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| Hulsea nana in front of Mount Thielsen photographed by Michael Murray |
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April 27-May 3, 2008
Oregon will celebrate the fourth annual Native Plant Appreciation Week week from April 27 through May 3, 2008.
This week is a celebration of the amazing diversity of Oregon's 3000+ plant species as well as an opportunity to highlight the natural ecosystems that are so important in sustaining the quality of Oregon's environment. Oregon, Washington and Idaho join together in spreading the celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Week across the Northwest.
Native
Plant Appreciation Week presents
opportunities for citizens to learn more about native plant species
and their habitats through a variety of activities from plant walks
and visits to natural areas, to active participation in habitat restoration
projects. 
Native
Plant Appreciation Week is
a time for governmental agencies, non-profit groups, and
environmental organizations to highlight their work in protecting native
plant species and restoring native plant habitats. Co-sponsors for Native
Plant Appreciation Week in Oregon include the Bureau of Land Management
of Oregon/Washington and the U.S. Forest Service.
Native
Plant Appreciation Week provides a forum to explain
the tremendous threat invasive exotic pests - insects, plant diseases,
and invasive plant species - are to our native plants and ecosystems,
and to feature the work being done in both the public and private
sectors to combat this threat.
Although
it is an opportunity to educate, Native
Plant Appreciation Week is
also an opportunity to celebrate our native floral abundance, our amazing
bio-diversity, and all the good
work being done to protect and preserve it.
Sponsored by: The Native Plant Society of Oregon, the Bureau of Land Management of Oregon/Washington, and the US Forest Service.
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