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:60a52594097a4b42cb9ced8b63c0ffb6 CATEGORIES:Special Events CREATED:20260217T164742 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:<a href=)">www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley > (mailto:www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley</span) or register fo r Zoom at   (talk-20260304)https://cnps-scv.org/talk-20260304 (talk-2026030 4). \nSally Casey Shooting Stars Research Scholarship — Named in honor of S ally Casey, this award supports research on native wildflowers, native gras ses and grasslands, soil carbon, and soil interactions. This year’s recipie nt, Yuerong Xiao (PhD student, Stanford University), will present “Hydrolog ical and Ecological Effects of Cultural Burning on Native Plant Regrowth in Sierra Nevada Meadows.” Collaborating with the North Fork Mono Tribe, Yuer ong studies how small-scale cultural burning influences native meadow diver sity and soil properties, integrating Indigenous knowledge with ecological science.\nDon Mayall Conservation Research Scholarship — Honoring Don Mayal l, a champion of conservation at Edgewood County Park and Preserve and Coyo te Ridge Open Space Preserve, this scholarship supports research on rare pl ants and serpentine soils. Recipient Kekoa Nelson (PhD student, University of California, Davis) will present “Prescribed Fire in Serpentine Grassland s of Varying Restoration Management Histories,” examining how prescribed bu rning and restoration strategies affect native and invasive species across differently managed serpentine meadows.\nUndergraduate Research Scholarship  — This year’s award goes to B'Elanna Pho-Marrujo (undergraduate, Universit y of California, Davis), who will present “Reopening a Cold Case: Microbes and Rare Vernal Pool Grass Germination.” Her research investigates why addi ng plant “chaff extract” increases germination in endangered Orcuttieae gra sses, with the goal of improving propagation methods for some of California ’s rarest vernal pool species.\nFor more information about our winners, ple ase read the article in this quarter's Blazing Star. We hope you will join us to support these outstanding scholars.\n X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Since 1999, our chapter has awarded scholarships to support C alifornia native plant research by graduate and undergraduate students. Thi s year, we selected our three winners from a wide pool of exciting research projects happening in the area. The three winners will be presenting their research projects on March 4th from 7 to 9 pm. Join us to learn about thei r work, streamed live on Zoom and YouTube. 

Watch the talks at //www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley">www.youtube.com/@CNPSSantaClaraValley> or register for Zoom at  https://cnps-scv.org/talk-202 60304. 

Sally Casey Shooting Sta rs Research Scholarship — Named in honor of Sally Casey, this awar d supports research on native wildflowers, native grasses and grasslands, s oil carbon, and soil interactions. This year’s recipient, Yuerong Xiao (PhD student, Stanford University), will present “Hydrological and Ecol ogical Effects of Cultural Burning on Native Plant Regrowth in Sierra Nevad a Meadows.” Collaborating with the North Fork Mono Tribe, Yuerong studies how small-scale cultural burning influences native meadow diversity and soil properties, integrating Indigenous knowledge with ecological scie nce.

Don Mayall Conservation Research Scholarship&n bsp;— Honoring Don Mayall, a champion of conservation at Edgewood County Pa rk and Preserve and Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve, this scholarship supp orts research on rare plants and serpentine soils. Recipient Kekoa Nelson ( PhD student, University of California, Davis) will present “Prescri bed Fire in Serpentine Grasslands of Varying Restoration Management Histori es,” examining how prescribed burning and restoration strategies a ffect native and invasive species across differently managed serpentine mea dows.

Undergraduate Research Scholarship — Thi s year’s award goes to B'Elanna Pho-Marrujo (undergraduate, University of C alifornia, Davis), who will present “Reopening a Cold Case: Microbe s and Rare Vernal Pool Grass Germination.” Her research investigates wh y adding plant “chaff extract” increases germination in endangered Orcuttie ae grasses, with the goal of improving propagation methods for some of Cali fornia’s rarest vernal pool species.

For more information 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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