Volume 40 Number 5
September - October 2020
CO-PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
By Snowdy Dodson
Greetings for what promises to be an interesting fall season filled with
opportunities for change and learning new skills. Who could have
predicted that we would be transitioning our monthly programs to the
online Zoom-based environment? I hope you will join me in exploring
and learning this new trend in CNPS communication. I must confess
that it is not my preferred mode of interaction. I had always thought
of myself as an introvert until my face-to-face encounters with CNPS
members and the public were taken away. I thank the CNPS state-wide
administration for quickly obtaining a robust Zoom account that we can
use to get the native plant message out and keep things going. We hope
that this technology will actually broaden our reach as it eliminates the
necessity of a commute to attend programs.
I also must inform you that this will be the last print version of our
chapter newsletter the Toyon. Due to the uncertainty of our fall
plant sale income, we cannot sustain the over $4000 a year expense that
the print newsletter costs for printing and mailing. The future issues of
our newsletter will be pushed out as a PDF via our chapter email
reflector and posted via Facebook and on our website. The plant sale is
our major fund-raiser for the year, and we have not received approval to
rent the Sepulveda Garden Center as staging area for this activity this
year due to Covid-19. No plant sale means no money for extras such as
the Toyon, restorations, etc. We will keep you posted via email, our
website, and social media.
It seems that so much is focused on what we can't do. What CAN we
do for native plants during this year or so of abnormal life? Well, you
can hike our beautiful Santa Monica Mountains and surrounding areas
being sure to practice distancing and wearing a mask. CNPS has eased
restrictions on group restoration activities for groups of 10 or fewer; so
you could join Steve Hartman's team who weed in the Sepulveda Basin
and at Caballero Canyon – email Steve at naturebase@aol.com
for the schedule and to reserve space and tools. Other groups such as
TreePeople (https://www.treepeople.org/volunteer ) and the Resource
Conservation District of the Santa Monica Mountains
(https://www.rcdsmm.org/what-we-do/habitat-restoration/ ) and
Friends of the LA River (https://folar.org/get-involved/ ) seem to be
doing restoration activities and if that appeals, contact them for more
information. Grow out tons of native milkweed and give them as gifts
and plant them in your own garden; patronize local native plant
nurseries such as the Theodore Payne Foundation and Matilija Nursery
both of which are doing online orders and safe plant pick-ups.
Thanks for being CNPS members and for all you are doing. Please stay
in touch and stay safe.
PLANT SALE CANCELLED FOR FALL 2020
LOS ANGELES / SANTA MONICA MOUNTAINS CHAPTER
Visit www.lacnps.org for 4-color version of this newsletter
Monthly Tuesday Programs
of the Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter
September 8, 2020 – 7:00 - 9:30pm
Virtual Program via Zoom
Western Monarch Butterflies :
Creating Habitat with Native Plants
Presented by Theodore Payne Foundation
Outreach Manager Erin Johnson
Discover the unique connection between the western
population of monarch butterflies and California native
plants, including how to attract and nurture this iconic
species. The presentation will cover the current western
monarch situation, the monarch life cycle and the importance
of native plants for insect survival. Attendees will learn which
native milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) are best for monarch
caterpillars and which flowering plants provide nectar for the
adults including tips on growing and maintaining these
beautiful plants in your home garden. continued on page 3
October 13, 2020 – 7:00 - 9:00pm
Virtual Program via Zoom
City of Los Angeles'
Wildlife Pilot Study
Presented by Kat Superfisky,
Urban Ecologist, City of Los Angeles,
and Lena Mik,
City Planning Associate, City of Los Angeles
Protecting wildlife and biodiversity in Los Angeles is an important
topic for the City of Los Angeles! From its trailing waterways to its
scenic mountains, Los Angeles has a diversity of natural habitats
and open spaces where wildlife thrive. The Wildlife Pilot Study is
currently focusing on an area in the Santa Monica Mountains that is
a mix of primarily low-density residential lots and large
undeveloped open space and natural areas. The Department of City
Planning is using this study area to test development guidelines and
regulations that will support the City's ecological goals by
conserving and enhancing habitat and connectivity, while balancing
future development.
continued on page 3
Information for logging onto the Zoom presentation will
be posted on our website and Facebook twenty hours
before the event and announced via email blast.
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RESTORATION
NOTE: Restoration activities for 10 or less persons are
permitted. Please contact leader for requirements.
Native/Environmental/Xeriscape/Temescal/
Garden (N/E/X/T/Garden) at the top corner of the
