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$5.00 (Free to Members) Vol. 33, No. 3 July 2005 FREMONTIA A JOURNAL OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY IN THIS ISSUE: CHAPTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: INSTALLMENT III 3 THE CNPS CONSERVATION PROGRAM by David Chipping 10 CNPS VEGETATION PROGRAM: A FRESH LOOK BACK AND A NEW LOOK FORWARD by Todd Keeler-Wolf and Julie M. Evens 18 THE CONSERVATION OF TWO SONOMA COUNTY MANZANITAS by Greg Wahlert and Phil Van Soelen 24 IN MEMORIAM: SCOTT SUNDBERG, 1954-2004 by Aaron Liston 31 VOLUME 33:3, JULY 2005 FREMONTIA 1 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF CNPS CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY FREMONTIA CNPS, 2707 K Street, Suite 1; Sacramento, CA 95816-5113 (916) 447-CNPS (2677) Fax: (916) 447-2727 VOL. 33, NO. 3, JULY 2005 [email protected] Copyright © 2005 MEMBERSHIP California Native Plant Society Membership form located on inside back cover; dues include subscriptions to Fremontia and the Bulletin Linda Ann Vorobik, Editor Mariposa Lily . $1,000 Supporting . $75 Bob Hass, Copy Editor Benefactor . $500 Family, Group, International . $45 Beth Hansen-Winter, Designer Patron . $250 Individual or Library . $35 Vivian Parker, Jake Sigg & Plant Lover . $100 Student/Retired/Limited Income . $20 David Tibor, Proofreaders STAFF CHAPTER COUNCIL CALIFORNIA NATIVE CALIFORNIA NATIVE Sacramento Office: Alta Peak (Tulare) . Joan Stewart PLANT SOCIETY Executive Director . Pamela C. Bristlecone (Inyo-Mono) . Sherryl Taylor Muick, PhD Channel Islands . Lynne Kada Dedicated to the Preservation of Development Director . Cari Porter Dorothy King Young (Mendocino/ the California Native Flora Membership Assistant . Christina Sonoma Coast) . Jon Thompson The California Native Plant Society Neifer East Bay . Joe Willingham (CNPS) is a statewide nonprofit orga- Finance Manager . Lois El Dorado . Amy Hoffman nization dedicated to increasing the Cunningham Kern County . Laura Stockton Los Angeles/Santa Monica Mtns . understanding and appreciation of Bookkeeper . Suzanne DaVirro California’s native plants, and to pre- Betsey Landis serving them and their natural habi- At Large: Marin County . Bob Soost Milo Baker (Sonoma County) . tats for future generations. Fremontia Editor . Linda Ann Reny Parker CNPS carries out its mission Vorobik, PhD Mojave Desert . Tim Thomas through science, conservation advo- Senior Conservation Botanist . Monterey Bay . Robert Hale cacy, education, and horticulture at Ileene Anderson Mount Lassen . Jim Bishop the local, state, and federal levels. It Rare Plant Botanist . Misa Ward Napa Valley . Marcie Danner monitors rare and endangered plants North Coast . Larry Levine Senior Vegetation Ecologist . Julie and habitats; acts to save endangered North San Joaquin . Gail Clark areas through publicity, persuasion, Evens Orange County . Sarah Jayne and on occasion, legal action; pro- Vegetation Ecologist . Anne Klein Redbud (Grass Valley/Auburn) . vides expert testimony to government East Bay Conservation Analyst . Marie Bain bodies; supports the establishment of Jessica Jean Olsen Riverside/San Bernardino counties . native plant preserves; sponsors work- Legislative Advocate . Katie Barrows Sacramento Valley . Diana Hickson days to remove invasive plants; and Vern Goehring San Diego . Dave Flietner offers a range of educational activities Legal Advisor . Sandy McCoy including speaker programs, field trips, San Gabriel Mtns . Lyn McAfee Website Coordinator . native plant sales, horticultural work- San Luis Obispo . Charles Blair Sanhedrin (Ukiah) . Chuck Williams shops, and demonstration gardens. John Donaghue Bulletin Editor . vacant Santa Clara Valley . Judy Fenerty Since its founding in 1965, the tra- Santa Cruz County . Casey Stewman ditional strength of CNPS has been BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sequoia (Fresno) . Warren Shaw its dedicated volunteers. CNPS ac- Shasta . Dave DuBose tivities are organized at the local chap- David Diaz, Vern Goehring, Steve Sierra Foothills (Tuolumne, Cala- ter level where members’ varied in- Hartman (Treasurer), Diana Hickson, veras, Mariposa) . Patrick Stone terests influence what is done. Volun- Lynn Houser, Lynne Kada, David L. South Coast (Palos Verdes) . teers from the 32 CNPS chapters an- Magney, Sandy McCoy (Vice Pres- Barbara Sattler nually contribute in excess of 87,000 ident), J. Spence McIntyre, Carol Tahoe . Michael Hogan hours (equivalent to 42 full-time em- Witham (President) Willis L. Jepson (Solano) . ployees). Allison Fleck CNPS membership is open to all. PROGRAM DIRECTORS Yerba Buena (San Francisco) . Mark Heath Members receive the quarterly jour- CNPS Press . Holly Forbes nal, Fremontia, the quarterly statewide and Gail Milliken MATERIALS FOR Bulletin, and newsletters from their Conservation . David Chipping PUBLICATION local CNPS chapter. Horticulture . Peigi Duvall CNPS members and others are wel- Fremontia logo (by L.A. Vorobik) re- Posters . Bertha McKinley come to contribute materials for pub- printed from The Jepson Manual, J. and Wilma Follette lication in Fremontia. See the inside Hickman, Ed., 1993, with permission Rare Plants . Ann Howald back cover for manuscript submission from the Jepson Herbarium, UC. © Re- Vegetation . .Todd Keeler-Wolf instructions. gents of the University of California. Printed by Business Point Impressions, Concord, CA VOLUMEFREMONTIA 33:3, JULY 2005 FREMONTIA 2 CONTENTS GUEST EDITORIAL: TRIAGE AND THE CONSERVATION ETHIC ............... 