. . dedicated to the appreciation and conservation of the Colorado native flora” 
Volume 29 Number 3 ANNUAL MEETING EDITION May - July 2005 
The Board of Directors and Southwest Chapter invite you to 
attend the 30th Annual Meeting of the Colorado Native Plant 
Society, September 16-28. This year the meeting will be in 
Pagosa Springs, with the Southwest Chapter hosting the meeting. 
It will be held in conjunction with the Second Annual Colorado 
Rare Plant Technical Committee meeting, which CONPs mem- 
bers are invited to attend. 
Lodging Information 
Pagosa Lodge. Make reservations directly with the Lodge. 1-800- 
523-7704 or 1-970-731-4141; Fax: 1-970-731-4343; e-mail: 
PagosaLodge@PagosaSprings.net or www.pagosalodge.com. 
Ask for the Group Sales Department in order to receive the 
CONPS rate ($85 plus tax for double occupancy per room per 
night). Early reservations are recommended, as these dates are 
the Colorfest/Balloon Rally weekend in Pagosa Springs. 
Saturday evening activities are on your own. Options include the 
Full Moon Program at Chimney Rock (reservations required) or 
soak in Pagosa's famous hot springs. 
Silent Auction 
We need a leader and assistants to organize a silent auction. It will 
require finding items for donation, transporting them and orga- 
nizing the auction at the meeting. Please contact Dave Anderson 
dgander@lamar.colostate.edu, 970-491-5857. 
Election for Board of Directors 
The Society will conduct its annual election for Board of 
Directors at the annual meeting. Five directors will be elected. 
The ballot is included in this newsletter as an insert. Members can 
either mail it in to the Society or vote at the meeting. The Board 
of Directors approved a three-year term of office for directors, 
beginning with this election. 
2nd Annual Colorado Rare Plant Symposium 
Help decide the future of rare plant work in Colorado! Join mem- 
bers of the Colorado Rare Plant Technical Committee (RPTC) in 
the second annual Colorado Rare Plant Symposium. The RPTC is 
an ad-hoc group of agency and non-government organization 
botanists that has been working for years to advance rare plant 
efforts in the state. Your personal knowledge of Colorado field 
botany makes your contribution to this effort critical. This half- 
day workshop will be held in collaboration with the CONPS 
annual meeting. For their second annual workshop the RPTC has 
selected 18 plant species that are globally rare (Gl), many of 
which are known only from Colorado. On Friday night the RPTC 
will present the results of last years efforts on the federally listed 
species in our state (see agenda). Please join them and help 
advance conservation efforts for these globally rare species. 
Gibbons beardtongue 
Penstemon gibbensii 
“Annual Meeting i continues on page 2 
Contents 
About the Society 7 
Annual Meeting 1-3 
Botanical Articles 4 
Calendar 8 
Chapter News 6 
Membership in the Society 7 
Announcements 5 