City of L.A.’s Temescal Canyon Park in Pacific Palisades.
Last Saturday of the Month* 9am-4pm
~700 Temescal Canyon Road, Pacific Palisades 90272
(1 mile above PCH & 0.4 miles below Sunset Blvd.)
*Contact Mike Terry at michaelgterry@hotmail.com
to confirm beforehand. Community Service Credit.
Sepulveda Basin Wildlife Reserve
Van Nuys
Tuesdays and Thursdays Dawn - 9:30am
Help remove non-native plants. Contact Steve
Hartman at naturebase@aol.com to sign up and get
meeting place details. www.sepulvedabasinwildlife.org
CHAPTER BOARD MEETING
October 6, 7pm (Tuesday)
By phone Zoom conference. All chapter
members are welcome. Contact Snowdy
(snowdy.dodson@csun.edu) for link.
NATIVE PLANT NURSERIES
CUSTOMER PLANT PICKUP
Both Matilija (Moorpark) and Theodore Payne
Foundation (Sun Valley) native plant nurseries have
instituted procedures for customers to preorder, pay
for and pick up native plants for spring planting.
For Matilija Nursery details see:
http://www.matilijanursery.com/news/coronavirus-
customer-order-pickup/
and for Theodore Payne Foundation:
http://theodorepayne.org/plants-and-
seeds/nursery/inventory/
and the TPF Store has online ordering for seeds,
clothing, books, etc.:
https://store.theodorepayne.org/
RECOVERY AND RESILIENCE:
CONFRONTING FIRE, WEEDS, AND
FOREST PESTS
CAL-IPC SYMPOSIUM – OCT. 27-30
This important annual meeting dealing with invasive plant and
restoration issues is going online this year.
See https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/symposium/
for registration and programming details.
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September - October 2020
MICHAEL O'BRIEN
IN MEMORIAM
Long-time CNPS supporter and
weed warrior, Michael O'Brien,
passed away on July 16 at the age of
74 at his home in Echo Park. Mike
was an intrepid weed eradicator in
the Santa Monica Mountains and in
the State of California pocket
beaches along PCH. He was
untiring in his devotion to this vital
restoration work. As a part of a small team led by Jo Kitz, he took
out invasive non-native plants and replaced them with appropriate CA
natives at Malibu Creek State Park and on property managed by the
Mountains Restoration Trust. He also volunteered at our Chapter's
annual plant sale and Native Plant Week Symposium.
Although Mike's academic background was in linguistics (BA, Univ. of
Kansas; MA, UCLA), he found his true calling when he obtained his
Certificate in Landscape Architecture at UCLA in 1983. This
expertise served him well in his 28-year career at the City of LA,
Dept. of City Planning where he was instrumental in the development
and adoption of the City's Xeriscape Ordinance and first Landscape
Ordinance. He shared his CA native plant expertise while teaching at
the UCLA Extension Landscape Architecture Program and the USC
School of Architecture.
A volunteer activist at heart, Mike was very involved with the Citizens
Committee to Save Elysian Park, the Echo Park Improvement Assn.,
and the Echo Park Historical Society. He had a passion for historic
preservation and sustainable landscapes. On July 29, Councilman
Mitch O'Farrell adjourned the LA City Council meeting in memory of
Mike and his service to the City.
A Remembrance by Darla Brunner
The native gardens at California state beaches suffered a major blow
in the loss of Mike O'Brien in July.
Mike O'Brien spent decades of his life as a champion of California
native plants, working tirelessly at four state beaches in Malibu. I had
the good fortune to answer his call for volunteers in June of 2019.
When I first showed up for work at El Matador State Beach I found
Mike in the middle of the most magnificent native garden, alive with
sacred datura, laurel sumac, Encelia californica, buckwheat, sage,
wildflowers and other natives I did not recognize but Mike knew them
all. Mike worked diligently, typically targeting emerging weeds with
herbicide while I hacked and cut invasive mustard in different areas
under his direction. Mike was so happy that the fires had swept to the
sea in 2018, saying that's going to happen every 20 years. It seemed
like he remembered back to the prior times. The fire took out all the
mustard, after which he aggressively suppressed the emerging weed
before it could take over, bringing forth the magnificence we saw in
summer 2019. He was a great inspiration to me.
Mike O'Brien was a great man in my eyes, an unsung hero of
California native plants, working quietly and diligently for nature. The
gardens will miss him and those of us who love life will, too.
Photo by Darla Brunner
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CNPS PROGRAMS
TUES 9/8 7:00-9:30PM
Virtual Program via Zoom
Western Monarch Butterflies
Presenter: Erin Johnson
(continued from page 1)
Erin Johnson holds a BFA from the School of the
Art Institute of Chicago, bringing a unique
background in scientific illustration and science
education to her role at TPF, where she is involved
in promoting the beauty and usefulness of
California native plants to communities across Los
Angeles. Before joining the Foundation, Erin led
local event design and operations at Atlas Obscura
and worked in the field of audience research and
evaluation at Wildlife Conservation Society. She is
an avid hiker and bird watcher and does native
plant gardening in Echo Park.
