South Coast

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.

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...

Tuesday, July 8, 8:30 am Event: Plant Survey Leader: Jeanne at jstandle@charter.net. Location: Floras Lake The Bureau of Land Management has invited the NPSO South Coast Chapter to assist with monitoring silvery phacelia (Phacelia argentea) on July 8 at Floras Lake. Monitoring will consist of laying out tape measures to form a grid, finding all plants within...

Saturday, August 9, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly Membership Meeting Leader: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church in Port Orford 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 This is our quarterly membership meeting. Guest speaker Vanessa Robertson-Rojas, The Understory Initiative, will share information on local restoration efforts and tips for seed collection.

Saturday, August 16, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Field trip: Plant Walk at Lolo Lake Coastal Trail (Pistol River) Leader: Julia Bott, jbott@batnet.com or 650-520-5673 Location: 23844-23642 Oregon Coast Hwy, Gold Beach, OR 97444 On this hike, we will visit a recent restoration project to restore bear berry (kinnikinnick) (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi) groundcover. We’ll also see lots of...