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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T090000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Beatty Creek- Beatty Rock
DESCRIPTION:Saturday April 13 or Sunday April 14\, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm\nField Trip: Beatty Creek- Beatty Rock \nBeatty Rock is monolithic outcropping of conglomerate in the lower Cow Creek watershed. This is one of our favorite spots. The wildflower display is continuously changing all spring. We will explore along lower Cow Creek Road to examine the California sword fern (Polystichum californicum)\, Hooker’s fairy bells\, a rare moss (Pseudoleskeella serpentinensis)\, the fairy slipper orchid (Calypso bulbosa)\, grass widows\, (Olsynium douglasii)\, coast trillium (Trillium ovatum) and a rarely seen yellow Lomatium sp. Parking is limited\, ride sharing is advised. \nIf you’re coming from south of Roseburg\, you can meet us in the McDonald’s parking lot on the Riddle Interstate-5\, 103 exit road. Let us know if you are meeting us there. We should be there around 9:20 am (departing Roseburg at 9:00 am.) \nContact Rod Trotter at 541-672-1907 or M. A. Hansen at 541-863-8111 with questions or for details. It is imperative that you call Rod or M.A. again the night before the trip to confirm your plans to attend and to confirm the schedule has not changed. We often have to change the date on short notice due to bloom or weather unpredictability\, or country emergency road closures.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-beatty-creek-beatty-rock/
CATEGORIES:Umpqua Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240413T120000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Jackson Frazier Wetlands
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 13\, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nField Trip: Jackson Frazier Wetlands\nLeaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart \nWe will spend about one to two hours walking around the Bob Frenkel Boardwalk at Jackson Frazier Wetlands looking for early native wildflowers\, including some of the seven species of buttercups known from the site.\nWe will meet at the parking lot for the wetlands at the north end of Lancaster Street in Corvallis. For more information\, contact Dan at lu****@*********te.edu.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-jackson-frazier-wetlands/
CATEGORIES:Corvallis
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240414T140000
DTSTAMP:20240403T013335Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 14\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nField Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden\nLeader: Margaret Conover \nThe property surrounding this museum\, on the University of Oregon campus\, bears an excellent native plant garden that is little known to the community. In partnership with the museum\, Emerald Chapter members will be leading this short walk in and around the museum’s Glenn Starlin Native Plant Courtyard. With over forty species\, the courtyard offers a rich array of plant life that has provided nutrition and material for tools\, shelter\, and more for millennia. This is the first of a monthly series of walks at this location. \nLimited free parking is in a designated lot located just west of the mammoths on East 15th Avenue\, and metered parking is available on the street. The address is 1680 East 15th Avenue on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene. Sign-up is not needed\, and the tour is free to NPSO members.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-museum-of-natural-and-cultural-history-native-plant-garden/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240418T210000
DTSTAMP:20240404T215052Z
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SUMMARY:In-Person Presentation: Plants that Eat Truffles for Lunch
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\, 7:00 pm\nIn-Person Presentation: Plants that Eat Truffles for Lunch\nPresenter: Daniel Luoma\, Former State NPSO President and Oregon State University Mycology Professor\nLocation: The SE Uplift Building Fireplace Room 3534 SE Main St. Portland\, Or 97214 \nDan Luoma will discuss a group of fascinating organisms that have gourmet dietary preferences. Interactions between forest plants and their associated beneficial root fungi provide the broader context for this talk. He will give special attention to those plants without chlorophyll that depend on truffle-forming fungi to meet their nutritional needs.\nMembers are invited to this special event as well as one guest per member.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/in-person-presentation-plants-that-eat-truffles-for-lunch/
CATEGORIES:Portland
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240418T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240418T210000
DTSTAMP:20240404T215706Z
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SUMMARY:Program: The Serpentine Flora of Oregon's Blue Mountains
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 18\, 7:00 pm\nProgram: The Serpentine Flora of Oregon’s Blue Mountains\nSpeaker: Dick O’Donnell\nLocation: Southern Oregon University\, Ashland\, Science Building\, Room 101 or via Zoom \nScattered here and there in the Blue Mountains of Northeastern Oregon are areas of soil derived from serpentinite (mantle rock or serpentine). This challenging soil supports peculiar vegetation. After fifteen years of multiple annual visits to explore the serpentine in the Blue Mountains\, Dick O’Donnel is memorializing the event with a long paper which is nearly complete and will be ready to publish in a few weeks. Dick spoke to the Siskiyou Chapter several years ago. \nSouthern Oregon University\, Science Building\, Room 161. This program will also be provided as a zoom for folks who cannot attend in person. To register for the zoom: https://bit.ly/npsotalks. \nDick’s degree is in economics to which he sacrificed twenty-five good years in the corporate world. Now retired\, He studies and photograph plants from southern Arizona to the Wallowa Mountains. When not in the field\, he studies 19th century botany and botanists in the old and new worlds.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/program-the-serpentine-flora-of-oregons-blue-mountains/
CATEGORIES:Siskiyou
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240419T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240419T200000
DTSTAMP:20240403T013558Z
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SUMMARY:Presentation: The Master Melittologist Program's Oregon Bee Atlas: A Statewide Initiative to Document the Floral Relations of Oregon's Native Bee Fauna Using Community Scientists.
