wild and Scenic River by Greg Kudray

• Weed Watch List by Kathy Lloyd

• New Native Plant Display Garden at ZooMontana by Sandy King

Fall 2004

• A Little Mustard that Looks for Land Mines by Peter Lesica

• Peatlands Need Bigger Buffers to Protect Species by Marc Jones

• SW Montana Plant Surveys Yield New Finds by Sue Crispin

Summer 2004

• Asters retreat to Eurasia by Robert Dorn

• Trillium ovatum in Western Montana by Tarn Ream

Spring 2004

• Lewis and Clark Plants Coming to Montana Historical Society

• Tree Planting Group Makes Committment to Native Plants by Janet Ellis

Winter 2004

• An Agropyron by any other name... is still a wheatgrass by Peter Lesica and Matt Lavin

• Green Wheatgrass: Reclamation Savior or Ecological Demon? by Garth Wruck, reprinted from Native Plant News, the newsletter of the Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan Inc. Seed and Restoration Special Edition, 2003

Fall 2003

• Native Plants and Agriculture...Can they co-exist? by Helen Atthowe

• Did Native Americans Have Use For Algae? by Johan H. Dormaar

• Montana's National Forests... Natives and Weeds by Anne Banks

Summer 2003

• Owl clover leads a complex life by Jim Habeck

• Line Creek Plateau Research Natural Area by Steve Shelly

• Montana Native Plant Society and the Nursery and Landscape Association team up to stop the introduction of invasive plants by Peter Lesica

Spring 2003

• Who says plants don't move? by Peter Lesica

• The release of three native plants announced by Leslie Marty

• Small grants advance conservation of Montana's native flora by Cathie Jean

Winter 2003

• Mosses - Biological Antifreeze? by Joe Elliot

• Keeping Track- notes on keeping an illustrated journal by Lyn Baldwin

Fall 2002

• Range extensions for two Montana plants by Matt Lavin and Robyn Klein

• Of moss and men by Joe Elliot

Summer 2002

• What good is a sterile stamen? by Peter Lesica

• Protecting our natural heritage by Kim Goodwin and Roger Sheley

Fall 2001

•  Montana Plants Travel Abroad without a Passport by Peter Lesica