Portland

Saturday, May 3, 9:45 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Lacamas Prairie Hike Leader: Lecia Schall This premium field trip is offered to NPSO members only and is by special arrangement with the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Lacamas Prairie is the best (known) remnant of Willamette Valley wet prairie ecosystem occurring in Washington. It...

Saturday, May 3, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Canemah Bluff Hike Leader: Mary Hayden Location: 917 4th Ave, Oregon City. Parking is limited Come with us for a leisurely stroll on mostly level trails across thin-soiled basalt bluffs of oak and madrone overlooking the Willamette River. We'll explore seasonal wetlands, camas meadows, and shady...

Tuesday, May 6, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Field Trip: Camassia Preserve Walk Leader: Mary Hayden Location: 5000 Walnut St. West Linn, OR Join us for an easy one-mile stroll through a Nature Conservancy preserve named for the abundant common camas (Camassia quamash) which bloom there late April and early May. This preserve hosts more than 300...

Thursday, May 8, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Upper McCord Falls Hike Leader: Mary Hayden Location: Upper McCord Falls, Warrendale, OR Climb a moderate hillside for two miles through conifers and lush undergrowth ending at vertical cliffs supporting unusual flora sustained by rocky seeps. Find sunny swaths of Corydalis sp. and coltsfoot bordering the creek as...

Thursday, May 8, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Program: Bull Run Watershed - Native plants, restoration projects Presenter: Angie Kimpo, Vegetation Stewardship Manager, Portland Water Bureau (PWB) Learn about the botanical work of the Vegetation Stewardship Program at the PWB, including the protection of rare plant communities and invasive species management. The PWB works cooperatively...

Tuesday, May 13, 9:00 am - 1:30 pm Field Trip: Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Ron Klump Location: 100 Wildlife Refuge Rd., Glenwood, WA The Willard Springs Foot Trail is a 3.8-mile loop along the edge of the open marsh and into the pines. Beginning at the refuge headquarters, it parallels the west shore...

Thursday, May 22, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Field Trip: Saddle Mountain Hike Leader: Linda Moore Location: Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range The hike up Saddle Mountain isn’t easy, but the trip to this botanist’s Mecca in the Coast Range is worth it. We’ll leisurely ascend 1,700 feet over a challenging five-mile, out-and-back hike...

Friday, May 23, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Field Trip: Cape Horn Trail Hike Leader: Ron Klump Location: Cape Horn Trail, Washington We will hike from Salmon Falls Road Park and Ride to Nancy Russell Overlook and back. This is a moderate hike of five miles round trip with 700’ elevation gain and some difficult...

Saturday, May 24, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: The Hobbit Trail Leader: Lecia Schall Location: 91892 Oregon Coast Hwy, Florence, OR Enjoy mystical spruce and trees, on the Hobbit Trail. We will wander through magical pathways through giant rhododendron and evergreen huckleberry, down to sand dunes to aptly named Hobbit Beach. Options will...