California Native Plant Society

California Native Plant Society We’re on a mission to save California’s native plants and places using both head and heart.
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This isn't the first round on this one. Over 625,000 people commented the last time the administration floated this repe...
08/24/2026

This isn't the first round on this one. Over 625,000 people commented the last time the administration floated this repeal, and by outside analysis, 99% were opposed. The USDA is moving forward anyway.

California carries some of the largest roadless acreage in the country, in forests like Six Rivers and the Sierra: land that holds rare plant communities and old-growth stands that don't exist anywhere else. Once roads and logging move in, that's not something a future rule can undo.

The window this time is short. Comments close September 21. Head to our link in bio or bit.ly/RoadlessComment to learn more and submit.

📸: Ecoflight

These gorgeous birds were spotted through BUG Initiative observations—and you can help find more!The Biodiversity in Urb...
08/19/2026

These gorgeous birds were spotted through BUG Initiative observations—and you can help find more!

The Biodiversity in Urban Gardens project uses community science to document native plants and urban wildlife across California, building the case for more native plantings statewide. Birders, this one's for you.

Head to cnps.org/BUG to join and start observing.

📸: wilsonyau62, jen_iyer via iNaturalist

SUPER chic to care about native plants.  📸: Jordan Collins, Philip Van Soelen, Olivia Wynkoop, Amina Sharma, Maya Argama...
08/14/2026

SUPER chic to care about native plants.

📸: Jordan Collins, Philip Van Soelen, Olivia Wynkoop, Amina Sharma, Maya Argaman, Devon Lukasiewicz

We're hiring: Major Gifts Officer. Join CNPS's Development team and help grow the relationships that fund California's n...
08/13/2026

We're hiring: Major Gifts Officer.

Join CNPS's Development team and help grow the relationships that fund California's native plant conservation for the long haul. If you love connecting people to a mission they already care about, this one's for you. 🌿

Hybrid in Sacramento or the Bay Area. Apply by September 10 at https://bit.ly/cnpsjobsfb

🌿: California pitcher plant (Darlingtonia californica)
📸: Brendan Wilce

August is Make-A-Will Month. With FreeWill, you can create your will online, free, in about 20 minutes. If you include a...
08/12/2026

August is Make-A-Will Month. With FreeWill, you can create your will online, free, in about 20 minutes. If you include a gift to the California Native Plant Society, you join the Legacy Circle and help protect the state's native plants and wild places for generations to come.
https://ow.ly/XGY550Zz7Nj

08/11/2026

The attacks on our public lands continue, and it’s enough to make your head spin!
 
We’ve got you covered with 24 ways to defend public lands now—straight from the Summer 2026 issue of CNPS Flora magazine. These lands our ours. Let’s act like it.
 
Head to the link in bio or bit.ly/PublicLands24 to learn more.

We're hiring! 🌿 CNPS is looking for a Communications Coordinator to join our Public Affairs team and help tell the CNPS ...
08/08/2026

We're hiring! 🌿

CNPS is looking for a Communications Coordinator to join our Public Affairs team and help tell the CNPS story across the state. In this role, you'll create content for newsletters, websites, and publications, support media outreach, and work closely with Chapter volunteers to coordinate trainings and communication resources. This role is ideal for an early-career communications professional who's organized, collaborative, and excited to support conservation and public engagement across California.

Hybrid (Sacramento area)
Apply by August 30 at https://bit.ly/cnpsjobsfb

📸: Bob Wick

Our 2025-26 Impact Report is live, and it’s full of the science, the successes, and the many ways California’s native pl...
07/30/2026

Our 2025-26 Impact Report is live, and it’s full of the science, the successes, and the many ways California’s native plant community made a difference for native plants and habitats over the past year.
 
The Impact Report includes…💫
🌻Highlights from across the state, where our 13,485 members contributed more than 90,000 volunteer hours toward supporting native plants and the biodiverse habitats they support
🌱 A glimpse at the extraordinary efforts people are making to establish native plants in their communities (including more than 70,000 Calscape users in the last year)
🌲Testimonials from partners like CA Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, who says, “The California Native Plant Society is one of the most effective conservation organizations I’ve worked with, full of passionate and expert scientists and conservationists—making a real difference to protect California’s globally unique biodiversity.”

“Time and again this year, people shared that CNPS renewed their sense of what is possible—that even in difficult moments, they could see a better future,” CNPS Executive Director Jun Bando and Board President Vivian Neou write in their introduction to this year’s report. “As you reflect on this report, know these achievements are yours. From generations past to present, you are part of a movement of people who understand a simple, enduring truth: When we protect native plants, we protect life itself.”
Head to link in bio or bit.ly/CNPSImpact to read the report.
 
📸: Bryce King

Our 2025-26 Impact Report is live, and it's full of the science, the successes, and the many ways California's native pl...
07/30/2026

Our 2025-26 Impact Report is live, and it's full of the science, the successes, and the many ways California's native plant community made a difference for native plants and habitats over the past year.

The Impact Report includes…💫

🌻Highlights from across the state, where our 13,485 members contributed more than 90,000 volunteer hours toward supporting native plants and the biodiverse habitats they support
🌱 A glimpse at the extraordinary efforts people are making to establish native plants in their communities (including more than 70,000 Calscape users in the last year)
🌲Testimonials from partners like California Natural Resources Agency Secretary Wade Crowfoot, who says, “The California Native Plant Society is one of the most effective conservation organizations I’ve worked with, full of passionate and expert scientists and conservationists—making a real difference to protect California’s globally unique biodiversity.”

“Time and again this year, people shared that CNPS renewed their sense of what is possible—that even in difficult moments, they could see a better future,” CNPS Executive Director Jun Bando and Board President Vivian Neou write in their introduction to this year’s report. “As you reflect on this report, know these achievements are yours. From generations past to present, you are part of a movement of people who understand a simple, enduring truth: When we protect native plants, we protect life itself.”

Head to https://bit.ly/3U4Idw8 to read the report.

This kid-friendly summer road trip agenda has been brought to you by Flora Magazine! Swipe through for where to find pit...
07/26/2026

This kid-friendly summer road trip agenda has been brought to you by Flora Magazine! Swipe through for where to find pitcher plants, pygmy forests, and enough natural marvels to fill a glovebox with field notes.

*Edit: the order of Tilden Regional Parks Botanic Garden and Van Damme Pygmy Forest Natural Preserve were accidentally switched, so make sure to reverse them back in your roadtrip plans!

📸: Bob Wick, NoahElhardt via Wikimedia Commons, Cali Godley, Alexander Wentworth via iNaturalist, Joanna Gilkeson / USFWS, Don Davis via Flickr, Brian via Flickr
🌿: Seaside Daisy (Erigeron glaucus), Pitcher plants (Darlingtonia californica), Joshua tree (Yucca brevifolia)

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