Saturday, August 9, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Event: Englewood Forest Festival The Willamette Valley Chapter will have an outreach table at the Englewood Forest Festival at Englewood Park in Salem and offer a “Plant a Wildflower” activity for kids and festivalgoers. Join us at this fun, family-friendly event. For more information about the festival,...
Saturday, August 16, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Bird Lake, Mount Adams Leaders: Mary Hayden and Elly Adelman Check back later on our public events calendar for details https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/1?cid=bnBzb3BkeGNoYXB0ZXJAZ21haWwuY29t Follow Instagram @npsopdx for final details a week in advance!
Saturday, August 16, 8:30 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Anvil Lake, Black Wolf Meadows Leader: Clarice Johnston Location: Anvil Lake, Oregon Black Wolf Meadows (4,165 ft) and nearby Anvil Lake is a beautiful, secluded, and little visited setting, northwest of Timothy Lake. It provides a chance to view a variety of high marsh, bog,...
Saturday, August 16, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Beaver Creek State Natural Area and Ona Beach in Newport Leader: Alexandria Kurokowski Join Alexandria Kurowski to escape the late-summer heat with an easy field trip to a unique and diverse set of plant habitats! We’ll start the morning observing various wetland plant species on...
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...
Saturday, August 23, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #306: 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, August 23, 9:00 am Field Trip: Three Mile Prairie County Park, Florence Leader: Ed Alverson Join leader Ed Alverson for a cool exploration of the urban sand dune ecosystem at Three Mile Prairie County Park in Florence. The 170-acre park supports native plants associated with open dunes, seasonal ponds/wet meadows, shore pine forest, as...
Saturday, August 30, 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 Come help with summer clean up. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Thursday, September 18, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom Program: Protecting Oregon’s Wild Forests and Rivers Presenter: Chandra LeGue The wild places, forests, and rivers we enjoy exploring in Oregon all have stories to tell – ecological and political. Oregon Wild’s Senior Conservation Advocate, Chandra LeGue, joins us to explore Oregon’s forests and wild lands:...
Monday, September 25, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Presentation: Oregon Native Seed Strategy Presenter: Danielle Marshall, Oregon Department of Agriculture Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene The Oregon Native Seed Strategy is a new guidance document developed by numerous government, non-profit, and academic partners to address native seed needs in Oregon. Come learn from...
Saturday, September 27, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #307: 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...
Saturday, September 27, 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 Come help with fall clean up including pruning and weeding. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.