Albuquerque Chapter
Officers, Activities and Events
Last update: 25 June 2008
This beautiful Iris missouriensis was taken by
Bob Sivinski on the Sandia Crest, June 2003.
Albuquerque Chapter of the Native Plant Society of New Mexico
Chapter Officers
Office |
Name |
Phone Number |
E-mail Address |
| President |
Pam McBride |
505 343-9472 |
ebotpam@msn.com |
| Vice President |
Jim McGrath |
505 286-8745 |
sedges@swcp.com |
| Secretary |
Tom Stewart |
505 881-6296 |
tomsstewart@att.net |
| Treasurer |
Gary Runyan |
505 242-9758 |
gary.runyan@state.nm.us |
| Chapter Representative |
Frances Robertson |
505 828-4775 |
frobertson45@comcast.net |
Most meetings are first Wednesdays at 7 pm at the Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Rd. NW, in the multi-purpose room
to the left as you come in the main entrance. For further information contact Pam McBride, ebotpam@msn.com, 343-9472; or Jim McGrath,
sedges@swcp.com, 286-8745.
Scheduled Events
June. No meeting, just field trips.
Sunday, June 29 - Don Heinze will lead a field trip to the Zuni Mountain Environmental Action League's ("ZEAL")
site in the Ramah Navajo Indian Reservation. We will view the vegetation on the ZEAL archaeological site and make suggestions
on what native plants would be desirable to plant for rehabilitation of the site, and how to plant them.
Carpool meeting time is 9:00 AM on the northwest side of the Wal-Mart parking lot on east side of Coors Blvd about 0.25 mi.
north of I-40.
Directions: Take Interstate 40 west of ALBQ to Grants where you intersect NM 53. Go south and west on NM 53 to El Morro
National monument. Go past the national monument 2 miles to the intersection of BIA 125. Go south on BIA 125 approximately
7 or 8 miles to the intersection of BIA125 and BIA 120. Meet Arlene Krippene there at 11:30 AM.
July and August. No meeting, just field trips.
July 19 walk - Tour of Charlie and Connie McDonald Garden Albuquerque. Meet at 9:30 am in parking lot of shopping center on the SE corner of Tramway and San Rafael NE. (San Rafael is between San Antonio and Paseo Del Norte.)
July 26 walk - to San Gregorio Lakes north of Cuba, NM. Bill Dodson, Leader. Meet at the SW corner of the parking lot for the shopping center (contains Wild Oats) at the NW corner of San Mateo and Academy, to leave by 9:00 A.M.
August 9 walk - Don Heinze will lead a field trip to the Belen Highline Canal. Meet on north side of Walmart parking lot on east side of Coors Blvd about 0.25 mi. north of I-40.
August 23 - Native Plant Society Garden Fair and Plant Sale. Albuquerque Garden Center (10120 Lomas Blvd., between Wyoming and Eubank in Los Altos Park). Jim Brooks from Soilutions will speak to us on Water Conserving Permaculture and Composting in Your Landscape and Getting Away from Toxic Chemical Use at 1:30 pm.
August 24 - 30 Open Gardens. The garden of one Albuquerque chapter member will be available for touring each day between 8:30 a.m. and Noon. List of gardens and day each is available for touring will be available at the plant sale on Aug. 23.
September 3 talk - Flora of Stewart Meadows. Jim McGrath will discuss the botanical inventory and vegetation map he produced for this site of a riparian restoration project on the floodplain of the Rio San Antonio. The 333-acre site is three miles west of San Antonio Mountain.
September 6 walk -to Stewart Meadows. Jim McGrath, Leader. Meet in Smith's parking lot at Carlisle and Menaul at 8 am. 3-3.5 hrs one way. Trip is designed as both a long day trip and as an overnight. Primitive camping is available at Laguna Larga or motel accommodations in Taos or Antonito, CO. Contact Jim McGrath (286-8745) for additional information.
September 13 - Annual monitoring of the Pecos Sunflower population at the Blue Hole Cienega in Santa Rosa. Meet on the west side of the Smith's parking lot at Tramway and Central, to leave by 9 am.
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