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Volume 22 (2008 – 2009)

July 5, 2018 By

V22-1, Fall 2008 – Peter Lesica describes why “MNPS and Audubon Petition to list Russian Olive as a Noxious Weed,”; in “Robert Dorn – Award Winning Botanist,” Walter Fertig, Peter Lesica, and Betty Kuropat review Dorn’s professional accomplishments and his receipt of the MNPS Special Achievement Award; Bringing Nature Home: How Native Plants Sustain Wildlife in our Gardens is a review of Douglas Tallamy’s book of that title; Steve Shelly offers “Carlton Ridge Research Natural Area: Field Trip Report and Status Update”; the issue recaps the successful annual meeting at Hyalite Lake including trip reports; a trip report “Sweetgrass Hills Spelunking,” and Jim Habeck penned “A Tribute to Mark Behan: 1931 to 2008.”

V22-2, Winter 2009 – “Winter Botany” by Peter Lesica and Annie Garde, reprinted from Montana Naturalist introduces the potential joys and techniques of botanizing on the winter landscape; and “Is Sheep Grazing Good for Native Plants?” is a question addressed by the Clark Fork Chapter and here addressed by Peter Lesica reporting on a research project in the Missoula north hills.

V22-3, Spring 2009 – “Montana’s Threatened Plants Need Your Help” by Peter Lesica; “High and Dry: Gardening with Cold-Hardy Dryland Plants” (Robert Nold, Timber Press, 2008) is reviewed 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.

V22-4, Summer 2009 – “Blackfoot Botanist: Annie Mad Plume Wall,” by Rosalyn 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.

KELSEYA, the MNPS newsletter,

is published four times a year and is included with your membership.
 Kelseya contains timely articles about Montana plants and their communities, listings of chapter and state meetings and field trips, and updates on native plant issues.

For questions about MNPS,

including becoming a member or chapter policies or programs, contact our Vice-President, Robert Pal.




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Chapters

For information about activities in your area, or to seek information about plants or resources in your area, please contact the chapter closest to you (click on Activities Drop Down Menu at the top of this page): Calypso (Dillon, Butte, Southwest Montana; Clark Fork, (Missoula, West Central Montana); Kelsey (Greater Helena and Great Falls areas,  and regions associated with the Rocky Mountain Front and central and north central Montana.); Flathead (Northwest Montana, Glacier Park); Maka Flora (Eastern Montana); Valley of Flowers (greater Bozeman area), or check out the Eastern- or Western-at-Large Areas on the same menu.

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P.O. Box 8783
Missoula, MT 59807-8783

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