What MNPS did in 2025
- Gave out a $5,000 research grant to learn about the effects of logging on pollinators
- Gave out $8,500 in other grants, so three other native plant projects could go forward
- Near Ekalaka, 130 people got together for our annual adventure of field trips, presentations and fellowship
- Handed out four academic scholarships @ $500 each
- Financially supported Montana’s three academic herbaria
- Updated our online source guide of Montana native plant materials
- In Missoula, held our annual native plant sale of plants our members grew from seed
- Maintained native plant gardens around the state
- Hosted six online presentations and posted them to our YouTube channel
- Published four editions of the Kelseya, our newsletter about plant biology and education
- Provided expert comments about the proposals of public land management agencies
- Helping to pay the salary for Montana’s first-ever Citizen Botany coordinator
- Mobilized Citizen Botanists to re-visit places where rare plants were historically located to see if the plants persist
- Worked with partners to implement the Montana Native Plant Conservation Strategy, shaping the actions of land-management agencies for years to come
- Printing enough copies of that conservation strategy to put one in every library in the state
- Held 70 field trips & sponsored workshops around the state
- Maintaining a calendar of events on our webpage so people can find out what’s going on and connect with our activities
- We’re hosting our 14th native plant conference, which will be held in Missoula in April
