Saturday, October 18, 9:30 am – 1:00 pm Field Trip: Willamette University at Zena Trip Leader: Weston Miller Willamette University Professor Weston Miller – Director of Willamette University at Zena and Center for Land-based Learning – will lead a tour of Willamette University’s 305 acre “Willamette University at Zena” property west of Salem. The property...
Sunday, October 19th, 9:00 am Field Trip: Mushrooms of the Southern Oregon Cascades Trip Leaders: Wayne Rolle and Cesar Garcia Meeting Location: Medford BLM parking lot, 3040 Biddle Road Join Wayne Rolle and Cesar Garcia for an all-day field trip to look for mushrooms in the southern Oregon Cascades. The focus will be on finding,...
Sunday, October 19, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come for fall pruning and mulching. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Monday, October 20, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Event: High Desert Chapter Board Meeting Location: Downtown Bend Library, 601 NW Wall St, Bend, OR This meeting will have new and old Board members together, passing the torch on to the new members. The President will discuss the NPSO strategic planning session they attended. Further discuss upcoming...
Monday, October 20, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Title: Lichen Habitats in the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Dr. Daphne Stone, Lichenologist Location: Amazon Community Center, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene Lichens grow all over the Pacific Northwest, but most are restricted to specific habitats. This is because they are very sensitive to the moisture, light, and nutrients available...
Tuesday, October 21, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Presentation: Sensitive Species and Post-fire Restoration Presenter: Ian Grinter, Botanist, Bureau of Land Management Deschutes Field Station Location: East Bend Library Community Room, 62080 Dean Swift Rd, Bend, OR Join us for our first Chapter Meeting of the fall. We will be having a guest speaker: Ian...
Wednesday, October 22, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm Presentation: What’s Next for Oregon’s Sagebrush Steppe? Presenter: Dr. Stu Garrett Location: Worthy Brewing, 495 NE Bellevue Dr, Bend, OR Join Worthy Garden Club for an evening pub talk with Stu Garrett, founder of High Desert Chapter, NPSO. The talk will explore the ecology of the sagebrush steppe...
Saturday, October 25, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Work Party #308: 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. Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools if you have them. For more information, contact Catie Anderson at catie.fishback@gmail.com or 971-241-7634. The library...
Saturday, November 1, 8:45 am – 1:00 pm Event: Removal of invasive weed species work party and lunch Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: Hundred Acre Wood, 1000 S 1st Ave, Coquille, OR 97423 Help the South Coast Chapter of NPSO and the Wild Coast Trails Association remove invasive English ivy, holly, and cotoneaster on the Coquille Hundred...
Saturday, November 1, 9:00 am - late afternoon Event: Mushroom Foray Trip Leader: Dan Luoma Location: Meet at the north side of the Philomath Mary’s Peak True Value Hardware parking lot. Come prepared for the weather and mushroom hunting. Contact Dan Luoma for more information at: daniel.luoma@oregonstate.edu.
Thursday, November 6, 6:30 pm -8:30 pm Event: Pollinator Trivia Location: Broken Top Bottle Shop, 1740 NW Pence Lane # 1, Bend, OR 97703 Do you enjoy trivia? Do you enjoy native pollinators and plants? Come join us for Pollinator Trivia! The maximum group size is five.
Saturday, November 8, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly membership meeting Leader and Contact: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church in Port Orford 2000 Jackson St., Port Orford, OR 97465 Gather with members and friends. The speaker is to be determined. An optional hike to Port Orford Heads State Park will follow.