Arizona Native Plant Society - Flagstaff Chapter

AZNPS Monthly Talks and Field Trips

All talks begin at 7:00 p.m. on the 3rd Tuesday of the month in Room 328 of the Biology Building on the NAU campus (unless a room change comes about, which we will alert you to). Field trips normally are held the Sunday following the evening talks. Meet at 10:00 am at the Arizona State Credit Union parking lot, southwest corner of Beaver and Butler. Come prepared with sun protection, water, food, and a car or gas money for carpooling.

For information about the Flagstaff Chapter, contact Barb Phillips.

Tuesday, April 19: Jan Busco, “The Grand Canyon Visitor Center/Mather Point Vegetation Project.”
Grand Canyon National Park Vegetation Program Horticulturist Jan Busco will talk about Grand Canyon National Park’s ambitious project to create a world-class experience at Mather Point, the most-visited place in this World Heritage Site. Find out how the park works to preserve native vegetation, follow the Vegetation Program staff and program volunteers through planning, surveying, salvage, plant propagation, planting and project maintenance, and find out about how you can participate as a volunteer to continue caring for and sharing this amazing site with visitors from around the world.

The Amphitheatre is one component of ongoing work at Grand Canyon National Park’s Mather Point that Jan Busco will discuss on Tuesday, April 19. (Photo submitted by Jan Busco)



Saturday, April 23: Grand Canyon Restoration Ecology Tour
Join Grand Canyon National Park’s Horticulturist Jan Busco for a fun-filled day touring a few of the park’s vegetation program highlights. We will see the Native Plant Nursery and the Endangered sentry-milk vetch (Astragalus cremnophylax ) ex situ population in the new passive solar greenhouse; visit the sentry milk-vetch disturbed lands restoration site and explore the new Mather Point/Grand Canyon Visitor Center improvements where over 20,000 salvaged and nursery propagated plants have been planted to date. Plan to bring a picnic lunch to be enjoyed at one of the new canyon view picnic areas at Mather Point. Please RSVP to Janice_Busco@nps.gov, 928 638-7782.