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	News and Events We will provide information about wildflower- and botany-related events, news, events, and activities. Events We will provide general and regional information about Celebrating Wildflower-related hikes, artistic events, and programs. These may be hosted by the Forest Service or they may be hosted by other government agencies or organizations. Please refer to the host's link for contact information. MonarchLIVE, A Distance Learning Adventure - Beginning October 2008 The annual migration cycle of the monarch butterfly (Danaus plexippus) is one of the most spectacular natural phenomena in the world. Every year, millions of monarchs migrate thousands of miles from Canada and the United States to overwinter in the mountain peaks in the states of Mexico and Michoacán in Mexico. This magical journey, deemed an “endangered natural phenomenon,” is dependent on conservation of habitats in all three North American countries – United States, Canada, and Mexico. During the 2008-9 school year, take your class on FREE live, interactive field trips that follow the magical migration of monarchs. Monarch curriculum materials that meet the national science education standards are available online to teachers. In February 2009, join us in Mexico where we will talk with scientist." studying monarchs and learn about local people who are preserving winter habitat. Read the MonarchLIVE flyer (PDF, 1.7 MB) » Register Now for MonarchLIVE » Alaska Region Alaska Native Plant Society Community Events for 2008 (Various locations) Pacific Southwest Region 2008 - Jepson Herbarium: A Series of Workshops on Botanical, Evolutionary, and Ecological Subjects for 2008 (University of California, Berkeley) News The following links lead to news media websites featuring wildflower-related stories. New Arrivals on the Chippewa - American Elms! - November 2008 American elm seedlings. In 2007, the Chippewa National Forest (CNF) and the Northern Research Station (NRS) initiated a project to restore the American elm to the Forest's landscape. Dutch Elm Disease (DED) has greatly reduced or eliminated the American elm component of hardwood forests and riparian ecosystems on the CNF. The objective of this project is to strengthen the tolerance to DED in the landscape of the CNF without narrowing the genetic base of the remaining elm population. Read more » Hiawatha National Forest expands pollinator garden through FY08 native plant funding - November 2008 Dan McConnell transplanting native plants into the pollinator interpretive garden. The Rapid River District office native plant garden doubled in size due to funding provided from a native plant program in FY08. Thanks to funding provided to the Hiawatha NF from the Washington Office we were able to expand the existing native plant garden at the Rapid River Ranger Station and create an interpretive site for pollinator species habitat. Read more » Plants of the Grand River and Cedar River National Grasslands is Available! Townsend's Easter Daisy. Photo by Kurt Hansen. The Cedar River and Grand River National Grasslands contain a variety of habitats. The mixed-grass prairie, cottonwood riparian, and woody draws characteristic of the Northern Great Plains are all here. This diversity creates a welcoming sii for plant enthusiasts. The publication, Plants of the Grand River and Cedar River National Grasslands: 2008, by Kurt Hansen of the Dakota Prairie Grasslands, U.S. Forest Service, is available free to the public. This document includes 56 pages, a summary of the current list of known plant species found on the Grand River Ranger District. The current known number of plant species on the district is 470 plant species from 78 families. Much remains to be learned, Please, come explore this wonderful place and make discoveries of your own! The book is available at the Grand River Ranger District in Lemmon, South Dakota; the Dakota Prairie Grasslands Supervisor's Office in Bismarck, North Dakota; or, you can download it here (PDF, 2.80 MB). Hiawatha Hosts National Monarch Butterfly Workshop - July 2008 Workshop participants gathered beside Lake Superior. The Monarch Conservation Techniques workshop was held on the Hiawatha National Forest June 3-5, 2008. This workshop, sponsored by the International Programs division of the Forest Service, was led by Forest Service biologist Janet Ekstrum and Forest Service plant ecologist Deb LeBlanc. The three-day workshop taught monarch larva monitoring and butterfly tagging techniques, native plant propagation and site restoration. The Hiawatha National Forest was chosen to host this workshop due to their nationally recognized monarch research project on the Stonington Peninsula and their native seed program and greenhouse in Marquette. Read more » Hiawatha National Forest's Monarch Butterfly Research Project Receives the Wings Across the Americas Award - June 2008 Wings Across The Americas award recipients. On June 4, 2008, the Hiawatha National Forest hosted a reception to honor employees, partners and individual volunteers whose involvement in the Hiawatha National Forest’s Monarch Butterfly Research Project over the past 15 years has lead to the receipt of the prestigious Wings Across the Americas (WATA) Award. Read more » Final Native Plant Material Policy - February 13, 2008 The Forest Service has issued a new directive (Federal Register Notice, PDF,73 KB) for the use of native plant materials in the revegetation, restoration, and rehabilitation of National Forest System lands. This first ever national direction on native plant materials will help the Forest Service to develop and implement a native plant materials program throughout the Agency. The policy helps achieve the Agency’s goals of providing for the diversity of plant and animal communities, and restoring native species and habitat conditions in ecosystems that have been invaded by non-native species. Read more » Wildflower News Archives »
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