Salt Lake Chapter
Utah Native Plant Society



Cymopterus longipes Tony Frates 3/28/09 Castilleja chromosa Tony Frates 5/08

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Calendar of events
(see also Mountain and Utah for nearby events that may be of interest)

Date of the event Day of week Time Event description Contact(s) for further information
April 1, 2020
Wed
CANCELLED
SL Chapter meeting has been cancelled due to public health concerns.

Marc Coles-Ritchie
Mar 4, 2020
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation by Thomas Meinzen, a biologist with Grand Canyon Trust. Topic: "Fighting for flowers: the dangers of commercial honeybee permitting on public lands" Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Marc Coles-Ritchie
Feb 5, 2020
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation by Neal Dombrowski of Red Butte Garden. Topic: "Native Plants in Horticulture and Botanical Gardens" Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Marc Coles-Ritchie
Jan 8, 2020
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: "Shooting Great Plant Photos in the Field." Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Marc Coles-Ritchie
Dec 4, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation by Dr. Stan Kitchen, US Forest Service Shrub Lab. Topic: "Pinyon-Juniper Communities in Utah." Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Marc Coles-Ritchie
Nov 7, 2019
Thur
7pm
PLEASE NOTE: NOT ON THE USUAL DAY NOR AT THE USUAL LOCATION!
SL Chapter meeting at Red Butte Garden (classroom, upstairs from the front desk)
Vegetation of the Pando Clone Aspen Forest - presented by Marc Coles-Ritchie
Marc Coles-Ritchie
Oct 2, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation by Greg Lee, Executive Director of Red Butte Garden. Topic: "Getting to know the Sunflower Family: Floral Biology and Chemical Ecology." Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
Sept 4, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Wasatch Room, Salt Lake City, Utah
Presentation by Wayne Padgett about efforts to increase funding for botany work by federal agencies. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
June 5, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Where Do All The Wildflowers Go? Speaker: Joel Tuhy. Co-sponsored by The Nature Conservancy of Utah. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
May 6, 2019
Mon
7pm
NOTE DIFFERENT DAY OF THE WEEK AND LOCATION!
SL Chapter meeting, Red Butte Garden classroom, SLC, Utah Topic: Cliffrose, Bitterbrush and Tree Rings. Speaker: Bill Gray. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public (no admission applies).
SL Chapter page
Apr. 3, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Interwoven: Juniper and the Web of Being Speaker: Kristen Rogers-Iversen. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
Mar. 6, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: New Jordan River Nature Park. Speakers: Soren Simonsen, Matthew Utley and Anne Terry. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Feb 20, 2019
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting, Red Butte Garden classroom, SLC, Utah

Topic: Hand Pollinating the Dwarf Bear Poppy: Patching the Pollination Web? Speaker: Alyson DeNittis, UVU. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Feb 6, 2019
Wed
CANCELLED
SL Chapter meeting has been cancelled due to bad weather.

Bill Gray
Jan 16, 2019
Wed
7pm
Red Butte Garden classroom (REI doubled-booked, so the meeting will not be at REI as is usually the case)
Topic: Milkweeds and Monarchs. Speaker: Rachel Taylor. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Dec. 5, 2018
Wed
NO MEETING
There will be no December Salt Lake chapter meeting. Bill Gray
Nov. 7, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting: Red Butte Garden classroom
Topic: Dr. Mitchell Power, Associate Professor of Geography at the U, and Curator of the Garrett Herbarium, will talk about his research into the history of fire in the Uinta Mountains. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Cathy King


Oct. 3, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: UFO Night. Leader: Bill Gray. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public. Send Bill Gray your UFO's at least one week, preferably more, prior to the meeting.
SL Chapter page
Sept 12, 2018
Wed
5pm
40th anniversary potluck picnic celebration and retreat, Big Cottonwood Canyon, Spruges Campground, Group Site. Sponsored by the Salt Lake Chapter.
Feel freel to arrive as early as 2pm for a wildflower hike with Bill Gray. Main dish will be provided along with utensils, etc. but feel free to bring a dish to share (dessert, appetizer or side dish). Campground is location 1/2 mile past market 11 in Big Cottonwood Cnayon. Turn right into the campground, continue to the right and follow the loop that says campsites 1-38. Group Reservation #1 will be on the immediate left. Handicap accessible.
Cathy King
or call 801-867-3595

