Everyone is welcome to attend membership meetings in the Kern County Superintendent of Schools Building on the corner of 17th and “L“.
The parking building is located on 18th between “K” and “L“.

MEETING!
June 15, 2010
6:00 PM

Amber Swanson, from the State CNPS will be our speaker for the night. She is the botanist in charge of the “Rare Plant Treasure Hunt" in the Mojave Desert and the Carrizo Plains. Everyone is invited to join us, for a casual dinner (Flame and Skewers at 4:45), before we gather for the meeting. Flame and Skewers is downtown, at the corner of 23rd Street, and “L” Street. Turn south from 23rd Street, then left into the parking lot, on the south side of the restaurant.

Following dinner, we will migrate to the meeting. The Superintendent of Schools building is on 17th Street, between “K” and “L” Streets. Access to the parking structure is on 18th Street, nearest to “K” Street. Come thru the lot to the door, walk to the front of the building, and turn left to our meeting room. At about 6:00, Denis Kearns and Rich Spjut will show us more Plant Keying and Identification. Light refreshments will be available.

Amber will begin her presentation around 7:00. She has been working at various locations around the state, along with many volunteers and other botanists. We look forward to hearing her tell about what plants have been checked up on, re-discovered, or found for the first time, in locations thorough out the state. We will also find out what has been going on here in Kern County. We will get to see photos, and hear where these plants have been seen. She will tell us what places still need to be looked at, and how we can join in to help.

CANCELLED! Wednesday, we will be having a field trip with Amber. We have decided to go to Bear Valley Springs (25,000 acres), where there seems to be no plant list. We will wander around the wilder areas of BVS, and list what we find. There are many hiking trails thru the community owned private land. Amber has pulled lists from neighboring public lands, so we can see what we could expect to find there. Bring the usual-sunscreen, lunch, hat, bug spray, layered clothing, sturdy shoes, hiking pole if desired, water. In the morning, we will gather at Taco Bell (Hwy. 58 and Fairfax) at 8:15 am, and depart at 8:30. We can arrange to share cars in the parking lot. Anyone interested in joining us on the trip, should contact me Tuesday, or early Wed. I don't know how long the field trip will last.

If you are coming from east of Fairfax, and want to meet us at the gate to Bear Valley Springs, call me for directions. Try to call before 8:30, my reception may get bad in the hills. We should get to BVS at about 9:15 - 9:30.

Kern River Parkway Festival May 22nd
click here to download a Flyer (771K)

Volunteer Work Party, May 15
Meet in the parking lot at Wind Wolves office/headquarters (see directions below)

DIRECTIONS:

The Road to Wind Wolves Preserve heads south from Highway 166, between Maricopa and Interstate 5; it is marked by a “Wind Wolves Preserve” sign. Look for this sign on the south side of Highway 166, 1.8 miles west of the junction with Old River Road (if you are driving west), or 13 miles from Maricopa (if you are driving east). Travel south for three miles; then turn right (follow pavement) and proceed through the entrance gate. In about 1/2 mile you will come to a “Y” in the road with an Orientation sign in the middle, take the right fork toward “Visitor Information”. In another 1/2 mile you will come to our headquarters compound. You will see a Spanish style building to your right, this is our office.
If you become lost, please contact David Clendenen’s cell at 661-747-0374 or call the Wind Wolves Preserve Office at 661-858-1115.

Future dates for Volunteer Work Parties will be Feb. 20, March 20, April 17 & May 15.

The 2nd Annual Living Green Festival was held MARCH 17-21, 2010 and was a big success!

The Aleutian Goose Festival has fledged into the California Redwoods Bird and Nature Festival. During the second weekend in May (May 7 - 9 in 2010) in Crescent City, California come join the fun with 70 field trips/workshops, boat and kayak trips, for birding, botanizing, Native American cultures, and more. In the home of Redwood National & State Parks and the Wild and Scenic Smith River, with 425 recorded bird species, wild Del Norte county is a nature lover's dream.