Little Bluestem for State Grass of Kansas

Exciting news! The State Grass Initiative supported by KNPS now has a bill in the House (HB2649) to name Little Bluestem as the State Grass for Kansas. The Committee (Federal and State Affairs) has 21 members (see http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-house/showCommittee.do for names). If any of these are from your district and you would like to help, please send them an e-mail expressing your conviction that we need a state grass and why it should be Little Bluestem. The KNPS web site has more information at:
http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/littleblue/stategrass.htm

Valerie Wright and Nancy Goulden, Co-Chairs, Little Blue Committee

KNPS Launches Online Store

Now you can purchase T-shirts, caps, posters, and some books online at our store.

Online Store

KNPS Award Forms use Fillable PDF Forms

These forms use PDF fillable forms so you can just fill them out and send them in.

Recognition Awards
Excellence in Botany
Rachel Snyder Memorial Landscape
Sheldon H. Cohen Award for Outstanding Service to KNPS
Financial Awards
Mary A. Bancroft Memorial Scholarship
Non-profit Funding

Hay Meadow Guide Published by KBS

Owners of native prairie hay meadows are stewards of some of the most ecologically important lands in Kansas, according to scientists at the Kansas Biological Survey at the University of Kansas. Yet hay meadows are often unrecognized and unappreciated -- which puts them at risk of being inadvertently harmed or even destroyed.
In an effort to shine more light on the importance of hay meadows, the KBS has produced a booklet, Native Prairie Hay Meadows: A Landowner's Management Guide. The guide explores hay meadow ecology; the economic and cultural importance of hay meadows; management advice for maintaining and restoring hay meadows; and land conservation options for interested landowners. The 32-page booklet features full color photography of prairie landscapes. (Click for lower resolution (2MB) - best for viewing on screen, or high resolution (10.5 MB) - best for printing.)

A State Grass for Kansas

Learn more about the initiative to make little bluestem the official state grass of Kansas.
http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/littleblue/stategrass.htm

New Gallery of Wildflowers and other Plants

More images have been added to our photo gallery. KNPS members contributed all the photos. Take a look at some of the native plants that Kansas has to offer.

http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/gallery.php

Annual Wildflower Weekend Photo Gallery

If you weren't able to make it to the AWW in Hays, you missed out. We toured private land north of Hays, Cedar Bluff Reservoir and Wilson Reservoir. See pictures of KNPS members exploring these locations.

http://www.kansasnativeplantsociety.org/gallery_AWW2008.php