2013 Field Trips, Outings and Events

Redbud Chapter Field Trip Schedules

Spring Field Trips

All of our field trips are open to the public and are free of charge. Bring water, lunch/snack, hand lens, wildflower book, and sun protection and/or rain gear, as needed. Children are warmly welcomed, but please arm them with a whistle! No pets are allowed on any of our field trips. We suggest ride sharing, as parking space at most trailheads is limited. We also suggest that you contribute some money to the driver for gas -- perhaps $5 for less than 40 miles round-trip, and $10 for more than 40 miles round-trip... Unless stated otherwise, our trips are easy, as we usually travel very slowly and stop to view, identify, talk about, and enjoy each plant or fungus species. Most of our trips are led by more than one botanist.

For most of our trips we will meet at the Rood Center on Highway 49 in Nevada City, in front of the main building -- NOT at the library. We will then form car pools and drive to the trailhead. In many cases you can meet us at the trailhead if this is more convenient for you.

Our book “Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California” will be available for purchase at the meeting place before each field trip. Retail price is $29.95 plus tax; Redbud Chapter members (including brand new ones) are entitled to a 15% discount. We can accept cash and checks. This book will be very helpful on all of our field trips!

The field trip will be canceled if heavy rain (or snow) is predicted. If in doubt, call 530-265-4173 after 7AM on the morning of the trip for a recorded message.

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Wildflower Field Trip

Bowman Lake Road Field Trip
Saturday, May 18 at 10:00 AM

Meet at the parking lot for Sierra Discovery Trail. We will then drive or walk a short distance to where the wildflowers are blooming best. Take highway 20 east 23 miles from Nevada City. Turn left onto Bowman Lake Road. Go a short distance on the paved road to the well-marked parking area for Sierra Discovery Trail.

More Trips... to be posted here as winter/spring progresses.

Since it is hard to predict . . .

when and where wildflowers will be in bloom, and since it is hard to schedule field trip leaders months in advance, our field trips will not be advertised in this newsletter. Instead, we will post them on-line, on our web page (http://www.redbud-cnps.org/) and on our Yahoo listserv. (Go to our web page to sign up for our Yahoo listserv. Once you have signed up, you will be notified via email of each field trip.)
If you wish to lead a field trip, please send Roger your write-up at least two weeks prior to the date of the walk and he will see that it gets posted. If you know of a good area for a field trip, please volun- teer to lead it, even if you don’t know any or all of the plants. Usually the members of the group can collaboratively identify most of them.
To learn more about California’s rare plants go to www.cnps.org. This is web site has extensive resources and an Online Inventory of Rare and Endangered Plants.

More Field Trip Information . . .

All of our field trips are open to the public and are free of charge. Bring water, lunch/snack, hand lens, wildflower book, and sun protection and/or rain gear, as needed. Children are warmly welcomed, but please arm them with a whistle! No pets are allowed on any of our field trips. We suggest ride sharing, as parking space at most trail heads is limited. We also suggest that you contribute some money to the driver for gas—perhaps $5 for less than 40 miles round-trip, and $10 for more than 40 miles round-trip. Unless stated otherwise, our trips are easy. We travel slowly and stop to view, identify, talk about, and enjoy each plant species. Our trips are often led by more than one botanist.

For most of our trips we will meet at the Rood Center on Highway 49 in Nevada City, in front of the main building—NOT at the library. See map below. We will then form car pools and drive to the trail head. In many cases you can meet us at the trail head if this is more convenient for you.

Our book Wildflowers of Nevada and Placer Counties, California will be available for purchase at the meeting place before each field trip. Retail price is $29.95 plus tax; Redbud Chapter members (including brand new ones) are entitled to a 15% discount. We can accept cash and checks. This book is very helpful on all of our field trips!

For more information call Roger at 530-265-4173 or email him at rogm@SBCglobal.net. At 7:00 AM in the morning of the trip, you can call his answering machine for updates — especially if the weather looks “iffy.”

(If this info is stale, sometimes it helps to see the current newsletter (if it's not stale) for field trip information.)

Other Groups' Field Trips

You might find outings on the Independence Trail website.

The Sacramento Valley chapter of CNPS may have field trips.

Last updated
May 5, 2013