Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Lake Oswego City Park Hike Trip Leader: Kieran Location: Iron Mountain City Park, Lake Oswego Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a 2-mile evening hike through one of Lake Oswego's underrated gems. This hilly hike through Douglas-fir forest and oak/madrone woodland features early summer wildflowers...
Saturday, June 21, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis We will work on summer clean up and weeding. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, June 21, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Pine Mountain Leader: Tom Wainwright Location: Pine Mountain Campground, Deschutes National Forest Pine Mountain is a forested montane island at the far northwest corner of the Basin and Range Ecoregion. We will explore the scabland bald just south of Pine Mountain Observatory, and hike to the...
Saturday, June 21, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Event: Fern Workshop (Indoors): Introduction to the Ferns of Oregon Instructor: Roger Brewer Location: Near Portland. Roger will provide location to the registered class. Roger will teach the class the characteristics of ferns and how to identify the common and some of the uncommon ferns of northern Oregon...
Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Leader: John Savage Enjoy one of the best wildflower hikes in Oregon. Iron Mountain features more than 300 different species of flowers amid stands of trees and meadows. John Savage of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead the all-day hike...
Wednesday, June 25, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Field Trip: Rescheduled Slow Hike on Cone Peak Trail Leader: Jenny Lippert Location: Meet at South Eugene High School to carpool We will head up through Sweet Home and start on the back side of Iron Mountain, looking for some fabulous wildflower displays. Bring your camera, lunch,...
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, June 28th, 8:00 am - late afternoon Field Trip: Iron Mountain and Cone Peak Leaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart We will hike the Iron Mountain-Cone Peak loop, identifying wildflowers in this botanical hotspot. Over 200 species of vascular plants have been recorded across this botanically rich trail west of Santiam Pass. Wildflowers of the Western...
Saturday, June 28, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #304: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library Help the garden crew with maintaining the Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library. The garden has matured and will be beautiful this month, making our work very enjoyable! Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening...
Saturday, June 28, Leave Roseburg at 9:00 am- early afternoon Field Trip: Bilger Ridge in the North Myrtle Creek watershed It is time for our yearly trek to BiIger Ridge to see our very own rare and beautiful mariposa lily, Calochortus coxii. We have special permission from the Bureau of Land Management to visit this location. The...
Sunday, June 29, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm Field Trip: Fern Hike Leader: Roger Brewer Location: Details to be provided to those registered for the field trip. This will be a field trip to view as many as possible of the ferns of northwestern Oregon. The attendees of the “Introduction to Ferns of Oregon” class (see...
Saturday, July 26, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #305: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library Help the garden crew with maintaining the Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library. The garden has matured and will be beautiful this month, making our work very enjoyable! Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools...