Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Buck Rock Tunnels Loop with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leaders: Barbra Settles and Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 2341 Ashland St. Ashland, OR at 8:30am The hike is 5.7 miles roundtrip with 967 feet of elevation gain, mostly along old fire roads. Options for...
Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Sterling Mine Ditch Trail, Tunnel Ridge with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leader: Al Collinet The Tunnel Ridge section of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail passes through oak and ponderosa pine woods, madrone groves, fir forests, and open grassy areas with excellent views of the mountains...
Saturday May 10, 2025: 9:30 am - about 2:00 pm (All day with travel to and from Ashland) Field Trip: A Botanical Exploration of the Sycan Marsh, The Nature Conservancy (TNC) Preserve Leaders: Sarah Ratay and Rachel Werling Explore the beauty and biodiversity of Sycan Marsh Preserve with us on a guided botany walk through this stunning...
Thursday, May 15, 7:00 pm Presentation: Where David Douglas found the largest Pinus trees in the world Presenter: Erich Reeder Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou chapter meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or via Zoom from home. To register for Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/npsotalks. Based on a detailed analysis of Douglas' journal entries,...
Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Eight Dollar Mountain with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leader: Matt Dybala Meeting Location: Albertson’s parking lot,1690 Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass This outing will explore plant identification on serpentine soils. We will make several stops along the T.J. Howell Botanical Drive to view a large diversity...
Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Botany Hike East of Hyatt Lake Leader: Wayne Rolle Meeting Location: Rite Aid parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9am Join retired Forest Service botanist, Wayne Rolle, in exploring native flora along the Pacific Crest Trail east of Hyatt Lake. The group will visit forest,...
Friday, June 13, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Sharon Fen Preserve Leader: Rebekah Bergkoetter Meeting Location: Rite Aid parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9am Rebekah Bergkoetter from Southern Oregon Land Conservancy invites you to join a small group hike to an uncommon wetland in the region, a freshwater fen near Ashland...
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Boccard Point – Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9:00 am We will be hiking 4.25 miles round trip with 671 feet elevation gain within two miles on an...
Saturday, June 28 Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Kangaroo Lake, Gazelle CA Details to be announced. Indicate your interest by contacting siskiyouplants@gmail.com.
Saturday, July 12, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to McDonald Peak Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot at 9:00 am, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR We will be going a little earlier this year to try to catch the giant frasera or monument plant (Frasera speciosa), and Howell’s...
Saturday, July 26, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Big Red Mountain Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot at 9:00 am, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR The most spectacular displays of explorer’s gentian (Gentiana calycosa) will be found on this trail at this time. In addition, the...
Saturday, August 9, 8am-3pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Bigelow Lakes Meeting Location: Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams OR Hike Leader: Matt Dybala This outing will explore plant identification in mature subalpine forests, meadows and wetlands. We will be hiking 1.5+ miles to the water's edge at Bigelow Lake. The first half of the hike...