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Santa Cruz County Chapter Leadership
Our chapter board and committee positions contribute so much to our mission.
Thank you to the following members and their positions:Presiden…
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Linda Brodman, Habitat Restoration
Study the lives of conservationists and you discover a diversity of careers and talents: John Muir, Jane Goodall, Theodore Roosevelt, Rachel Carson, A…
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Laurie Kiguchi, CNPS Santa Cruz County Chapter president
An excellent article about Laurie Kiguchi, president of the CNPS Santa Cruz County chapter was included in the February 2026 issue of Flora. As usual …
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Suzanne Schettler
Suzanne Schettler is known as a serious and well-organized leader. For decades she has mastered nearly every California Native Plant Society (CNPS) le…
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Dean W. Taylor, an extraordinary botanist
The botanical world lost a human treasure when Dean W. Taylor died in 2020. Tributes from his friends and colleagues remind us of our good fortune to …
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Randy Morgan, CNPS Fellow
Here we honor early CNPS fellow and Santa Cruz Chapter President Randy Morgan (linguist, historian, entomologist, ornithologist, botanist) who succumb…
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Gilia by JLT Connor
California Gilia (Gilia achillefolia)
April 11, 2023 marked the date of my first CNPS field trip. I parked along Intergarrison Road in Fort Ord, t…
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Mark Bibbo and the Land Trust of Santa Cruz County
Mark Bibbo earned his master’s degree in plant ecology from U.C. Davis and began his botany career conducting vegetation surveys in the Sierra Nevada …
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Stephen McCabe and Live-forevers by JLT Connor
Take a close look at the picture of rock climber Stephen McCabe. Can you tell from his subtle smile if he’s exhilarated from the climb or from his sea…
