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Volume 8 Number 1 • Spring 2001
Attention Plant Detectives
Challenge Plants of the Dunes
by Barbara Plampin
Of approximately 142 state-listed However all is not well. Twin Sarsaparilla, also known as Pigeon
plants found in the Dunes, some, Flower (Linnea borealis ameri¬ Berry, has dark purple fruits. This
like Dwarf Honeysuckle (Diervilla cana) seems to belong to history. Hudson Bay dweller may find the
lonicera) are locally “abundant.” Other rarities dwindle: Blue bead Dunes too warm, and fire suppres¬
(Clintonia borealis) appears victim¬ sion may have wiped it out. A fall
ized by in-breeding. So, as a “plant 2000 prescribed bum at a Porter
detective,” I present these two chal¬ County site may restore the plant.
lenges to concerned plant hunters. Report any finds to the DNR.
In mid-June, search open spots in In late July and in August comes the
Black Oak Savanna for the perhaps greatest challenge: to locate a spec¬
still-surviving Bristly Sarsaparilla imen of Thismia (Thismia ameri¬
cana) a tip-of-the-little-finger,
whitey-blue (no chlorophyll), leaf-
Challenge Plants continued on page 2
Inside . . .
President's Message. . . 3
Twin Flower
(Linneo borealis americana) How to Make Dried
Plant Specimens .... 4
Some, like state and federally Challenge for the
threatened Dune Thistle (Cirsium Future . 7
pitcheri) are easily seen from the
Multiflorae.8
West Beach boardwalk. Others,
Bristly Sarsaparilla
Help Protect the Arctic
such as Golden Saxifrage (Aralia hispida)
National Wildlife
(Chrysosplenium americanum)
Refuge!.9
have had their status downgraded as
(Aralia hispida). Unlike the familiar Events.10
new sites turned up. Even better,
Wild Sarsaparilla (A. nudicaulia),
Fire Pink Bill Letters ... 12
welcome additions occasionally
this plant has bristly lower stems,
appear, among them Horsetail Botany 101-8-Twigs . . 14
bi-pinnate leaves, and umbels
Spike Rush (Eleocharis equise-
Small Grants Program. 15
attached to the stem. Bristly
toides).
In Memoriam.16
Challenge Plants continued from page 1
less orchid cousin, most of which (Ophioglossum vulgatum Australian underground orchids, and
grows below ground. Thismia, dis¬ pseudopodum). Some lucky finder hope!
covered near Chicago’s Lake will achieve fame by spotting
Note: Names are taken from Swink
Calumet by University of Chicago Thismia with its six-petaled flower,
and Wilhelm’s Plants of the
graduate student Norma Pfeiffer, three petals touching in the center
Chicago Region, Fourth Edition.
was observed only between 1912- like little basket handles. Remember
This “plant Bible” gives habitats
1916. Then the site was destroyed. the decades-long dormancies of the
and associates and contains an
Although it has never been recorded
excellent bibliography.
in any other location in the world,
Thismia is not a hoax. Dr. Robert
Mohlenbrock passed around speci¬
Barbara Plampin is a member of
mens at the first Illinois Native
INPAWS, a trustee of the Shirley
Plant Society Thismia hunt. Both
Heinze Environmental Fund, and a
habitat and associates exist in the
member of Save the Dunes Council.
Dunes. Begin by locating Marsh
She has a Ph.D. in English litera¬
Club Moss (Selaginella apoda) in
ture from the University of
“calcareous springy places.” (Marsh
Michigan. Botany has been her avo¬
Club Moss resembles minute green
cation all her life.
