People

Sabrina is devoted to community and environmental stewardship. Sabrina is a lifelong learner dedicated to supporting the CNPS mission while deepening her understanding of the world. Sabrina has a variety of competencies and efficiencies that she lends to the Kern CNPS chapter as well – please reach out with any inquiries related to the Kern CNPS chapter.

Paul Gipe was part of the group that reconstituted the Kern Chapter in early 2013. Since then he's acted as the informal coordinator of the chapter. He developed an amateur interest in botany in the late 1990s when he asked "What's that?" of a plant growing on his property in the Tehachapi Mountains. He's still trying to figure that out more than two decades later.

Monica is an avid gardener and likes to spread the word or how to best garden with native plants. She also manages the chapter's plant sales. If you want to know how to replace your lawn, grow native plants, or what nurseries carry the plants you like, she's the person to ask.

Lucy has been part of the Kern Chapter of CNPS longer than any other ExCom member. She's a walking repository of Kern chapter lore.

Fred has taken on the thankless task of following all the conservation issues facing the chapter. He represents the chapter's interest at public hearings and files comments on issues of public importance affecting native plants.

Dinah is a master at newsletter creation and we're fortunate to have her produce a work of art in each issue of the Mimulus Memo, the chapter newsletter.

Clyde is our go to man when we want to identify a plant. He's one of the few of us who can use the Jepson manual and actually get to a result. He's also generous with his time for those of us who just want to know "what is it."

Bill is a regular at our chapter work parties and has grown oak seedlings for transplantation on the Nature Conservancy properties near Caliente, California.