Re: collecting in Panamint and Saline Valley area (now part of DeathValley National Park)
Hi Rob; Geo Graening has a permit for DV. You can contact him at g...@naturalinvestigations.com. Cheers, Rolf From: Rob Macfarlane Sent: Friday, March 15, 2013 11:11 AM To: pces@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: collecting in Panamint and Saline Valley area (now part of DeathValley National Park) Hi All - in the 1980's I did a fair bit of collecting in Panamint Valley and Saline Valley (essentially a canyon over from Death Valley), and I'm setting up to do another trip there, planned for early April. I've discovered that when the Death Valley park was enlarged, Panamint and Saline were included and now are off-limits to collecting without a permit. I've telephoned the Death Valley park folks to learn more, and hopefully will hear back next week. Two questions for the group: 1. Does anyone regularly go collecting in that area, and if so, do you use a permit to collect in the park or do you collect in areas just outside the park (e.g., from route 190 that crosses Panamint, one could turn south a mile and be outside the park boundary) 2. Are there any recommended areas for collecting that people particularly like? For example, I know where one can find Omus (Cicindela) beetles on Grapevine road that - so that was an interesting place to collect, only now that's inside the park. Any other areas of special interest? thanks much. - rob macfarlane
Re: [PCES] Nomination for new PCES president
P.S. We expect to have a meeting planned for February. Details coming soon! YEAH! From: Kipling WILL Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2014 9:32 AM To: pces@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [PCES] Nomination for new PCES president Dear All, We had a recent interruption of our normal change of the guard for the PCES and Cheryl Barr kindly stepped in to nominally act Society President. Acting in the function of the nominating committee, I am pleased here officially nominate for president Dr. Chris Borkent of the Plant Pest Diagnostics Branch, California Department of Food Agriculture http://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/ppd/staff/cborkent.html I spoke with Chris and he is very enthusiastic about the chance to serve. As this is an unusual situation and we need to act quickly, the executive officers have agreed to use the email forum for this election. If you have any additional nominations or wish to self-nominate, please email mail me those in the next 24 hrs. Tomorrow I will post a ballot with all names and we will have 24hr for votes to be submitted. best regards, Kip -- -- Contact info: Kipling W. Will Associate Professor/Insect Systematist Director, Essig Museum of Entomology send specimens to: Essig Museum of Entomology 1101 Valley Life Sciences Building, #4780 University of California, Berkeley Berkeley, CA 94720-4780 letter mail to: 130 Mulford Hall ESPM Dept.- Organisms Environment Div. University of California Berkeley, California 94720 fax 510-643-5438
