Monday, December 16, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Event: Holiday Social Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene Emerald Chapter celebrates our members and their wildflower discoveries as they share photos and stories of their wildflower destinations from the past year. Bring ten to fifteen slides of plants on a flash drive and share an...
Monday, January 20, 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm Title: Rivers to Ridges Partnership: Past, Present, and Future Presenter: Fraser McDonald, Willamalane Parks and Recreation District Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene Fraser is a natural resource planner at Willamalane Park and Recreation District in Springfield, Oregon, where he designs, plans, and implements natural resource management...
Tuesday, February 11, 9:30 am - 2:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Assist with Native Plant Nursery Tasks Leader: Michelle Osgood Location: Dorena Genetic Resource Center, 34963 Shoreview Drive, Cottage Grove Dorena Genetic Resource Center is seeking volunteers to join us on the second Wednesday of each month to help with various nursery tasks, including transplanting, pruning,...
Monday, February 17, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Presentation: Creating Backyard Habitat to Benefit Nature in our Yards and Community Presenter: Barbara Bryson Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene Barb Bryson is Director of Habitat Haven, a backyard habitat certification program that began in May. Supported by grants from Upper Willamette Soil and...
Saturday, March 15, 2025, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Volunteer Outreach: Westmoreland Park Wetlands Enhancement Work Party Leader: Nancy Bray Location: Westmoreland Park, East and West of Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr. Center, Eugene, Oregon Friendly Area Neighbors Sustainability Team, in collaboration with Parks & Open Space (P&OS), is seeking volunteers to help with enhancement of...
Monday, March 17, 2025, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Program: Lane County Rare and Endangered List Update: New Species to Look for this Field Season Presenters: Jenny Lippert, Tanya Harvey, Bruce Newhouse, and Ed Alverson Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St., Eugene Jenny will introduce the list and quickly show how to access the new Rare...
Saturday, April 12, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Westmoreland Park Wetlands Enhancement Work Party Leader: Nancy Bray Location: Westmoreland Park, East and West of Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr. Center, Eugene, Oregon Friendly Area Neighbors Sustainability Team, in collaboration with Parks & Open Space (P&OS), is seeking volunteers to help with enhancement of the...
Friday, April 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm *Please note this is a Friday. Program: Taking Care of Oregon’s Kelp Forests Presenter: Sara Hamilton Location: 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon (UO), *Please note meeting is not at Amazon Community Center Sara is a marine ecologist who studies how ocean ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest...
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 9:30 am – 11:30 am Event: Prairie Plant Research and Restoration at Wild Iris Ridge Leaders: Katelin Kutella and Sarah Erskine, University of Oregon (UO) Ecologists Location: Wild Iris Ridge Join Katelin and Sarah to tour an experimental prairie research site at Wild Iris Ridge. This site is one of six...
Saturday, May 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Amazon Community Center Wildflower Walk Leader: Emerald Chapter Native Plant Society of Oregon Volunteers Location: Amazon Community Center, Front Lawn, Eugene Come meet the Native Plant Society at Amazon Community Center as we take a nature walk to identify plants around the park. Bring comfortable...
Saturday, May 10, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Event: Bikes to Blooms, Emerald Chapter Booth Volunteering and Botany Walk Location: Bake Stewart Park, Dorena (12 miles east of Cottage Grove) All activities are accessible by car; carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited. If cycling, wear a helmet and be cautious of variable trail conditions....
Monday, May 12, 2025, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event: West Eugene Wetland Walk Leader: Rachel Schneiderman Location: WREN Headquarters, 751 Danebo Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97402 Join us on a walk in the west Eugene wetlands, led by WREN (Willamette Resources and Education Network) staff, at the peak of bloom. We’ll get to see some...