The Flagstaff Chapter will offer in-person meetings this year with the option to watch from home via Zoom. The meetings will still take place on the third
Tuesday of the month, March through October, at 7:00 PM. We have a new location for 2025! The meetings are now being held at the Northern Arizona
University Biology Sciences Building, Room 328. Street parking is available nearby. The doors will be locked in the evening, so please meet at the southern
door (the end with the NAU herbarium) to be let in.
The meetings will be held at 7 PM on the third floor of the NAU Biology Building on North Campus. Come to the door nearest the bus stop on 617 S. South Beaver Street at the corner of Beaver and Franklin. For a map of campus, access below:
Some of the meetings have been recorded and can be viewed the Flagstaff Chapter’s Facebook or at The Arizona Native Plant Society. For details about
upcoming meetings, please see our email distribution list (naris123@cs.com), Facebook page, or AZNPS.com.
Use the link Zoom sends or the passcode 242464 to join the meeting.
Field Trips
Field trips generally leave from south end of the Walmart parking lot on Woodlands Boulevard on Saturday following the talk, April-October. Carpooling is usually available. Please watch for specific details.
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Join Our Chapter E-list: If you would like to receive reminders and announcements about field trips and meetings via e-mail, send a note to Sue Holiday to be added to the list. Stay informed by joining us on Facebook.
Usually the most up-do-date information about upcoming chapter events can be found on our Facebook page.
* Photos above by Sue Carnahan.
Chapter Leadership
Name
Role
Contact
Kirstin Phillips
President
flagstaffAZNPS@gmail.com
Melissa Amberson
Chapter Contact
azmelissa@yahoo.com
Sue Holiday
Email Distribution
naris123@cs.com
Barbara Phillips
Hike Information
bagphillips@yahoo.com
Volunteering Opportunities
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Chapter News
June Chapter Meeting
Posted on Jun 05, 2025
Tuesday, June 17, 7:00 PM: Becky Hardy. Butterflies: How To Attract Them To Your Garden Have you ever wondered how to attract more butterflies to your garden? Join Becky Hardy to find out. She will share tips on how to create a successful butterfly habitat as well as information about the different families of butterflies. Along with this information, she will share photos of some of the high-elevation species one can expect to find in the Flagstaff area.
Becky is first and foremost a butterfly enthusiast. She has had a lifelong passion, interaction, and observation of butterflies. Over the years, she has reared thousands of butterflies across multiple species. Becky shares her passion for butterflies with others by presenting to member-based organizations and at various nature festivals, as well as leading butterfly walks, garden talks and citizen science events. She also shares her enthusiasm for birds, butterflies, and native plants by facilitating adult, youth and school events. She is Northern Arizona Audubon Society’s education chair and most recently co-founded a local chapter of the nationally recognized North American Butterfly Association. The local chapter, Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona (BENA), is a member based wildlife conservation and education nonprofit working to create a world where butterflies thrive, for the benefit of nature and people throughout Sedona, Flagstaff and the Verde Valley. For more information, visit Butterfly Enthusiasts of Northern Arizona.
Hybrid meeting: In person and via Zoom.
June Field Trip
Posted on Jun 05, 2025
Saturday, June 21: Becky Hardy. Aspen Corner, San Francisco Peaks Becky will lead a butterfly walk at Aspen Corner, Snowbowl Rd. Field trips generally leave from south end of the Walmart parking lot on Woodlands Boulevard on Saturday following the talk, April-October. Carpooling is usually available. Please watch social media for specific details.
July Chapter Meeting
Posted on Jun 05, 2025
Tuesday, July 15, 7:00 PM: Adair Patterson. Nursery Restoration Efforts of an Isolated Population of Bebb’s Willow (Salix bebbiana) in Northern Arizona Bebb’s Willow.
Photo: Max Licher
Bebb’s Willow (Salix bebbiana) populations in the lower Four Corners states are rare and isolated due to a number of climatic factors including global warming and glacial retreat. Located on the San Francisco Peaks, Arizona’s largest stand of Bebb’s Willow has historically flourished, but is currently at risk of extirpation. Due to a lack of reproductive success, prevalence of stand replacing fire and inconsistent precipitation, there has been very little seedling recruitment over the past century and 0% recruitment recorded in the past three decades. The NAU Research Greenhouse, in collaboration with The Nature Conservancy, are taking steps to help preserve the existing Bebb’s trees and restore fresh seedling to the area.
Adair Patterson is the manager of the NAU Research Greenhouse, a master gardener, and a botanical enthusiast in Flagstaff.
Hybrid meeting: in-person and via Zoom. Register in advance once in order to attend any of the meetings virtually: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/fCOe0-qlSZmMeGZNsNfV_ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Use the link Zoom sends or the passcode 242464 to join the meeting.