Information for logging onto the Zoom presentation
will be posted on our website and Facebook twenty
hours before the event and announced via email blast.
TUES 10/13 7:00-9:30PM
Virtual Program via Zoom
City of Los Angeles' Wildlife Pilot
Study
Presenters: Kat Superfisky and Lena Mik,
(continued from page 1)
Kat Superfisky is a designer, educator, and
ecologist who devotes her days, nights and dreams
to transforming urban areas into more inhabitable
places. After obtaining a Master of Science in
Conservation Ecology and Master of Landscape
Architecture from the University of Michigan in
2013, Kat moved across the country for the Los
Angeles River. Kat sees LA—and its river—as the
perfect laboratory to explore how to rebuild urban
areas into more “symbiotic cities”.
Lena Mik is a Policy Planner with the City of Los
Angeles Planning Department, Citywide Policy
Division. Lena has been working on the City's
General Plan Update and Wildlife Pilot Study and,
prior to that, implementation of the City's
Mobility Element 2035. Lena is a native of
Southern California and loves spending her free
time in the Sierras or in the high deserts. Lena
received her bachelor’s degree in Urban Studies
and in English Literature from San Francisco State
University and received her Master’s in Urban
Planning from New York University.
Information for logging onto the Zoom presentation
will be posted on our website and Facebook twenty
hours before the event and announced via email blast.
For info about the above programs, please see
“Monthly Tuesday Programs” on front page.
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VOL. 40, Number 5
CONSERVATION UPDATE
Cornerstone Mixed Use Development - Agoura Hills
Los Angeles Superior Court found in 2019 that the Mitigated Negative
Declaration for this large high-profile urban design hillside project
failed to adequately protect sensitive species, oaks, cultural resources,
and aesthetics. CNPS and grassroots litigation partner Save the Agoura
Cornell Knoll (STACK) filed suit against the City and developer
alleging these and additional failings.
The developer appealed the lower court decision. The State Court of
Appeals heard and upheld the Superior Court ruling early this year.
The developer subsequently appealed to California State Supreme
Court. The petition was decided not to be heard, effectively keeping
the Superior and Appellate Courts decisions.
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) attorneys consider the
Cornerstone decisions to be strong messages to planning departments
and builders. Full CEQA review must be done when sensitive
resources exist on parcels slated to be developed.
The Cornerstone property has been on the market since 2019. The
Agoura Village Plan designates the property for a low profile hilltop
restaurant constructed within and accommodating the existing
resources located onsite.
Mulholland/San Feliciano Project - Woodland Hills
The 6.2 acre 19 single-family home development located on pristine
oak woodland adjacent to a wildlife corridor and part of a larger
woodland was approved in 2019. Eight public agencies and non-
governmental organizations appealed the decision primarily on
environmental and recreational grounds. The appeals were all denied
this spring by the South Valley Area Planning Commission. Public
access restrictions impeded public comment due to COVID-19. The
developer failed to approve a continuance. The approval for the project
was sustained.
Los Angeles City Councilmember Blumenfield subsequently invoked
the '245 Process,' which wrests City Council authority over that of the
Planning Commission. He stated his rationale for doing so was that he
is a champion for both the public due process and the City of Los
Angeles Protected Tree Ordinance. Blumfield added that the
appellants' testimony deserved to be heard, considered, and that
consideration should be given to the protection of existing native trees
that would be subject of discussion during the appellate process. The
appeals hearing is yet to be rescheduled.
The Berggruen Institute - Santa Monica Mountains
Great news here! The proposed “institute” project is dead. A full
article detailing the project’s demise will appear in the November -
December TOYON.
Chapter Board Officer Nominations
Requested for
LA/SMM Chapter
We are seeking candidates for offices on the chapter board for 2020.
The term of office is one year. Meetings next year will likely be held
by Zoom. If you are interested in serving on our Board contact
Steve Hartman at naturebase@aol.com. Nominations must be
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WESTWOOD GREENWAY
By Jonathan Weiss
I hope it's not too prideful to say that the Westwood
Greenway is a good idea. It would have remained just
that – an idea – if not for groups like the California
Native Plant Society. In October 2007, several months
after the idea began germinating, Snowdy Dodson wrote:
“We feel that this project would offer an opportunity to
create California native plant coastal sage scrub and
wetland habitats which would in turn provide food and
shelter for wildlife in an urban setting.” When it opens
this Fall – thirteen years after that letter – the Westwood
Greenway will include those components.

