Mq facilities are available at our camping site 
Ifi Little Gypsum Valley. For those of less 
rugged constitution, there are motels in Naturita 
*nd Norwood, Jim will provide maps, names of 
motels, and Information about rare species to 
people registering for the trip. 
June 25-27, Friday - Sunday 
PICEANCE BASIN 
Trip Leaders: Bill Baker (Colorado Natural 
Heritage Inventory), and Karen Wjley Eberle 
(BLM, Craig District). 
Registration: Scott Ellis (See March 13 above); 
Ann Hi 1 stead. Nature Conservancy, (837-0505), 
1732 Pearl, Suite 301, Denver CO 80203. 
Registration Cutoff: May 15. 
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Size: 25. 
Registration Fee: None . 
Location^ Piceance Basin west of Meeker (Rio 
31anco County) . 
This is your opportunity to learn about a very 
interesting area of the state that is slated for 
oil shale development. The CONPS made a trip 
here In 1980 that was a great success, and this 
one should be too. CONPS articles on the basin 
can be found in the Newsletter, Vol. 4, Nos. 1, 
2, and 4-. 
The Colorado Natural Heritage Inventory will be 
conducting fieldwork in the Basin this summer. 
The results of this work will help devise a 
route that will encompass the best examples of 
rare plant sites, and native plant communities. 
Schedule: 
—-June 25 - Arrive in Meeker the night before; 
camping available at City Park; motels avail- 
able in Meeker, but reservations should be made 
a month in advance. 
-—June 26 - Depart Meeker City Park Campground 
at 7:30 am (! SHARP!) for the Piceance Basin; 
return to Meeker in the evening. 
—June 27 - (Optional trip) Possibilities 
include the Miller Creek watershed. Flat Tops 
near Trappers Lake, the Upper Colorado Plant 
Materials Center, and Raven Ridge near the White 
River. 
Registrants will be notified of trip details by 
early June. If you have any preferences for the 
optional Sunday trip, please let the leaders 
know. 
July 10, Saturday 
FLORISSANT FOSSIL BEDS PLANT INVENTORY 
Tri p Leader: Mary Edwards. 
Registration: Mary Edwards, (233-8133), 2580 
Parfet St., Lakewood CO 80215. 
Size: unlimited. 
Registration Fee: None. 
L ocation:" Florissant Fossil Beds National 
Monument, west of Colorado Springs (El Paso 
County). 
The purpose of this trip is to continue the 
plant inventory project begun last year. The 
principal tasks associated with the project 
include making voucher collections in areas that 
have not been previously surveyed, and updating 
species lists after collections have been 
identified. The Florissant vegetation consists 
of a ponderosa pine woodland broken by open 
grassy meadows, and intermittent wet swales. 
Mary Edwards has summarized the results to date, 
and has had identifications confirmed by Dr. 
William Weber at CU. Fieldwork Is needed at all 
seasons. Person interested in working on this 
project should contact Mary Edwards to obtain 
maps of the area, learn about voucher collection 
techniques, and obtain species lists. Mary will 
lead the field trip noted above, but people are 
encouraged to visit the site at other times. 
Late August - Early September 
SURALPINE-ALPINE TRIP (Joint trip with The 
Nature Conservancy) 
Trip Leaders: To be announced. 
Registration: Ann Hflstead, The Nature 
Conservancy, (837-0505). 
Size: 25. 
Registration Fee: $5/person. 
Location: Bunker Hill area, west of Nederland 
(Boulder County) . 
Details for this Tate sumner trip are still 
being developed. More information will be 
forthcoming in the next Newsletter. 
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FIELD TRIPS WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS 
The Nature Conservancy and DBG are offering 
trips beyond those described here. For addi- 
tional information, pTease call or write the 
respective trip coorinators: 
Ann Hi! stead 
The Nature Conservancy 
1732 Pearl St., Suite 301 
Denver CO 80203 
Phone: 837-0505 
Margaret Wallace 
The Denver Botanic Gardens 
909 York St. 
Denver CO 80202 
Phone: 575-2548 
FIELD TRIPS IN ADJOINING STATES 
Native Plant Societies in adjoining states are 
still formulating their 1982 field trip plans. 
Please contact the following representatives for 
information. The Colorado list will be 
forwarded to these organizations for inclusion 
in their newsletters as they see fit. 
New Mexico Native Plant Society, Mary Wohlers, 
Route 3, Los Lunas NM 87031. 
Utah Native Plant Society, Barbara Halliday, 
3043 Brighton PI., Salt Lake City UT 84121. 
Wyoming Native Plant Society, Rober Lichv*. „ 
1216 West 31st., Cheyenne WY 82001. 