zippers). Another associate is
Northern Adder’s Tongue Fern
Golden Saxifrage
(Chrysosplenium americanum)
The Newsletter of the Officers 2000-2001 Historian
Margo Jaqua [phone]
Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society President
[email protected]
©Copyright 2001
Carolyn Bryson [phone]
Invasive Plant Education
Published quarterly by the Indiana Native [email protected] Ellen Jacquart [phone]
Plant and Wildflower Society for members. Vice President [email protected]
Material may be reprinted with the Ken Collins [phone] Membership
Katrina Vollmer ‘ [phone]
permission of the editor. [email protected]
[email protected]
We welcome opposing viewpoints. Corresponding Secretary
Native Plant Rescue/
Articles, letters, drawings should be sent to Roger Hedge [phone] Invasive Plant Removal
Carolyn Harstad, 5952 Lieber Road, [email protected] Dee Peine [phone]
Indianapolis, IN 46228. Recording Secretary Amy Kress [phone]
[email protected]
Jean Roberts [phone]
www.inpaws.org Newsletter
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Carolyn Harstad [phone]
The mission of the Indiana Native Plant and Treasurer
[email protected]
Wildflower Society is to promote the apprecia¬ Clare Oskay [phone] Programs/Field Trips
tion, presen’ation, conservation, utilization and [email protected] Ken Collins [phone]
scientific study of the flora native to Indiana and Publicity
to educate the public about the values, beauty, Committees Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp(317) 251-3261
diversity and environmental importance of Advisor [email protected]
indigenous vegetation. Bill Mcknight [phone] Speakers Bureau
[email protected] Colletta Kosiba [phone]
Newsletter Committee Annual Conference Website
David Gorden [phone] Anne Wilson [email protected]
Editor [email protected] West Central Chapter
Carolyn Harstad [phone] Auction/Plant Sale (West Lafayette)
[email protected] Janice Gustaferro [phone] Chris Brewster [phone]
Demonstration Gardens
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Associate Editor
Education North West Chapter
Art Hopkins [phone] Gayle Moore [phone] Jan Hunter [phone]
[email protected] [email protected] Past Presidents
Grants and Awards
Design/Layout/Production Ruth Ann Ingraham 1998, 1999
Becky Dolan (31 7) 940-9413
Anne Wilson [phone] [email protected]
[email protected] Carolyn Harstad 1996, 1997
[email protected]
Jeffrey Maddox 1994,1995
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Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News • Spring 2001
President's Message
by Carolyn Q. Bryson
There are reasons for the seasons. was blooming in her garden and she both activities. Contact Ellen and
My native plant friends and their had not yet identified it. So, I took a Gayle if you can help.
companions are resting beneath a cutting from the plant and all of my
blanket of leaves, gaining strength wildflower books and drove over to Opportunities for volunteering are
for the growing season to come. I Juanita’s. Juanita brought out her plentiful in May. INPAWS will have
wonder which of my natives will be books and we sat together on a both a demonstration garden and an
first to wake up: will it be the bench in her garden, a pile of books information booth at Orchard in
Spring Beauties or the Hepatica or between us, searching for clues. Bloom, in Holliday Park, May 4th,
the minor bulbs that are their com¬ Finally, we identified it! The plant 5th, and 6th. We will need volun¬
panions? I love working in the gar¬ was Large-flowered Valerian teers to help set up and dismantle
dens and during the harsh days of (Valeriana pauciflora) and I do not both the garden and the booth and
winter I miss being outside. But, believe that I will ever look at it in to help staff both areas during the
when I am outside I am always busy my garden without remembering event. Orchard in Bloom provides a
working and do not often stop to Juanita and our “research project.” wonderful chance for us to educate
appreciate the beauty around me. the public about non-native invasive
The winter provides time to reflect INPAWS had our first meeting of plants, desirable native plants, and
on the past and plan for the future. the year on January 20th and we are the INPAWS organization.
planning many other activities for
I miss my neighbor and friend, the rest of the year. Our first Our plant auction and sale will be
Juanita Graham. We did not see meeting demonstrated that we have on May 12th at St. Pius X Church,
each other or talk to each other very both talented cooks and talented near Keystone Avenue and East 71 st
often, but we both knew that we photographers as INPAWS mem¬ Street. This is our primary fund¬
were only a telephone call apart. bers. If you have not yet had the raising event of the year and its suc¬
The comers of our properties touch, opportunity, I encourage you to visit cess is dependent on the involve¬
but we couldn’t walk to each other’s the Holliday Park Nature Center; it ment of our members. I encourage
homes, as the stream between us is is a wonderful facility and we are members who are doing native plant
usually just a little too wide for fortunate to be able to use it for rescues to donate half of the plants
jumping and just a little too deep some of our meetings. rescued to our plant sale, as we rely
for wading. Juanita’s garden is the on plant donations. We also need
first wildflower garden that I ever On February 17th, Ken Collins pre¬ persons to help organize the plants
visited and it served as an inspira¬ sented a photography seminar for and to assist in writing up the sales.