The Greenway covers about 2 acres, located between

Overland Avenue and Westwood Boulevard and between
Pico Boulevard and the 10 Freeway. CNPS member –
and Westwood Greenway Steering Committee member –
Sarah Hays described the Greenway for this publication
in 2015:

“There will be a neighborhood-friendly open space with

a constructed stream using dry weather flow from the
Overland storm drain, low maintenance native plant
communities, a walking path and an outdoor learning
center on the north side of the tracks, and the Expo
bike/ped path on the south side.” Sarah also wrote that
“the Los Angeles Department of Sanitation and its
Watershed Protection Division have developed the
Greenway's conceptual plan for water treatment which
will reduce pollutants entering Santa Monica Bay.”

The “Overland storm drain” Sarah referenced carries the

buried (and long forgotten) Brown Canyon Creek, which
once flowed across the Greenway site. In the mid-
Twentieth Century, the creek – which originates in
Beverly Glen – was shunted underground into a storm
drain where it mixes with urban runoff which includes,
for example, heavy metals washed into storm drains
from vehicular brake pads.

At the Greenway, Brown Canyon Creek will be pumped Arrows show Brown Canyon Creek in 1894
to the surface. “Daylighted,” nature will once again USGS Map. Green box is Greenway.
“scrub” its water: sunlight will kill bacteria while plants'
roots capture heavy metals. By the time its waters reach
Ballona Creek and the Santa Monica Bay, it will be clean
enough to comply with Federal Clean Water Act
mandates.

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appropriate layer of mulch, many natives need little
or no watering.” The sign includes a picture of
hummingbird sage (Salvia spathacea) paired with
(naturally) an Anna's hummingbird (Calypte anna).
Another sign, “California Native Plants for Drier
Areas,” tells visitors, “Many plants native to Southern
California, including desert regions, are adapted to
prolonged dry spells. They grow in response to rain,
and go dormant during the hot, dry summer. That
sign shows Palmer's mallow (Abutilon palmeri) along
with a yellow-faced bumblebee (Bombus vosnesenskii).

As the Greenway construction nears completion, our

Steering Committee has been getting input from
governmental stewards and native plant experts (such
as the Natural History Museum's Carol Bornstein and
the Theodore Payne Foundation's Tim Becker, who
also helped with plant selection and signage, and
CNPS's Steve Hartman who took us on a tour of LA
River sites) to put together a comprehensive long-
term maintenance program for the site. This effort is
ongoing.

Snowdy Dodson wrote in the 2007 Greenway

endorsement letter, CNPS' “mission is to increase the
understanding and appreciation of California's native
plants and to conserve them and their natural habitats
through education, science, advocacy, horticulture
and stewardship.” We hope that the Greenway will
advance that mission for the foreseeable future.

At center, Brown Canyon Creek crosses the rail line at site

of today's Westwood Rancho Park rail station (1937)

The Greenway's biggest benefit may be teaching people

what CNPS members already know: sustainable
landscaping – especially native landscaping – serves us best
and beautifully.

The Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission, which

helped fund the Greenway through a Proposition 84 grant,
required a number of educational signs. (Most of the
funding comes from leftover bond monies from Los
Angeles' Proposition O; other Prop O projects came in Palmer’s mallow flower. Photo by Steve Hartman.
under budget!) One sign, “Gardening with California
Native Plants,” says “California native plants may be used in
virtually all garden designs and situations, and support
native birds and insects. Once established, and with an

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Xerces Pollinator Habitat
Project in the Sepulveda Basin
Wildlife Area
By George Waddell
We are a group of volunteers, members of the Los
Angeles/Santa Monica Mountains Chapter of the
California Native Plant Society (CNPS). Led by Steven
Hartman we have removed invasive plants from parts of
the Wildlife Area of the Sepulveda Basin for the past ten
years. Over that time we have gradually expanded the areas
dominated by native plants and greatly reduced the
recurrence of non-natives in those areas.
The Sepulveda Basin had been heavily farmed for more
than one hundred years, so virtually all native vegetation
had been eradicated along with the introduction of many
“weeds“ associated with agriculture. The San Fernando
Valley suburbs of Los Angeles grew up in the surrounding
area cutting off contact with wild areas of the Santa
Monica and San Gabriel Mountains. The US Army Corps
of Engineers (USACE) took control of the area in the
1930's to build a dry land reservoir for flood control of
the Los Angeles River which necessitated removing 2000+
acres of the San Fernando Valley from development. 100
acres of that is designated as the Wildlife Reserve. Various
projects since the 1980's have introduced a Wildlife Lake
and a base structure of native shrubs and trees, but
unfortunately more than 80% of the Wildlife Area is still
dominated by annual fields of mustard, horehound,
poison hemlock, fennel, thistle and other invasive plants.
More information about the Sepulveda Basin Wildlife
Area can be found at https://sepulvedabasinwildlife.org
and CNPS publication Fremontia Vol 46 No. 1.
The area selected for the Xerces Pollinator Project
planting was an open space surrounded by dense thickets
of California rose, coyote bush, golden currant and
elderberry. 70 feet to the North is a large lawn used for
soccer and picnicking (and gopher hunting by great blue
herons). 100 feet to the South is the Wildlife Lake and 100
feet to the West is Haskell Creek (which flows from the
San Gabriel Mtns to the North but also drains many
square miles of suburbs). Haskell Creek feeds the Los
Angeles River which is about one mile to the south.
The shrubs had been prevented from expanding into our
open area by the long term presence of mustard. We have
found that removing mustard for at least three consecutive
years allows the native shrubs to compete effectively
against the recurrence of the mustard. A volunteer effort
by 25 people the year before had allowed us to expand our
efforts into this particular area.
The soil is a very heavy and impermeable clay--actually the
Wildlife Lake owes its existence to the removal of a large
amount of this clay to line the bottom of a reservoir.
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In the summer of 2019 we laid out an 80' by 80' area for the
planting. Because the soil is only slightly softer than concrete
we used a 1” drill bit and electric drill to make 1600 3” deep
holes at 2' centers. Anticipating continuation of the drought
conditions that had dominated the previous years we brought
water from the lake in buckets and filled each little hole
repeatedly with water using a variety of improvised watering
cans. The soil is so impermeable that it might take 5 minutes
for a hole to absorb its sip of water. The idea was to build an
underground store of moisture for each future little plant.
Thanks to the assistance of LA Rec and Parks we got access to
the irrigation for the lawn and using 200 feet of hose were able
to get a break from carrying buckets.
In October the plants came. They were donated by the Xerces
Society and grown by their partner producers Hedgerow Farms
and S & S Seeds. Our group experimented with planting
techniques. We built dibbles as suggested in the planting
guides, but it was going to take a long time to plant so many
plants and also keep them alive. Fall in Southern California can
be very hot and dry and there was no promise of rain.
A call for assistance for a planting day brought what felt like a
miracle. Thirty folks showed on November 2nd and we were
able to plant and water 1300 plants.
Our method was to first water the holes so that the dibble
could form the correctly shaped hole. Teams followed the
