BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//jEvents 2.0 for Joomla//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Tijuana BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20250303T190000 RDATE:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T010000 RDATE:20260308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20261101T010000 RDATE:20270314T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20271107T010000 RDATE:20280312T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PST END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 RDATE:20251102T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20260308T030000 RDATE:20261101T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20270314T030000 RDATE:20271107T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:America/Tijuana PDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7d3398c141f2a8aaad6329bfc7af1843 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20260816T174654 SUMMARY:CNPS-SCV Scholarship Winners LOCATION:Zoom DESCRIPTION:Since 1999, our chapter has awarded scholarships to support California nati ve plant research by graduate and undergraduate students. This year, we sel ected our three winners from a wide pool of exciting research projects happ ening in the area. The three winners will be presenting their research proj ects on March 4th from 7 to 9 pm. Join us to learn about their work, stream ed live on Zoom and YouTube. \nWatch the talks at //www.youtube.com/@CNPSSa ntaClaraValley (http://50.56.158.63/events/calendar/eventdetail/12221/-/%3C a%20href=)">www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley> (mailto:www.youtub e.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley>); or register for Zoom at  https://cnps-scv .org/talk-20260304 (https://cnps-scv.org/talk-20260304). \nSally Casey Shoo ting Stars Research Scholarship — Named in honor of Sally Casey, this award supports research on native wildflowers, native grasses and grasslands, so il carbon, and soil interactions. This year’s recipient, Yuerong Xiao (PhD student, Stanford University), will present “Hydrological and Ecological Ef fects of Cultural Burning on Native Plant Regrowth in Sierra Nevada Meadows .” Collaborating with the North Fork Mono Tribe, Yuerong studies how small- scale cultural burning influences native meadow diversity and soil properti es, integrating Indigenous knowledge with ecological science.\nDon Mayall C onservation Research Scholarship — Honoring Don Mayall, a champion of conse rvation at Edgewood County Park and Preserve and Coyote Ridge Open Space Pr eserve, this scholarship supports research on rare plants and serpentine so ils. Recipient Kekoa Nelson (PhD student, University of California, Davis) will present “Prescribed Fire in Serpentine Grasslands of Varying Restorati on Management Histories,” examining how prescribed burning and restoration strategies affect native and invasive species across differently managed se rpentine meadows.\nUndergraduate Research Scholarship — This year’s award g oes to B'Elanna Pho-Marrujo (undergraduate, University of California, Davis ), who will present “Reopening a Cold Case: Microbes and Rare Vernal Pool G rass Germination.” Her research investigates why adding plant “chaff extrac t” increases germination in endangered Orcuttieae grasses, with the goal of improving propagation methods for some of California’s rarest vernal pool species.\nFor more information about our winners, please read the article i n this quarter's Blazing Star. We hope you will join us to support these ou tstanding scholars.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since 1999, our chapter has awarde d scholarships to support California native plant research by graduate and undergraduate students. This year, we selected our three winners from a wid e pool of exciting research projects happening in the area. The three winne rs will be presenting their research projects on March 4th from 7 to 9 pm. Join us to learn about their work, streamed live on Zoom and YouTube. 

Watch the talks at //www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley">< a href="mailto:www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley>">www.youtube.com/@ CNPSSantaClaraValley>; or register for Zoom at  https://cnps-scv.org/talk-20260304. 

Sally Casey Shooting Stars Research Scholarship — Named in honor of Sally Casey, this award supports research on native wildflowers, native grasses and grasslands, soil carbon, and soil interactions. This year’s recipient, Yuerong Xiao (PhD student, S tanford University), will present “Hydrological and Ecological Effe cts of Cultural Burning on Native Plant Regrowth in Sierra Nevada Meadows.”  Collaborating with the North Fork Mono Tribe, Yuerong studies how small-scale cultural burning influences native meadow diversity and soil p roperties, integrating Indigenous knowledge with ecological science.

Don Mayall Conservation Research Scholarship — Honor ing Don Mayall, a champion of conservation at Edgewood County Park and Pres erve and Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve, this scholarship supports resear ch on rare plants and serpentine soils. Recipient Kekoa Nelson (PhD student , University of California, Davis) will present “Prescribed Fire in Serpentine Grasslands of Varying Restoration Management Histories,”&nb sp;examining how prescribed burning and restoration strategies affect nativ e and invasive species across differently managed serpentine meadows.

Undergraduate Research Scholarship — This year’s aw ard goes to B'Elanna Pho-Marrujo (undergraduate, University of California, Davis), who will present “Reopening a Cold Case: Microbes and Rare Vernal Pool Grass Germination.” Her research investig ates why adding plant “chaff extract” increases germination in endangered O rcuttieae grasses, with the goal of improving propagation methods for some of California’s rarest vernal pool species.

For more infor mation about our winners, please read the article in this quarter's Blazing Star. We hope you will join us to support these outstanding scholars.

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