June 6, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Wildflowers with more than one color
Speaker: Joel Tuhy of The Nature Conservancy’s Moab Field Office
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public
Co-sponsored by The Nature Conservancy, Utah Chapter
Bill Gray
May 2, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
NOTE DIFFERENT LOCATION THAN USUAL!
Location: Salt Lake Main Library, 210 E. 400 S. Conference Room A
Speaker: Marc Coles-Ritchie
Topic: Mountain Goats in the La Sal Mountains
Bill Gray
April 4, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker: Bruce Pavlik
Topic: The Four Corners Potato: Conserving an ancient food from southern Utah
Bill Gray
Mar. 7, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker: Wayne Padgett
Topic: Research Natural Areas: Landscapes with a View of the Past, Present, and Future. This meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Feb. 7, 2018
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker: Dr. William Gray
Topic: A Farewell to Asters
This meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Jan. 3, 2018
Wed
NO MEETING
There will be no January Salt Lake chapter meeting. Bill Gray
Dec 6, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker: Robert Johnson, Collections Manager, Stanley L Welsh Herbarium (BYU) Topic: Relating to Native Plants in Wildscapes and Landscapes: Rhymes and Reasons (oncor presentation of talk given earlier this year at the American Penstemon Society meeting in Vernal). This meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray or Cathy King
Nov. 1, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. (meeting location not yet firm), Salt Lake City, Utah
Speaker: Carl Fisher, Executive Director of Save Our Canyons Topic: Wasatch Mountain Accord Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Oct. 4, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So. (meeting location not yet firm), Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: UFO Night. Leader: Bill Gray. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public. Wait until further notice before sending in your pictures.
Bill Gray
June 7, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Rare or Interesting Wildflowers of the Moab Area
Speaker: Joel Tuhy of The Nature Conservancy’s Moab Field Office
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
April 5, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Envisioning a sustainable population living in harmony with Utah’s natural environment
Speaker: Wayne Martinson of Utah Population and Environment Council
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Mar. 1, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Water-wise gardening
(including information relating to soils, irrigation, plant selection and on-going maintenance)
Speaker: Faye Rutishauser, Water Conservation Coordinator for the Utah Division of Water Resources
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Feb. 1, 2017
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Aspens
Dr. Karen Mock (USU) will give a repeat performance of her talk at our most recent annual meeting of the members which was very well-received.
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Jan. 4, 2017
Wed
CANCELLED
Meeting cancelled due to bad weather. Bill Gray
Dec. 7, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Climate Change and the Future of Biodiversity in the Intermountain West: An Uncertain Future
Speaker: Wayne Padgett
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
Nov. 16, 2016
Wed
7pm
Special SL Chapter meeting at Red Butte Garden
Topic: What is a flower?
Speaker: Dr. Loran Anderson
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
Bill Gray
Nov. 2, 2016
NA
NA
No chapter meeting at the regular time/place this month in light of the annual meeting on the 5th. SL Chapter page
Oct. 5, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting at REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: Utah’s Monarch Butterflies and their Plants.
Speaker: Ecologist Dr. Ty Harrison
Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public.
SL Chapter page
Sept. 7, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 E. 3300 So., Salt Lake City, Utah
Topic: UFO Night. Leader: Bill Gray. Meeting is open without charge to all members of the public. Send Bill Gray your UFO's at least one week prior to the meeting.
SL Chapter page
June 1, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Special guest speaker:
Joel Tuhy, Conservation Science Director for Utah Nature Conservancy's Moab office. Topic: Wildflowers that are Planimals.
Bill Gray
Apr 6, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Special guest speaker:
Barney Barnett of Willard Bay Gardens
Topic: Gardening with Native Plants
Bill Gray
Mar 2, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Special guest speaker:
Emily Holt, Assistant Professor of Biology at Utah Valley University
Topic: Lichens: a very diverse and important group of organisms
Bill Gray
Feb 3, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Special guest speaker: Maria Gaetani
Topic: NEON, an ecological monitoring program
NEON= National Ecological Observatory Network created by The National Science Foundation. Salt Lake City is one of the field sites.
Bill Gray
Jan 6, 2016
Wed
7pm
SL Chapter meeting
Location: REI, 3285 East 3300 South, Salt Lake City, Utah
Special guest speaker: Elizabeth Johnson, Garrett Herbarium Collections Manager
Topic: New directions at the herbarium plus: Potpourri evening where members talk about 4-5 photos in a theme. Send pictures in advance to Bill Gray.
Bill Gray
December 2015
 
 
No chapter meeting in December Bill Gray



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March 2009

November 2007 newsletter

October 2007 newsletter

September 2007 newsletter

April 2007 newsletter

February 2007 newsletter




Chapter Information
Chapter President General information Regular meetings/activities
Cathy King


Chapter area covers all of Salt Lake County, however, folks in neighboring counties are always invited to participate (Davis Co., Tooele Co., Summit Co., Utah Co.) as well as anyone who might be in the area at the time. While intended for members, meetings are open to the public. Please come and see what we are all about!

The chapter meets regularly in the off season (Sept/Oct thru May typically). In the past this has been on the first Tuesday of each month (but more recently has migrated to Wednesday and not necessarily the first or even second since it depends on REI availability) at REI at the top of 3300 South in Salt Lake City; however, the day of the week and location are both subject to change.


Links
Ann Kelsey Student Fund for Botanical Research
For background, see article on page 4 in the Winter 2016 Sego Lily
Bonneville Shoreline trail
Emigration Canyon

See also: A Guide to Landscaping with Available Water in Emigration Canyon by Gayle Weyher Landscape Design for The Emigration Improvement District July 1999 (32 pp.)
Garrett Herbarium (Utah Museum of Natural History, University of Utah)
Great Salt Lake Audubon (while not a plant related site, we share many common concerns/goals)
Jordan Valley Water Conservancy District and other "Conservation" Gardens
Mystery Plants (currently off-line)
The Nature Conservancy in Utah
Rare Plants of the Wasatch Cache National Forest
Red Butte Garden  (University of Utah)
Red Butte Canyon Research Natural Area  (University of Utah) (Red Butte Canyon Flora)
Salt Lake County Natural Areas Land Management Plant Standards and Operations Manual, December 2007
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP1.pdf
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP2.pdf
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP3.pdf (lots of pictures)
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP4.pdf
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP5.pdf (invasive species control)
http://www.recreation.slco.org/parks/pdf/NatAreasLMP6.pdf (fire)
Salt Lake County Weed Control
Sierra Club - Utah Chapter (while not a plant related site, we share many common concerns/goals)
Wasatch-Cache National Forest - Celebrating Wildflowers, Rare Plants, Noxious Weeds