Meeting: Table Mountain 101

Linnea Hanson will be speaking about Table Mountain and the various wildflowers that can be found there in the springtime.

Linnea Hanson was hired as a botanist for the Plumas National Forest in 1979 and retired in 2011. She worked out of the Oroville Ranger Station.  Her work on the Plumas included rare plant species conservation, invasive species management  and enhancing special habitats.  She has a BA in Biological Sciences from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California and an MA in Biological Sciences from California State University, Sacramento.   

Linnea received the first National Botanist award in 1991 and traveled to Washington DC to accept the award from the Chief of the Forest Service.  In 2008, she received the first Agency Person of the Year Award from the California Native Plant Society.  She is the President of Northern California Botanists, a professional organization for botanists and is a founding board member of the Friends of the Chico State Herbarium.  She became interested in native orchids since her retirement and is now on the board of the Native Orchid Conference.