Meeting Notes - Monday, 5/3/2021
Notetaker: Kerry Johnston
Attendees: Erin Rentz, Dan Hawkes, Steve Sheehy, Kerry Johnston, Terry Smith, Sandra Klepadlo
Agenda: See attached below
Items Discussed:
Treasurer’s Report:
- · Balance $5,103.74 earned from native plant sales in the past 3 years including bare root tree/shrub sale 3/2021.
- · Est. $1,000 will be donated to the OR Flora Project Vol. III production. Discussed sponsoring a Genus, art or other.
Native Plant Sale:
- · May 15th last order will be taken by Dan Hawkes. Cost is $5 for 3.5” and $10 for 1 gallon.
- · Dan will try to get cardboard flats from Fred Meyer/ Terry will try Walmart 1 week prior to sale date.
- · May 21, 2021- Todd Kepple & Dan Hawkes will reserve a u-haul and pick up the plants in a covered vehicle. Labels will be written ahead of time and Dan will let us know when the list is final & he needs help. Dan will check if we have left-over tags or if we need to purchase more.
- · May 22, 2021- unload and tag plants, arrive at 7:30 am to prep then 9:00 am-5:00pm scheduled plant pick-up. Clean-up assistance needed after the sale.
- · Sale will be pre-order and scheduled similar to last year.
- · Dan Hawkes will prep for sales by creating order list and updating availability spreadsheet with Winter Creek Nursery and scheduling pick-up. He will also update the museum website.
- · Todd Kepple will post/update on FB & Erin Rentz will update the Klamath Chapter NPSO website.
- · Dan Hawkes contacted Megan Nichols (Western Native Plants) but no contact yet. Kerry e-mailed Megan 5/4/2021.
- · Proceeds will be split 65:35 (Klamath museum:NPSO)
Suggested Summer Field Trips / Winter Programs:
Topic
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Month
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Presenter / Organizer
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FS R6 Restoration Project along 140 w/ ODOT
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June or July
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Kathy Sale / Erin Rentz
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242 post-fire veg recovery walk
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June-July
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Erin Rentz / Erin Rentz
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Museum Native plant walk
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June
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Todd Kepple / Todd Kepple
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Sycan Marsh plant walk
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June
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Sarah Ratay / Sarah Ratay
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Tunnel Creek ACEC plant walk
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July
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Kerry Johnston / Kerry Johnston
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Caldwell fire – Lava Beds -post-fire talk
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Fall/Winter
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? / Steve Sheehy
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Local Native Plant Nursery talk
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Fall/Winter
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Megan Nichols / Erin Rentz
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- · Everyone will work on confirming presenters & finalizing event dates
NPSO business:
- · Sarah R has agreed to represent our chapter at State NPSO Meetings when Erin is not available.
- · Sarah R. is willing to help us with posting to the Klamath Basin FB Group for Klamath Chapter NPSO . Terry, Kerry, & Erin agreed to help with responses to questions on FB that come up.
- · Members are encouraged to send plant photos (Family, scientific/common name/location/date) or interesting information to Sarah R. to post intermittently to keep the information current/alive.
- · Encourage members to join and use iNaturalist
Common Plants Book Updates:
- · This will be the main topic for the June meeting
Miscellaneous:
- · 2022 Plant Sale merchandise for sale may consider posting to websites for purchase- t-shirts, hats or canvas bags can be designed locally from vendor. Table for winter discussion.
Next Meeting:
- · Monday, June 7, 2021, 6:30 pm. Klamath County Museum