This training workshop reviews diverse new tools for exploring grasslands, including Calflora’s mobile phone apps, web-based tools, and GPS cameras. We will provide enough iPhones, Android phones, tablets, and GPS cameras to ensure that every attendee has the chance to get “hands on” in the field.  By the end of this class, you will be familiar with using these tools and ready for your best spring wildflower season ever! 

Location: American River Parkway Foundation, Sacramento

Time: 8am to 4 pm (Check in 7:45 am)

Instructors: Dan Gluesenkamp, Executive Director, Calflora, & Mike Perlmutter, Coordinator, Bay Area Early Detection Network (BAEDN)   

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Join us for this 5^th annual opportunity for practical, hands-on learning about native grassland plants,  grassland restoration, and seed production. Attendees will enjoy morning and afternoon tours of the farm, hear lunchtime talks, and see equipment demonstrations. Enjoy the casual atmosphere for networking, and learn from experienced professionals. This event sells out every year, so register early!

Location: Hedgerow Farms, Winters

Time: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Instructors: CNGA and Hedgerow Farms staff, and others   

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This workshop has lecture, lab, and field components and provides an overview of the vernal pool, coastal prairie, and serpentine habitats of the greater North Bay area.  Participants will learn basic grass identification of five common native grasses and five common non-native grasses. We will also touch on the ecosystem services of these habitats, management challenges, restoration and landscaping, and basic grass taxonomy, anatomy, and morphology.  

Location: Pepperwood Preserve, Santa Rosa

Time: 8:00 am - 4:30 pm

Instructors: Wade Belew, Restorationist, and others

This is an opportunity to explore coastal prairie and serpentine communities while enjoying spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean.

Location: Carpool location to be announced, Santa Rosa area

Time:  9:00 am - 4 p.m. 

Field Trip Host: Kathleen Kraft  

Boggs Lake is an undiscovered gem for botanists and bird watchers in the North Bay. Actually a vernal pool, Boggs Lake  is not fed by streams or springs and occurs on a substrate of compacted volcanic ash. Covering approximately 90 acres, it is home to 16 native grass species and rare plants, including Boggs Lake hedge-hyssop (Gratiola heterosepala) and few-flowered navarretia (Navarretia leucocephala v. pauciflora). More information and a plant list are available at:  http://www.nccn.net/~cnps/boggsfl.htm.

Location: Carpool location to be announced, Santa Rosa area

Time: 9:00 am - 4:00 pm

Field trip Host: Wade Belew, Restorationist   

An intense, fast-paced, training course designed to acquaint land managers, land owners, contractors, consultants, and others with the fine art and strategies of restoration and revegetation with native grassland species. Attendees will be able to apply what they learn about grassland restoration planning, implementing, and managing to their own projects. 

Includes free registration for Open Ranch Day at Rancho de las Flores on May 25. See below. 

Location: Sedgwick Reserve, Santa Ynez

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructors: Bryan Young & others      

This is a terrific opportunity to learn about the plants that are commonly used in grassland restoration projects throughout the state. S & S Seeds will host this Open Ranch Day and provide a casual, behind-the-scenes look at their seed production operations. Included are equipment demonstrations on restoration and management techniques. Note: Free admission if registered for May 24 Restoration and Revegetation Workshop (#6 above).

Location: Rancho De Las Flores, Los Alamos

Time: 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

Instructors: S & S Seeds staff, and others