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Aquilegia 
Vol. 29 No. 3 
CHAPTER NEWS 
Boulder Chapter 
Monthly meetings are the on the second 
Thursday of the month at 7 pm at the City 
of Boulder Open Space and Mountain 
Parks offices in the north building confer- 
ence room, 66 South Cherryvale Road. 
From South Boulder Road, go south on 
Cherryvale 1/10 mile and turn west onto a 
lane to the offices. Contact Tommi Scanes, 
scanesclan@comcast.net or 303-682-1208. 
Fort Collins Chapter 
Month meetings are held Wednesday at 7 
pm at the Gardens on Spring Creek, 2145 
Centre Ave. Ft. Collins. Dinner with the 
speaker will be at 5:15 pm at The Rainbow 
on Laurel St. Please contact Annette Miller 
the day before if you will join us for dinner. 
Leave a message at 482-3063 or 495-3240 
or almiller@lamar.colostate.edu. 
Metro-Denver Chapter 
Monthly meetings are held September 
through April at 7 pm in the Waring House 
at the Denver Botanic Garden (the man- 
sion just south of the main entrance on 
York Street). To enter, head south on York 
past the Gardens main entrance. Make an 
immediate right into parking lot that says 
"Staff Parking." Members are invited to 
join speakers at 5:30 pm for pizza at 
Angelo's, 620 East 6th Ave (between Pearl 
and Washington) in Denver. For more 
information, contact Chapter President 
Naomi Nigro, 303-366-6033, or email 
naomi4CoNPS @ hotmail.com. 
Plateau Chapter 
Chapter activities are scheduled through- 
out the year. For more information, contact 
Chapter President Jeanne Wenger at 970- 
256-9227, stweandjaw@acsol.net or 
Program Chair Lori Brummer at 970- 641- 
3561, lbrummer@gunnison.com. 
Southeast Chapter 
Activities are scheduled throughout the 
year. The chapter is recruiting for the 
office of President. For chapter informa- 
tion or to volunteer, contact Doris Drisgill, 
Ddrisgill@cs.com, 719-578-1091, or Liz 
Klein, 719-633-5927. 
July 28 Cripple Creek and Victor Mine. 
Jeff Campbell of AngleGold Ashanti will 
give a tour of the restoration of the mining 
tailings. Call Liz Klein at 719-633-5927 
for more information. The tour will begin 
at 10:00 am at the mine headquarters about 
one mile north of Victor on Highway 67. 
Meet at 9 am on West Colorado Avenue 
between Longs Drug and the Bookman 
near the recycling center to carpool. 
August 13 Prairie Canyon Ranch 
in Douglas County, plant survey. Meet at 
the Beidleman Environmental Center 
(BEC) at 6:45 am to carpool. Take 
Highway 83 north to mile marker 44 where 
you turn (right) into the ranch to arrive at 
7:30 am. Bring water, raingear, lunch, sun- 
screen and books, paper and pencil. 
Alternative date is August 20. 
August 27 Asteraceae Workshop. 
Tass Kelso will give a one-day workshop 
on the Asteraceae at 9am at Colorado 
College and will provide a key to the 
Asteraceae. The cost is $10. Call Elsie 
Pope at 719-596-4901 to reserve a place 
(limit of 15). Refres hm ents will be pro- 
vided. Please bring specimens to key out. 
October 4 Paleobotany of 
Colorado. Herb Meyer of the Florissant 
Fossil Beds will talk on Paleobotany of 
Colorado at the Beidleman Environmental 
Center, 740 West Caramillo Street, 
Colorado Springs at 7:00 pm. This program 
is being co-sponsored by the National Park 
Service. Come and learn more about 
Colorado's ancient native plants. Call Liz 
at 719-633-5927 for more information. 
Southwest Chapter 
For news and activities, contact Chapter 
President Sandy Friedley at 970-884-9245 
or by e-mail at friedley@mydurango.net. 
Boulder County Nature 
Association Classes 
The Natural World of the Arapaho in 
Colorado - Andy Cowell. Learn about the 
natural world of the Front Range and Great 
Plains as seen by the Arapaho Tribe of the 
nineteenth and twentieth centuries. We will 
explore plant and place names, creation 
and cosmology beliefs, and the idea of 
"ecological consciousness" in traditional 
Arapaho culture. 
Tuesday, August 9, 7-9 pm 
Thursday, August 11, 7-9 pm 
Saturday, August 13, 9-noon, field class 
Tuition: Minimum donation of $50, which 
will contribute to Arapaho language and 
culture projects. To register contact Andy 
at 303-543-7504, cowellj@colorado.edu. 
Bats of Boulder County - Dr. Rick Adams 
Come learn about the natural history of 
these enigmatic mammals by delving into 
their ecology, physiology and behavior. We 
will see bats up-close-and-personal while 
conducting fieldwork. 
Friday, August 5, 6:30-9 pm 
Saturday, August 6, 7-11 pm, field class 
Tuition: $45 ($35 for BCNA members). 
To register, contact Rick at 303-245-1059, 
battings@yahoo.com. 
Grassland Ecology - Steve Jones and 
Naseem Munshi. Camp out under the full 
moon in the Pawnee National Grassland 
while exploring the geology, ecology, and 
cultural history of the grassland sea. 
Thursday, August 18, 7-9 pm 
Sat., August 20, 6:30-11 am, field class 
Noon Sat. Sept. 17 - 4 pm Sun. Sept. 18, 
field class 
Tuition: $80 ($70 BCNA members). To 
register contact Steve at 303-494-2468; 
stephen.j ones @ earthlink.net. 
Aquilegia via Email 
Aquilegia is available via email as an 
Adobe document. File size is typically 2- 
3 MB and fast internet connections are 
needed to download or view it. Send your 
email address to Eric Lane, 
eric.lane@ag.state.co.us, or Alice Guthrie, 
molly82 @ earthlink.net. 