tion for mine. Juanita treasured all members who are interested in
of her plants and walked through improving their skills, and on We are seeking slides or computer
her garden almost every day, March 17th, a winter botany sem¬ files of native plants for our
checking on their health and inar and plant identification hike in Speakers Bureau and for the educa¬
enjoying their beauty; I am sure that Eagle Creek Park. tional materials that we will be
she spoke to her plants when developing. Please let us know if
observers were not around. Juanita In April, we will focus on the eradi¬ you have any slides or computer
was also generous in sharing her cation of Garlic Mustard. Ellen files available that you could give or
plants with others. I knew that I Jacquart will lead a Garlic Mustard lend to us for these projects.
could call Juanita if I needed help Pull at Cedar Bluff, near
with plant identification. One of my Bloomington, on April 7th, and Over the years I have found that the
most vivid memories is of the day Gayle Moore will lead a Garlic more I give to a group, the more I
that I called her and described a Mustard Pull with Boy and Girl receive from it. I hope that you all
plant that was blooming in my Scouts at Holliday Park on April will give of your time and talents to
garden that I could not identify. 28th. INPAWS volunteers, armed INPAWS; I am sure that you will
Juanita replied that the same plant with garden gloves, are needed for also benefit from it.
Spring 2001 Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News 3
How to Make Dried Plant Specimens
by Kay Yatskievych and Rebecca Dolan
Botanists have been making thing somewhere warm and dry. mounting the specimen be acid-free.
pressed, dried specimens from Arranging the plant while it’s fresh The standard herbarium sheet size is
living plant material for hundreds of is difficult, but do the best you can. 11.5 by 16.5 inches. Acid-free
years. These are kept in specially After it’s been in the blotters for a herbarium paper, paper for the
designed cases in herbaria (singular: day, it becomes limp and you can labels, glue, presses, and other
herbarium) under carefully con¬ rearrange parts of it if necessary. materials can be ordered from the
trolled conditions to prevent damage Check daily and replace the news¬ following sources.
from moisture, insects, rodents, and papers and blotters if they become
Pacific Papers
other potential hazards. An damp. This is especially important
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is an irreplaceable treasure that Small plants can often be success¬
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botanists use for many different fully pressed in a used telephone
research activities. book with weights. These should be
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checked daily and moved to dry
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However, there is no reason that an
newspapers if not drying well.
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interested plant enthusiast can’t also
Within a few days to a week or so
800-348-2338
make plant specimens and keep
the specimen should be dry enough
www.herbariumsupply.com
them for decades in his or her
to mount.
home. There is a long history of
The above sources have a 100-piece
people doing just that and eventu¬ Pressing plants as soon as they’re
minimum order for herbarium
ally donating the specimens to an collected gives the best specimens.
paper. If you want only a few sheets
herbarium. Some of the most valu¬ However, storing them in a plastic
to try your hand at mounting, con¬
able specimens in herbaria have bag in a cooler works almost as
tact Kay Yatskievych.
come to them in this way. well. Keep them in the cooler or put
the bag in the refrigerator when you Paper with a high cotton or rag con¬
The simplest way to dry material
get home until you’re ready to press tent purchased at an office supply
for a specimen is to lay the plant
the plants. If you plan to collect store is an acceptable substitute for
inside a folded sheet of newspaper,
more than just a few specimens, you paper for labels. White glue (such
being careful to place the material
might want to make a plant press or as Elmer’s) can be used for gluing
flat and to position it in the way that
purchase one from one of the sup¬ down both the specimen and the
you want it to appear on the spec¬
pliers listed below. label.
imen. It’s a good idea to put some
leaves up and some down so that To make a press, cut two 12 by 18- When the plant material is dry, lay
characters from both sides of the inch sheets from half-inch plywood. it on a sheet of herbarium paper and
leaves will be visible. Flowers These can be firmly tied together arrange it in a pleasing way. Be sure
should be placed so they can be with the specimen and accompa¬ to leave space at the bottom right-
seen and if possible one of the nying paper and blotters between hand comer for your label. Dab
flowers opened so the inside is vis¬ them. Clothesline is an inexpensive white glue on the back of each
ible. Put the newspaper between material suitable for tying. Small piece of plant material and place it
blotters (which can be ordered from presses (about 8 inches by 10 where you decided you want it. Lay
the suppliers listed below or cut inches) can sometimes be purchased waxed paper over it and put a light
from desk blotters sold at office from specialty stores and are useful weight (such as telephone books) to
supply stores) and corrugated card¬ for pressing flowers separately. It is keep it in position. Allow to dry
board, place a heavy object of the important that materials for thoroughly.
