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Welcome to the Rhode Island Wild Plant Society! Our organization is dedicated to the preservation and protection of Rhode Island's native plants and their habitats. We thank all those whose presence enriched our recent Native Plant Conference: Challenges of a Changing Landscape -- from your garden to the New England forest. The upcoming events we look forward to include our June Native Plant Sale and a rich offering of educational walks and workshops scheduled from May through October. Feel free to contact us with any suggestions or if you would like to get involved in our growing Society!
— Mark W. Carrison, President

	"BEST NATIVE PLANT SALE IN RHODE ISLAND" Saturday, June 1, 2013 DIRECTIONS LISTING OF PLANTS Sunday, May 19, 2013 NBC 10 Plant Pro host Sejal Lanterman interviews Dorothy Swift on native azaleas. NBC 10 Plant Pro   Sunday, May 26, 2013 Interview with Sandra Thompson airs; will be posted on NBC 10 website. NBC 10 Website
	FOREST FRAGMENTATION (FOREST EDGE) Wednesday, June 12, 2013 Smithfield, RI LEADER: Paul Dolan FEE: $5 members; $10 non-members Pre-registration required MORE INFO & REGISTRATION
	INVENTORY SKILLS WORKSHOPS 1 & 2 Saturday, June 15 and Saturday, June 29, 2013 Johnston, RI (session 1); West Greenwich, RI (session2) FEE: $10 members (for both); $25 non –members (for both) Pre-registration required MORE INFO & REGISTRATION
	GRASSLAND AND BIRDS: SPRING Saturday, June 22, 2013 South Kingstown, RI LEADERS: Roseanne Sherry and Carl Sawyer FEE: $5 members; $10 non-members Pre-registration required MORE INFO & REGISTRATION
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	FIELD NOTES FROM A CATASTROPHE: MAN, NATURE AND CLIMATE CHANGE by Elizabeth Kolbert Thirteen RIWPS members gathered in late January to discuss "Field Notes from a Catastrophe." We heartily recommend you read the book, too. Elizabeth Kolbert, a journalist with The New Yorker, has an engaging way of bringing the science alive. Her book addresses the subject of climate change, something that we need to talk more about … JOIN THE CONVERSATION
	NEW ENGLAND WILD FLOWER SOCIETY — FLORA NOVAE ANGLIAE New England Wild Flower Society's Flora Novae Angliae has been published by Yale University Press. This 1008 page manual by research botanist Arthur Haines has 945 illustrations by Elizabeth Farnsworth and Gordon Morrison. MORE INFO/ORDER
	SOMETIMES LIFELONG PASSIONS CAN GROW ON TREES by Doug Norris Flotsam & Jetsam (Published:  March 4, 2010 in the South County Independent – North-East Independent) READ ARTICLE