waterers and dibblers (fun to say!) and planted the tiny plants.
One team planted Black Sage around the perimeter. Another
team planted blocks of thirty to forty milkweeds. The
remaining Goldenrod and Pacific Aster were scattered
randomly throughout the remaining space. 160 of the Verbena
were reserved to be planted elsewhere because that species was
already in our area. Folks then worked to build watering
reservoirs around each plant, and we watered them in.
The remaining Verbena was planted later in three separate
stands West of Haskell Creek. These stands survived.
When next we visited the spot the first thing we saw were
rabbits. They were browsing enthusiastically on goldenrod and
aster. They left the others alone, but they did have a
disconcerting habit of snipping our little milkweeds off and
leaving them lying as a sad reminders. As dry weather
continued we kept on with our hand watering, being greatly
helped by a team of the Los Angeles Civilian Conservation
Corps. Eventually we began to do overhead watering with an
impact sprinkler.
Undeveloped planting area - Photo G. Waddell
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We tried a few methods of protection against rabbit herbivory. Anne Abramson
Sections of cardboard tubing surrounded some plants. One us watering holds for
built rabbit “confusers,” sort of wire cages above and around future plants -
individual plants. But the sheer number of plants made these Photo G. Waddell
methods impractical. In desperation we improvised a low (18”)
fence made of bird netting around the planting area with a
caution tape to warn pedestrians, but this was flimsy and barely
slowed the rabbits down. Ultimately the coming of the rains
provided the rabbits with alternative food.
The end of November and the month of December brought 7
inches of rain (100% more than normal) so our watering
duties ended. Hard rains brought sheet flows down from the
lawn and flooding from Haskell Creek which washed away our
watering reservoirs. March and April brought 7 more inches of
rain, as well as the COVID-19 pandemic which interrupted our Planting (note
volunteer efforts. During our hiatus an amazing variety of the dibble)
previously unseen plants have sprung up in our planting space. Photo Nurit
New natives include large patches of Camissoniopsis (new to Katz
the reserve) and fiddleneck along with elegant Clarkia,
California poppy and Hooker's evening primrose. A small
patch of coyote bush became a large patch, swallowing up our
Xerces plants in the SW corner.
The floodwaters also brought invasives as well—our old
enemies mustard, tocalote, and horehound as well as new
visitors such as curly dock, filaree, Russian thistle and prickly
lettuce. We restarted our weeding efforts at the end of May
and now have the weed situation under control.
The results for our Xerces donated plants are mixed. Black
sage are large, 2 feet tall and blooming already. Verbena are
also large and blooming. Some of the milkweeds are a foot tall,
blooming with multiple stems, while others are barely larger
than when they were planted. Aster and goldenrod are difficult
for us to identify now and seem to have a low survival rate
probably due to their tastiness to the rabbits.
A count on June 9th found 164 narrowleaf milkweeds which is
a 20% survival rate. Survival for black sage is at least 50% and
represents an important introduction to the Wildlife Area.
Verbena is now common in the area, and certainly some of
these are from the forty that we planted there. Survival rates Above, Robert Grzesiak and the fenced planting area - Photo G.
for the goldenrod and Pacific aster are difficult to determine Waddell.
but is probably less than 20%. These small plants are difficult Below, same area as above in July 2020. Photo S. Hartman
to identify so we await their bloom.

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Volume 40 Number 5 MEMBERSHIPS
Co-Presidents
September – October 2020 Send check to David Hollombe, 6223 San
Snowdy Dodson
Vicente Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90048
INSIDE THIS ISSUE (818) 782-9346 or to CNPS, 2707 K Street, Suite 1,
snowdy.dodson@csun.edu Sacramento, CA 95816.
Front Page Page 4 Current CNPS memberships are:
Co-President’s Message, Westwood Greenway, Bill Neill Student, Limited Income $25,
Programs by Jonathan Weiss (818) 769-0678 Individual $45,
bgneill@earthlink.net Family, Group or Library $75.
Make checks payable to CNPS.
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Restoration Activities, Xerces Restoration Project Mary Montes CHANGE OF ADDRESS: Write or
Announcements, in the Sepulveda Basin, phone David Hollombe (323) 934-0332.
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Remembrance Suite 1, Sacramento, CA 95816.
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