same size on top, and put the whole
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MISSOURI
BOTANICAL GARDEN
HERBARIUM
No. 5169043
SEE FRUIT SPECIMEN
In box at
head of family
PLANTS OF INDIANA, U.S.A.
PEDALIACEAE/MARTYNIACEAE
Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) Thell. ssp. louisianica
HENDRICKS COUNTY: Ca. 5 air mi NW of Danville,
ca. 1 mi W of junction with State Highway 236, at 4124
W County Road 350 N; ca. 2000 ft N of road in a weedy
backyard patio area by a bird feeder, in well-drained soil,
will full sun; plant ca. 3.5 ft tall, 3 ft diameter; corollas
varying from light rose to medium lavender, with gold
“tongue” at bottom. T61N R02W S26.
15 September 2000
Wayne Coles, with Susan Eberhoff Coles
#0001
Friesner Herbarium of Butler University (BUT)
Specimen of Proboscidea collected by Wayne Coles
(Labels have been enlarged for readability.)
Sizes and contents of labels for Indiana, or Herbarium of Charles county and location where col¬
specimens vary greatly. A conve¬ C. Deam (for collections kept in a lected, habitat, the name of the col¬
nient size is 1/8 of an 8 1/2 by 11- private herbarium). Other informa¬ lector/s, the number of the collec¬
inch sheet of paper (4 1/4 inches tion that should be on the label (see tion, and the date collected. The
wide by 2 3/4 inches tall). The title figure of label for suggested place¬ color of the flowers should be
line, usually centered at the top, for ment) is the name of the plant noted, since this will not be
specimens not collected for a partic¬ including the authors [for example: apparent when the specimen has
ular institution is usually something Proboscidea louisianica (Mill.) aged. For specimens that are only
like: Flora of Indiana, Plants of Thell. subsp. louisianica], the
Specimens continued on page 6
Spring 2001 Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News 5
Specimens continued from page 5
part of the whole plant, the size of vate owner from whom you have be a complete listing of every vas¬
the plant should also be noted. It’s a permission to collect, there are no cular plant known to exist or to
good idea to number your collec¬ laws to prevent you from collecting have existed in the state.
tions as you collect them. This can anything on those private properties.
About the authors:
be done in a field notebook, and However, to conserve the plants on
information about collecting loca¬ your property, you should not col¬
Kay Yatskievych is working at
tion, habitat, size of the plant, and lect an entire plant if it is the only
Friesner Herbarium through the end
who’s with you when you collect one you have. If the plant is big
of April on a grant arranged by
the specimen can be jotted down so enough, you can collect a small part
Becky Dolan, who is Director of the
they won’t be forgotten when you of it to make a specimen and still
Herbarium.
process your specimens. The leave enough so that the plant will
number on your collection also continue to thrive and will set seed, Addresses:
serves to make it unique so that but this should be done with great
Kay Yatskievych
when it’s cited, there’s no doubt as caution. Many botanists will not
Missouri Botanical Garden
to just which specimen is being collect a plant unless there are at
4344 Shaw Blvd.
referred to. The specimen on the least 20 of them at the location. If
label illustrated would be cited: you suspect that you might have a St. Louis, MO 63110
Wayne Coles and Susan Eberhoff plant that’s listed on Indiana’s 314-577-9524
Coles 1 (BUT, MO). The collector Endangered, Threatened, and Rare
[email protected]
and collection number are usually list (ETR list), please do not collect
italicized. The “BUT” and “MO” in it. If possible photograph it and
Rebecca Dolan
the parentheses refer to the two contact Mike Homoya of the
Friesner Herbarium
institutions where copies of the Division of Nature Preserves,
specimen (referred to as duplicates) Indiana Department of Natural Butler University
have been accessioned (BUT = Resources, 317-232-4052. 4600 Sunset Ave.
