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.
Between September 16 to October 10, Date and time to be determined. More details will be provided soon. Event: Seed collection for endangered pink sand-verbena Contact: Jeanne Standley, jstandle@charter.net, (541) 294-2113 Location: Coos Bay North Spit, meet at Bureau of Land Management boat launch parking lot. Participants will be taken to the site by four-wheel drive. The Coos...
Saturday, October 4, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Work Party: Soil Prep Day for Native Planting at Crooked River Location: Crooked River Park, S Main St, Prineville, OR Help ThinkWild prepare soil at their newest acquired land for native planting by Crooked River Park in Prineville. If interested, sign up here: https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/zi7VQD-Kv3VYvC_gbejjOA
Saturday, October 4, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Ramble at Wild Iris Ridge Park Organizer: Karl Anderson Location: Wild Iris Ridge Park, Summit Sky Trail Head, 3184 Summit Sky Blvd, Eugene Rambles are leaderless walks where participants point out plants they see to each other and share their knowledge about them. Rambles are...
Portland State University Herbarium and Rae Selling Berry Seed Bank Open House Tour historical botanical collections, a seed bank, and see live rare plants! Portland State University Herbarium OPEN HOUSE! Science Research and Teaching Center 1719 SW 10th Ave. Portland, OR 97201 Herbarium Room B1-34 Seed Bank Lab B1-81 Enter through the doors down the...
Saturday, October 11, 9:00 am -1:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Trip to Lithia Park Trail Trip Leader: Matt Dybala Meeting Location: Pioneer Hall, 73 Winburn Way, Ashland As summer flowers have all but faded, the Siskiyou Plant Explorers will adjust our focus to an incredible diversity of trees located within Lithia Park. On this guided...
Monday, October 13, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Research and Internships at the Institute for Applied Ecology Presenters: Interns Emme Obermire and Cole Hanson, Ecologist Denise Giles, and Research Director Scott Harris Location: Cordley Hall Room #2602. Oregon State University and via Zoom Researchers from the Institute for Applied Ecology will provide a brief...
Thursday, October 16, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Zoom Program: Plants, People, and Common Ground Presenter: Rose Grimson Rose Grimson – a senior in environmental science at Willamette University and the 2025 winner of a Jean Davis Scholarship from the Willamette Valley Chapter NPSO - will talk about her work to measure and map soil...