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Board of Directors, Officers, Chairs

 Kinnikinnick
Native Plant Society, Inc.
PO Box 1092
Sandpoint, ID 83864

Membership
 

About Our Chapter

Mission
Founder

History

Monthly Programs/ Presentations

 KNPS Activities

Field Trips
(Watch site for  Spring '10 Field Trips.)

Arboretum
Conservation Committee

Landscaping
Committee

Archives and Resources:

Kinnikinnick
Journals:
 2004 to 2009
 


Species Profiles/
Plants of the Month
New Species will be added each month!!  January:
 Ponderosa Pine

 RECENT ADDITIONS
White Hawkweed (Native)
Lomatium sandbergii
 Orange Honeysuckle
 Douglas Spirea
Pearly Everlasting
Mountain Lady's Slipper
 

Bonner County Native Plants Recommended for Landscaping

Lichen Workshop Review

Native Plants of Northern Idaho  

 Mineral Point Plant List

Native Plant Landscape Consultants

Valle Novak Gardening Articles from Daily Bee
(View PDF at 200 %)
Dec 7, 08
Feb 15, 09
Mar 1, 09
 

KCINPS Annual Reports:
 2008   2007   2006   2005   2004   2002

Earth Day 2008 Photos

Native Plants of Scotchman Peaks
(A 6.5 minute video on You Tube)

 Native Aquatic Plants
 

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UPCOMING PROGRAMS

In Partnership with the
City of Sandpoint Parks and Recreation Department
 Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society provides the following presentations:
LOCATION: Community Hall (Log Building)
First Avenue - across from County Courthouse, Sandpoint

 Saturday, Feb 27th  9:30 am      

Carol Jenkins, Clare Marley, John Hastings, Gail Bolin and Molly McCahon, speaking about recent landscaping projects in Dover Bay and the County Administration Building:

“Native Plant Community Demonstration Gardens: Two Practical Examples”
 more info

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Saturday, Mar 27th 9:30 am

Art Zach, USFS Ecologist

 “Native Plants and Fire in the Northern Rocky Mountains - Natural Interactions and Human Influences"  

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Note Cards on Sale in Town!

As always, our popular Native Plant Note Cards are available at the regular monthly meetings. If you are not able to attend a meeting or you would like to obtain them between meetings, they are also sold at the following location:

Bonner County Historical Society Museum, 611 S Ella (next to the Arboretum);
We thank the Historical Society for their cooperation in providing this outlet.
 

About our new logo:  Marilyn McIntyre, naturalist and artist, has created our colorful logo depicting the flower and the fruit of the kinnikinnick plant.

 

 
 

Board Meetings are 3rd Friday of each month 
 9 AM
East Bonner County Library 
Division at Cedar Street      Sandpoint, Idaho 


******Special Notice******         We have set up a"Yahoo Discussion Group" to facilitate communication and information exchange on issues related to the conservation of native plants and their habitats.  Individuals who wish to sign up, view or post items of interest may find us at:  http://groups.yahoo.com/group/conservation_KCINPS/
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~ Our Mission ~

The Mission of the Kinnikinnick Native Plant Society is:

  • to foster an understanding and appreciation of native flora and its habitats in the panhandle area of North Idaho, 

  • to advocate the conservation of this rich natural heritage for future generations, 

  • to encourage the responsible use of native plants in landscaping and restoration,
     

  •  to educate youth and the general public in the value of the native flora and their habitats.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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