Friesner Herbarium at Butler
Indianapolis, IN 46208
Most public lands require that you
University; MO = herbarium of
317-940-9413
obtain a collecting permit before
Missouri Botanical Garden). When
you collect any plants on them. So [email protected]
Wayne made the collection, Kay
if you want to collect on land other
asked him to make two specimens
than private land, make sure that
so that both institutions could have
To search the Missouri
you have the necessary collecting
a copy.
Botanical Garden's
permits.
nomenclatural database
After your specimens are dry, store
It is possible that you might have a
them in a sturdy cardboard or wood Tropicos
plant on your property that has not
box. Check every few months to
please visit the following
been found before in Indiana. If you
make sure they’re not infested or
website:
think this is a possibility, please
getting damp.
contact Kay Yatskievych who is
http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/
If you are collecting on your own working on a Catalogue of the
Search/vast.html
land or on the land of another pri¬ Vascular Flora of Indiana. This will
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Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News • Spring 2001
Challenge for the Future
by Charlotte Read
More than three years ago, mission statement. A top-priority depending upon what the company
Bethlehem Steel Company, state item for the CAC is to seek a long¬ decides about its future land use.
and federal regulators, environmen¬ term, environmentally positive use The CAC membership supports pre¬
talists, and two union locals of the for 160 acres of company property serving the restoration area as open
United Steel Workers of America south of and separate from its steel space, and a subcommittee of the
representing plant workers, got making facilities. CAC is working with the company
together to craft a Community and the federal and state regulators
Advisory Committee (CAC). This Part of this 160-acre area was used to help resolve regulatory issues
was an experiment in improving for storage of wastes from its water- that could make open space a real¬
communications among the com¬ treatment plant from the 1960’s istic land use choice. Right now,
pany, the unions, representatives of through thel980’s. The balance of revenues for all steel mills
neighboring communities, the local the property has been transformed throughout Northwest Indiana have
high school, and private citizens, over time into wetlands, in part plummeted, making use or sale of
about the company’s impact on the through the efforts of beavers. this property for industrial purposes
environment. Named the Little Calumet another option.
Restoration Area (LCRA) by the
As one of its first actions, the CAC CAC, it also supports a sizeable However this and other environ¬
came up with the following mission population of Great Blue Herons mental issues involving the CAC
statement: “The mission of the and other birds. Other surveys of and the company are resolved in the
Bethlehem Steel Burns Harbor the area have identified a surprising future, I believe that the community
Division Community Advisory number of other flora and fauna advisory committee model can be
Committee is to facilitate the living there. The south end of the an important link in bringing about
improved environmental perfor¬ property is bordered by the Indiana environmental improvement in
mance of the Burns Harbor Dunes National Lakeshore which Northwest Indiana. It may work in
Division, resulting in the enhance¬ inspired the group to develop a plan other communities where the com¬
ment of our community through a to ensure that this area remain as pany and the community are ready
forum of open discussion and free open space. to work together for agreed-upon
exchange of information.” goals.
The restoration area contains conta¬
The CAC operates on a consensus minated areas. This requires the Charlotte J. Read is Assistant
basis, utilizing facilitators provided company to assess the impact of the Director of Save the Dunes Council,
either by the company or by the existing contamination on public and has been a member of the CAC
union, or both. It develops its health and the environment, since its inception.
agenda under the umbrella of the
There is still time Field Guide to Indiana Go Native! Gardening With
to order the following books
Wildflowers Native Plants and Wildflowers
about
by Kay Yatskievych in the Lower Midwest
native plants
written by INPAWS members $17.95, pub. October, 2000 by Carolyn Harstad
and published by Indiana $24.95, pub. September 1999
Trees of Indiana
University Press.
by Maryrose and Fred
contact Carolyn Harstad by
telephone Wampler
317-257-9452 or email $49.95, pub. November 2000
[email protected].
