The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington Natural Heritage Program and the Oregon Natural Heritage

Information Center (and many others) have teamed up to produce a "wanted" poster to call attention to golden paintbrush. Getting the word out to land owners, especially private parties, may be the key to finding new sites.

IAE has volunteered to coordinate a reward for discovery of new populations. Anyone who would like to send a donation to the "Golden Paintbrush Challenge" conservation fund is welcome to do so (checks should be made out to Institute for Applied Ecology). One anonymous donor has contributed $100 and several others have committed to donating $25. If no rewards are made or if funds are left over, they will be used for on-the-ground restoration of golden paintbrush.

Ground rules for the reward are as follows:

• Confirmed identification of the new plants must be made on site by a qualified botanist.
• Permission to access the property for on-site confirmation and assessment of population size and habitat must be granted by the landowner.
• If golden paintbrush is present, we would request permission to collect seed in late summer or fall.

Copies of the poster are available by writing or calling:

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

510 Desmond Drive SE, Suite 102

Lacey, WA 98503

(360) 753-9440

Joe Arnett

Washington Natural Heritage Program

1111 Washington St. SE

Olympia, WA 98504-7014

(360) 902-1710

Jimmy Kagan

Oregon Natural Heritage Information Center

1322 SE Morrison Street

Portland, OR 97214-2423

(503) 731-3070