Your annual reminder that the #CityNatureChallenge starts tomorrow, and if you want the MOST species per unit area get to a native grassland!

The NPS has released the Comprehensive Site Management Plan and Environmental Assessment for Mt. Wanda. Your help is needed to review the plan and provide comments before June 11! Visit parkplanning.nps.gov/MtWandaCSMP to download the plan and submit comments. 📷: B. Phillips/NPS

Had a great time with grass identification last weekend, in and out of the classroom. If you weren't able to join us, come out this weekend 5/20 on a field trip to Skyline Gardens! cnga.org/event-5211033

The BLM Northern California Resource Advisory Council will hold an informational session via Zoom on Thursday, May 25, from 9 am to noon to receive updates from the field office managers. The public is welcome to attend. Learn more: ow.ly/vRbl50OqFhN 📸BLM

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ICYMI: The Mt. Wanda Comprehensive Site Management Plan and Environmental Assessment is open for public comment. Learn more at the Martinez Farmer’s Market on Sun. 5/21, or by joining an informational hike. More info here: go.nps.gov/mtwandaplanning 📷: L. Bailey/NPS

I like how these announcements keep featuring grasslands!

I have uploaded Chapter 8: Fire & Smoke and reloaded chapters 1-7 on my website as free PDFs. I appreciate hearing if people take to the observations and practice or if just like the info and illustrations. pyrosketchology.com #fire #smoke #fireeducation #DataVisualization

🚨 TWO scientific aid positions working on Scientific Collection Permits!🚨 If you’ve ever tried to get an SCP from CDFW, you know how long it takes. Help us help you! These positions will dramatically lighten the SCP backlog! calcareers.ca.gov/CalHrPublic/Jo…

Learn while you eat! Join the Invasive Species Action Week Lunchtime Talks, June 5-9, 12-1pm. Topics include: #Caulerpa #invasivetreepests #biocontrol #EDRR #aquaticplants #participatory science Register and find recorded sessions online: ucanr.edu/sites/invasive…

n.b. most of these annual grasses are nonnative; native bunchgrasses may be trimmed but do not cut the crown (the dense part of the bunch)

We have years, not decades, to take on the interconnected crises of climate change and biodiversity loss. We’re finding the people and path to make ambitious change. Want to be a part of The Nature Conservancy 's 2030 goals? Join Us! bit.ly/46Dt2fn

Purple needlegrass is indeed our state grass but that picture is purple fountain grass, a problematic nonnative species. Click here for an example of our lovely state grass: inaturalist.org/observations/1…

Do you have in-depth knowledge of CA coastal range ecology & are passionate about supporting Indigenous-led land stewardship? TERA is looking for an EcoCultural Stewardship Manager to oversee projects ranging from prescribed & cultural burns, fuels reduction, restoration & more!

If you can't make it to Hawaii, but want a similar sensory spectacle, get to a California grassland! It's tarplant season--tarplants and silverswords are related 🤯 Elegant madia, Madia elegans, by Ed Alverson via iNaturalist

Silverspots feed on violets (Viola adunca) in coastal grasslands--the southernmost Oregon silverspot is (hopefully still) in California, and its close relative the Myrtle's silverspot has similar needs on California's North Coast.

aka "the scenic route"