Spring 2001 Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News 7
M U L T I F L O R A E
INPAWS members to
The IN PAWS 2001
Nature Walks
give lectures at the
Plant Sale and
Indianapolis Zoo/White at Butler University
Auction
River Gardens
Every second Tuesday of the
Saturday, May 12
month at noon. Dr. Rebecca
Saturday, April 7
Dolan, Director of the Friesner
St. Pius X Catholic 12:30 to 2:30 PM Herbarium, leads nature tours
Wildflowers of Indiana
on the Butler campus, We will
Church School
Kay Yatskievych visit seasonal points of interest
7200 Sarto Drive
around the campus. Meet
Indianapolis
Wednesday, May 2 behind Gallahue Hall near the
greenhouse. Walks last about
6:30 to 8:30 PM
Sale starts at 10 AM Perennials That Work 50 minutes. We walk in rain,
sleet and snow. There is no
Auction starts at 11 AM
Coletta Kosiba
charge and all are welcome
to attend.
If you will be donating native Wednesday, June 6
plants for the event, please plan 6:30 to 8:30 PM
If you would like to receive a
to dig and pot the plants about Getting Started With Your
monthly reminder of the walk
two weeks ahead of time and Home Landscape
or wish to be dropped from
keep them watered so they will David Gorden the reminder list please call
look their best during the sale. Dr. Dolan at 317-940-9413, or
Please label the plants and take Tuesday, June 26 email [email protected].
them to Ross Hall in the school 6:30 to 8:30 PM
Visit the Friesner Herbarium
on Friday evening, May 11, Native Plant Landscaping
website at
from 7 to 9 PM or on Saturday Kevin Tungsevick
morning, May 12, from 7 to www.butler.edu/herbarium
of Spence Restoration Nursery, and
9 AM. If you have any questions Loretta Sawaski
or would like to help in any way
of Living Landscapes
with this event, please contact
me. Zoo members - $25
www.inpaws.org
non-members - $30
Also, this year we would like to To register call 317-630-2000.
Visit our website for news and
use posters or notebooks, with
information about INPAWS and
photos and brief descriptions of
native plant issues, as well as
the native plants, at the plant sale
links to a wealth of like-minded
in order to give people a better
organizations.
idea of what they are buying. If
We would like to update our
you would like to lend any photos
site with your news, informa¬
or slides for this project, please
tion, comments, ideas, opin¬
let me know.
ions, suggestions. In short, any¬
thing of interest to all con¬
Thank you.
cerned with preserving native
Janice Gustaferro
plants and their habitats.
[phone]
Please email Anne Wilson
[email protected].
Blue Bead [email protected]
(Clintonia borealis)
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Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News • Spring 2001
Help Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge!
The U.S. Senate’s Energy This magnificent stretch of tundra is Thanks!
Committee will soon be drafting home to musk oxen, polar bears, Ted Harris
major energy policy legislation. grizzly bears, wolves, and millions
Encouraged by the Bush administra¬ of migratory birds. Each year the Ted is a conservation activist who
tion, this bill will contain a proposal coastal plain fills with migrating lives in Crawfordsville, Indiana. He
to open the Arctic National Wildlife caribou, creating a spectacle that served as INPAWS Conservation
Refuge (ANWR) to oil drilling. has led to this area’s being called Committee Chairman from 1996 to
America ’s Serengeti. 1999.
In April 2000, Indiana senators
Bayh and Lugar both voted in oppo¬ ANWR deserves to be permanently Peter and Carolyn Harstad
sition to opening ANWR. Senator protected, not subjected to oil rigs, will represent Indiana at a
Lugar was one of only eight trucks and pipelines. Please send a National Wildlife
Republicans who took that position. short letter or post card to Senator Federation rally in support
Now it appears he may change his Lugar right away. Ask him to vote of this legislation in
mind. We cannot afford to lose his for continued protection of ANWR, Washington DC April 2-4.
support in what will certainly be a not for its exploitation.
very close vote. Address as follows: Send email to
[email protected] to
The 1.5-million acre coastal plain of Senator Richard Lugar voice your support of the
the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge United States Senate ANWR.
is “Big Oil’s” number one target. Washington, D.C. 20510
106th Congress Votes Funds for Wildlife
Thanks to the hard work of many Representative Tim Roemer, wildlife funding legislation for the
members of INPAWS and other Representative Julia Carson, states in a bipartisan way. The
groups in Indiana dedicated to Representative Mark Souder, International Association of Fish
wildlife conservation, the 106th Representative Edward Pease, and and Wildlife Agencies in
Congress passed the Commerce, Representative Baron Hill. Washington continues its efforts on
Justice and State Appropriations behalf of wildlife funding in
Both Senator Richard Lugar and
measure P. L. 106-553. Congress and the President’s office.