2 CHAPTERS OF THE CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANT SOCIETY: INSTALLMENT III .................................................................... 3 This third in a series of four articles celebrates members and local chapters which make up our Society, and includes those from the central part of the state: the Tahoe, El Dorado, Marin, Willis Linn Jepson, Yerba Buena, East Bay, Santa Cruz, and Santa Clara Valley chapters. Summaries of the remaining CNPS chapters will appear in the next issue of Fremontia. THE CNPS CONSERVATION PROGRAM by David Chipping.... 10 David Chipping (Professor of Geology at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo) has headed the conservation program since 1997. At the close of his tenure, the author reflects upon the Conservation Program of the Society, including an overview, how it relates to other CNPS programs, and some current challenges. CNPS VEGETATION PROGRAM: A FRESH LOOK BACK AND A NEW LOOK FORWARD by Todd Keeler-Wolf and Julie M. Evens ................................................................................................18 This article highlights the history of the CNPS Vegetation Program from its inception, with a positive look at the present and towards the future. The program has benefited tremen- dously from the work of its committee members and chapter volunteers, and now advances to new projects with paid staff on board. THE CONSERVATION OF TWO SONOMA COUNTY MANZANITAS by Greg Wahlert and Phil Van Soelen ........................... 24 Sonoma County is a hot spot of plant endemism in California, with 18 plant taxa known only from the county, including four species of manzanita. The authors tell the story of two such endemics: Vine Hill manzanita (Arctostaphylos densiflora) and Rincon manzanita (Arctostaphylos stanfordiana ssp. decumbens), and speak to both the challenges to their survival and conservation successes. IN MEMORIAM: SCOTT SUNDBERG, 1954-2004 by Aaron Liston ......................... 31 BOOK REVIEW ................................................................................................... 32 THE COVER: High elevation region in the Mineral King area of Sequoia National Park. The white rock in the background is rich in marble and carbonate-loving endemic species. One of the jobs of the California Native Plant Society Conservation Program is monitoring management actions of federal agencies so that special places like these and the endemic species they harbor enjoy continued protection. Photograph by D. Chipping. VOLUME 33:3, JULY 2005 FREMONTIA 1 GUEST EDITORIAL: TRIAGE AND THE CONSERVATION ETHIC USEFUL WEBSITES AND CONTACT INFORMATION ot enough money, not enough human resources, and not enough N California Native Plant time! This lament is heard from anyone working in conservation. Society (CNPS): As I draw to the end of my tenure as conservation director, I will try to www.cnps.org, with links to conservation issues, chapters, define an ethical basis for making choices about which conservation battles publications, policy, etc. we should join or run from, one that reflects the ethical choices made in the For updates on conservation battlefield triage of the wounded. issues: It is no easy thing to agree on the value of an at-risk plant or habitat. If Audubon Society www.audubon.org Center for Biological Diversity a plant is long-lived (such as a redwood tree), is it more valuable in some way www.sw-center.org than a tree that lives a century, a shrub that lives a few years, or an annual Native Plant Conservation plant? Is a plant of great beauty of greater value than a plant of nondescript Campaign www.plantsocieties.org Natural Resources Defense appearance? Is the last little patch of native vegetation in the center of town Council where it is seen by hundreds of people on a daily basis more valuable than a www.nrdc.org thousand acres of native plant habitat in the distant corner of Modoc Sierra Club www.sierraclub.org County on private ranchland? Is a plant community that contains a CNPS Wilderness Society List 1B plant of greater value than one that does not, and how would the www.wilderness.org richness and health of the other species play a role in the decision? If we For voting
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