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TOYON May-June 2021 Final2
TOYON May-June 2021 Final2
CO-PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Snowdy Dodson Monthly Tuesday
Greetings. It has been the worst of springs with our
dismal rainfall yet the best of springs as somehow our Programs
gardens are blooming and the perennial shrubs and trees in May 11, 2021 – 7:00 - 9:30pm
our wild lands are thriving, in flower, and setting seed. We Virtual Program via Zoom
have had two good years of rain and now are forgetting
that we are still in a major drought. We got used to California Native Pollinators,
wildflower springs of the past few years and must Plants, and Pollination
remember that they are epic, precious events. We are
Presenter: DeeDee Soto
privileged to be surrounded by California's native botanical
beauty and diversity. California has a vast and wonderful diversity of flora
and with it comes a great diversity of invertebrate
Recently, our governmental entities have woken up to this
pollinators! Join Xerces Pollinator Conservation Planner
fact. In October 2020, Gov. Newsom signed into law N-
Deedee Soto for a talk about the diverse groups of
82-20, an Executive Order on Biodiversity and Climate
native pollinators, some of the plants they use, and
Change, aiming to conserve a minimum of our state's land
unique pollination adaptations. The program will cover
and waters by the 2030. In January 2021, President Biden
the different groups of pollinators with a primary focus
signed a similar Executive Order directing the Interior Dept.
on native bees, some highlighted species of the different
to pursue the same conservation goal for the U.S.A. Our
groups, and a bit of their biology and ecology. The
state has really taken the lead on this effort, and the
program will also feature information on the new
California Natural Resources Agency (CNRA) and other
Xerces community science effort CA Bumble Bee Atlas.
state agencies are developing a 30x30 roadmap plan –
Join us and hear what all the buzz is about!
“Pathways to Reach 30x30” – by February 2022 together
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with a plan entitled “Natural and Working Lands Climate
Smart Strategy.” The CNRA is seeking public input to the
process and announced a series of stakeholder engagement
workshops. The virtual workshop for Los Angeles County June 8, 2021 – 7:00 - 9:30pm
is on May 5 from 4 to 6 p.m. Please visit the 'states website Virtual Program via Zoom
- https://www.californianature.ca.gov to register. Members Post Woolsey Fire
of our CNPS Chapter Board plan to attend and will be
giving input to the process via the CNPS state office. Plant Recovery
Contact me and/or Andrea Williams – awilliams@cnps.org Presenter: Mark Mendelsohn, Biologist,
if you wish to get involved. Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area
The 30x30 planning process is an important opportunity Full description will be available prior to program via
for native plant advocates to ensure that California fully email, Facebook and LASMMCNPS.ORG.
incorporates CNPS priorities into its plans including: 1. A
strong definition of conservation; 2. The inclusion of CA Information for logging onto the Zoom presentation will be
Important Plant Areas (IPAs); 3. Biodiversity protection & posted on our website and Facebook twenty hours before
representation in protected areas; 4. Aligned land the event and announced via email blast
management approaches; 4. Access to nature for all
citizens; 5. Honoring Indigenous knowledge, sovereignty.
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