Senator Evan Bayh supported the
IAFWA updates are posted on the
As a result Indiana is eligible for legislation.
website www.sso.org/iafwa. For a
$885,927 for one year. The funds
The new members of Congress look at the current Annual Report
can be used for the protection of
from Indiana include Representative of the Indiana Nongame and
wildlife, conservation education and
Brian Kerns (District 7, who Endangered Species Program visit
wildlife-related recreation. The
replaced Rep. Edward Pease) and the DNR’s Fish & Wildlife website
Division of Fish and Wildlife is cur¬
Representative Mike Pence (District http ://www.ai.org/dnr/fish wild/no
rently working with the Executive
2, who replaced Rep. David
ngame/nongame.htm
Office to promote some ideas. As
McIntosh).
soon as the Division knows what is Betsy Ingle
possible, you will be advised on Now the Coalition for Teaming With Teaming With Wildlife Coordinator
what our next steps will be. Wildlife plans to return to the 107th 402 W. Washington St. W273
Congress to ask for more long-term
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Indiana’s Members of Congress
funding. Many leaders in the U.S.
Phone [phone]
who supported wildlife conservation
House and Senate plan to support
Email [email protected]
funding in the CARA bill were:
Spring 2001 Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News 9
Work Days, Conferences, Workshops, etc.
Invasive Plants Removal Workday at Cedar Bluffs Garden Work Days
Effort Continues
Saturday, April 7, 2001 Holliday Park
Broad Ripple Park Woods 10 am to 3 pm Spring Mill Road
Restoration, Cedar Bluff Preserve, Indianapolis
Saturday, June 9, 2001 Monroe County
scheduled for the following
from 9AM to 12PM Garlic Mustard pull with Ellen
Saturdays, 9AM until noon.
Jacquart
March 31 April 7
We will gather at Broad Ripple Park
April 21 May 19
in Indianapolis again on Saturday, Cedar Bluffs is a popular preserve
June 9 June 23
June 9th, to continue our project of southwest of Bloomington with
July 7 July 21
removing invasive Amur bush scenic cliffs and streams. We will be
August 4 August 18
honeysuckle from this popular city pulling the dreaded invasive garlic
September 8 September 22
park’s fine woods. Don Miller of mustard on the slopes and along
October 6 October 27
Indy Parks will organize the work trails in the preserve. We will also
party. Don tells us we have already take time for a nice wildflower hike
Refreshments, tools and gloves are
cleared the thickest infestation of and a walk up to the bluff overlook
provided. Please participate if you
honeysuckle, and we will be to talk about our restoration efforts
can and remember to log your hours
working further into the woods on at the site. Bring lunch, water, and
on the INPAWS page of their volun¬
more dispersed bushes this time. workgloves.
teer notebook. Thank you! Let me
know if you have any questions.
Please bring work gloves. Directions: From Bloomington, take
Thanks, Janice
Preregistration is requested (but not Walnut Street (Old Hwy. 37) south
[email protected]
required) to help us plan this event. about 8.5 miles to Ketcham Road
Call Jean Roberts, 337-3126, to let and go about 0.4 miles to where a
us know you plan to participate. powerline ROW crosses the road.
Volunteers will be treated to a pizza (If you cross the creek, you’ve gone
lunch. too far). Park along both sides of The Hayes Arboreteum
the road. Envirofair, Richmond
is set for
Ellen M. Jacquart Saturday, April 21, 2001,
There will be a
Director of Stewardship from 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM
conference Indiana Chapter of
Saturday, March 24th The Nature Conservancy We had more than 1000 people
organized by the 1330 W. 38th St. attend last year and are expecting
Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis, IN 46208 more this year.
317-923-7547
Historical Society
Lindy Click
at the Garrison.
Details are available from the fol¬ Hayes Regional Arboretum
801 Elks Road
lowing websites:
Richmond, IN 47374
http://communities.msn.com/FortBe
njaminHarrisonHistoricalSociety/ 765-962-3745
http://community.stamews.eom/512/
10 Indiana Native Plant and Wildflower Society News • Spring 2001