MNPS members recently should have received a copy of the 2022 Summer Field Trip Guide in the mail. Here is a handy online copy of the document for you.
The Winter 2022 Issue of the Kelseya now onlineOpen a PDF of the Winter Kelseya by clicking here.
MNPS Elections - Polls are Open2022 MNPS Board Elections are now open. Use the ballot in your Kelseya, down load a ballot, or use the online form to vote. For all the information on the elections and access to the online form and a downloadable PDF ballot for for mailing, check the Elections Page on this site. Support your Society, your Chapter, and democracy itself by voting today. Results announced at the Annual Meeting, so don't wait for Christmas!
MNPS Presents! Montana Forests and the Mycorrhizal Web is now availableThe MNPS Presents! program Montana Forests and the Mycorrhizal Web is now available at this link.
New Paper on Seed Germination AvailableThe Montana Native Plant Society Landscaping and Revegetation Committee has released a paper on germinating Montana wildland seeds. The paper includes an introduction about germination generally and a spreadsheet compiling a great deal of information about many species. This is a great companion to the book available from the Clark Fork Chapter. Find both of these publications and a lot more about Native Plant Landscaping here. The new paper is linked here.
Here’s a link for the news archive.
Some useful things:
- Professor Cathy Cripps, who presented programs on mushrooms at the 2014 Montana Native Plant Society Annual Meeting in 2014, has written a recently published guide to local fungi. Here is a link to the Montana State University publication announcement.
- Three mobile device apps that may be of interest to MNPS members are now available from High Country Apps http://www.highcountryapps.com: “Montana Grasses,” “Glacier Wildflowers,” and “Flora of Yellowstone.”
- The author for “Montana Grasses” is Dr. Matt Lavin of MSU and the author for “Glacier Wildflowers” is Montana Native Plant Society member, Shannon Kimball. For “Flora of Yellowstone” the author is Whitney Tilt. All 3 are members of their local native plant societies. High Country Apps has confirmed that they are donating 5% of proceeds from the “Montana Grasses” app to the state-wide Montana Native Plant Society. For Glacier, they will donate 5% of proceeds to Glacier National Park Conservancy and for Yellowstone, 5% will go to theYellowstone Park Foundation. (Works on most applicable devices; Minimum OS versions are iOS 5.0 and Android 2.2)
