She helped to preserve tens of thousands of acres of Mount Diablo in the San Francisco East Bay before dying at age 97.
[2] In 1936 she was the last person to record the Mount Diablo buckwheat Eriogonum truncatum, until it was rediscovered nearly seventy years later on May 10, 2005.
Born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and educated in England, Bowerman eventually became a resident of Pasadena, California during her teenage years.
[4] In 2002 the book was updated and republished by Bowerman and Barbara Ertter, Curator of Western North American Flora at the U.C.
Diablo she was directly involved in preservation of Blackhawk Ridge, the Blackhills; Sycamore, Mitchell, Back, and Donner Canyons; and North Peak.
She was the subject of interviews, news articles, and editorials including in photographer Galen Rowell's book Bay Area Wild, 1997.