Saturday, August 10, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Chapter Meeting: In person Location: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford, OR 97465 The meeting will be followed by an optional brown bag lunch and walk at Port Orford Heads State Park. Walk is 2 miles with an early out mid-way for a 1-mile walk. Contact:...
Saturday, October 19, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Event: Walk for the Wild - Fun Family Event: Leader/Presenter: Gail Perrotti Location: Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge, 83673 North Bank Lane, Bandon, 97411 The South Coast Chapter is helping celebrate National Wildlife Refuge Week by participating in Bandon Marsh National Wildlife Refuge's Walk for the Wild event! Participate in a ranger-led walk,...
Saturday, November 2, 8:45 am - 1:00 pm Event: Removal of Invasive Weed Species- English Ivy Leader/Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: Hundred Acre Wood, 1000 S 1st Ave, Coquille, OR 97423 Help the Wild Rivers Coast Mountain Bicycle Association and the South Coast Chapter of the NPSO remove invasive English ivy at the Coquille Hundred Acre Wood trail...
November 9, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly business meeting Leader/Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-977 Location: Latter Day Saints Church, 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 This will be our regular business meeting and celebration of our member and former President, Charmane Mitchell. Members and guests are all welcome at this meeting which includes a festive...
Wednesday, February 12, 6:00 pm Leader: Julia Bott, jbott@batnet.com or 650-520-5673 Event: Zoom Presentation on Veva Stansell and the Botany of Hunter Creek's Headwaters Raised in Pistol River in Curry County, Veva Stansell was a self-taught botanist who became renowned for her knowledge of the unique serpentine botany of the Siskiyou Mountains. Distinctive wild plant...
Saturday, February 15, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Leader: Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-977 Event: Quarterly Membership Meeting via Zoom This is our quarterly membership business meeting, and we will be discussing our volunteer opportunities and 2025 activities including plant sale and garden tour. Members and guests are all welcome Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86425501459?pwd=a8oitXQwcnxPo2kHBb8PGk2baQXTzg.1 Meeting ID:...
Saturday, March 29, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Field trip: Skunk Cabbage Walk Leaders: Gail Perrotti and Eric Dean, South Slough Reserve Education Program Specialist Location: South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston, OR 97420 See the skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) in bloom. We will meet at the interpretive center. Our walk...
Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting: In person chapter business meeting and elections Leader: Gail Perrotti gperrotti@earthlink.net Location: (tentative) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford, OR 97465 Speaker to be determined. Please contact Gail Perrotti to confirm location.
Explore the different plants and plant habitats of the Oregon dunes! The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world. Join us for a guided hike with members of the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative (ODRC) to learn about this special place. Hike leader Dina...
Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Field Trip: Spring Wildflower Hike to Signal Buttes Area Location: Meet up at the Gold Beach Visitor Center (south end of town) at 9 am sharp to caravan and carpool. Join the Kalmiopsis Audubon Society for the annual tradition: the spring wildflower hike to the Signal Buttes...
Saturday, June 7, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Event: State Parks Day: Information Tables and Native Plant Walks Location: Shore Acres State Park, 89039 Cape Arago Hwy., Coos Bay, OR 97420 It’s State Parks Day! South Coast Chapter members will be on hand to answer questions and lead short walks.
Saturday, June 14th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Event: NPSO South Coast Chapter Native Plant Garden Tour Location: Brookings, Oregon The gardens include: A newly cleared residential lot planted with natives; furnished with a path and hand-built benches. A botanical garden showing off our native shrubs and trees at full size. A mature garden with...