Saturday, May 16, 9:00 am Event: Annual Native Plant Sale Our annual native plant sale has been promoted on our website, Facebook, our email distribution list, the local newspaper, and radio in partnership with the Klamath County Museum. The goal is to provide the local community with a variety of native species suitable for the...
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 9:00 am Field Trip: Blue Mountain County Park Leader: Ed Alverson The 268-acre Blue Mountain County Park is located along Mosby Creek southeast of Cottage Grove. Its mostly forested landscape contains a diverse assortment of lowland forest wildflowers, with a few prairie species mixed in. We will explore the older forest...
Sunday, May 17th, 9am - 11am Field Trip: Touch Grass! Location: Whetstone Savanna Preserve. Gate off Truax Road in Central Point (42.418336, -122.917882) Leaders: Ezra Huebner (Resource Conservationist at NRCS) and Marisa Mancillas (Wetland Scientist at ODOT) Come touch grass and learn how to identify members of the most exciting plant family— Poaceae—in the magical vernal pools. All skill levels are welcome! We...
Sunday, May 17, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Field Trip: Miller's Property Botany Walk Leader: Marilyn Miller Location: 60587 Barlow Trail, Bend, OR 97702 Join the High Desert Chapter on this botany walk on Miller’s property. Marilyn and Craig Miller have graciously allowed us to take a stroll on their 10-acre property. Please park on...
Sunday, May 17th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene This Festival is a great, family-friendly event with activities including an expansive wildflower display in the White Oak Pavilion highlighting over 200 local species, live music featuring local bands, the Art in Nature Trail with ephemeral art installations, guided...
Wednesday, May 20, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Event and Presentation: May Chapter Meeting Presenter: Jarod Lemos Location: Larkspur Community Center At the meeting Jarod will present: “Prineville Bureau of Land Management – Integrated Invasive Plant Management Environmental Assessment, 2026”
Saturday, May 23, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm Event: Jefferson Lake Trail invasive weed removal Leaders: Holly Scott and Beth Johnson Location: Jefferson Lake Trailhead Volunteers needed to pull cheatgrass on the Jefferson Lake Trail The Jefferson Lake Trail is a part of Mt. Jefferson Wilderness located in the Metolius Basin. The trail travels through...
Sunday, May 24, 9:30 am - 1:30 pm Field Trip: Oak Creek Preserve, Greenbelt Land Trust Leader: Carolyn Menke The Oak Creek Preserve (acquired in 2023) is a key addition as it connects habitat on Greenbelt properties with Oregon State University property and MacDonald Forest. For more information on the preserve, see: Oak Creek Preserve...
The Willamette Valley Chapter is delighted to host the next NPSO statewide Annual Meeting May 29-31, 2026, at the Willamette Heritage Center in Salem, Oregon. See https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/2026-npso-annual-meeting/ for more information.
"Wild/Flower: Poems of the Oregon Flora," at the Northwest Nature Shop in Ashland on Friday, May 29, 6:30-7:30. All nature-related poems; and some even mention birds! https://northwestnatureshop.com/event/oregon-wildflower-poetry-reading-by-pepper-trail
Thursday, June 4, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Field Trip: Restored Upland/Wetland Prairie and Oak Savanna Tour Leader: Lynda Boyer Lynda Boyer, restoration biologist and native seed manager for Heritage Seedlings, will lead a tour of one of their farms just south of Salem with 200 acres of habitat restored to its former savanna glory. There...
Friday, June 5, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm Field Trip: Lily Lake Trail Leader: Bob Hladky and Armand Rebishke Join Armand Rebishke, Siuslaw National Forest botanist/ecologist, and Bob Hladky, Emerald Chapter secretary and former Siuslaw National Forest botanist, on a walk around Lily Lake, north of Florence. We will meet at 10:00 am at Lowes...