DESCRIPTION:Friday\, April 19\, 7:00 pm *Note this is Friday\, not a Monday meeting.\nPresentation: The Master Melittologist Program’s Oregon Bee Atlas: A Statewide\nInitiative to Document the Floral Relations of Oregon’s Native Bee Fauna Using Community Scientists.\nSpeaker: Lincoln Best\, Faculty Research Assistant\, Oregon State University\nLocation: In Person\, 221 Allen Hall\, University of Oregon campus. Venue may change\, so check https://eugenenaturalhistorysociety.org/ to stay informed. \nLincoln will introduce the productive framework for education through the online Master Melittologist Program and data production for the Oregon Bee Atlas. These complementary programs have assessed native bee visitors to more than 1\,500 plant taxa in the state and have detected several hundred species of bees including new state records and new species. Using a combination of traditional morphological examination and DNA-barcoding to identify species continues to expand our knowledge of the state bee fauna. \nLincoln Best is the taxonomist for the Oregon Bee Atlas and collaborates on research with many other groups in the Pacific Northwest and internationally. He is most interested in faunistics and the floral relations of these amazing animals.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/presentation-the-master-melittologist-programs-oregon-bee-atlas-a-statewide-initiative-to-document-the-floral-relations-of-oregons-native-bee-fauna-using-community-scientists/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240420T120000
DTSTAMP:20240404T215830Z
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UID:10000074-1713605400-1713614400@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 20\, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm\nField Trip: Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside\nTrip Leaders: Siskiyou Chapter NPSO and Cultural and Ecological Enhancement Network \nRegistration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/868767776807?aff=oddtdtcreator
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-rough-and-ready-botanical-wayside/
CATEGORIES:Siskiyou
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T113000
DTSTAMP:20240403T013752Z
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LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T013752Z
UID:10000062-1713693600-1713699000@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Laurelwood Bog
DESCRIPTION:Sunday April 21\, 10:00 am – 11:30 am\nField Trip: Laurelwood Bog\nLeader: Hugh Pritchard\nLocation: The entrance to the Bog is at the end of Agate Street\, Eugene\, Oregon. Just head south until you can’t go any further\, and you have arrived. Parking is on-street. \nHugh Prichard\, co-owner with the city of Eugene\, will lead us on this tour on the Northwest corner of the Laurelwood Golf course. The Laurelwood Bog is a native plant project in its fourteenth year and has many mature plants with a forty-foot-tall Salix sp. and a ninebark tunnel arching over the pathways. Hugh has now planted over 110 species\, and over seventy-five should be identifiable on the day of the tour. Most are marked. Sign up here
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-laurelwood-bog/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240421T150000
DTSTAMP:20240403T012449Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 21\, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm\nField Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs \nThe Sulphur Springs area of the McDonald research forest north of Corvallis will be an easy hike through a beautiful area to celebrate Native Plant Appreciation month! The hike is 0.24 miles long with a twenty-three-foot elevation gain. Some blooming native wildflowers that might be seen are Delphinium trolliifolium\, Trillium sp.\, Dicentra formosa\, and Cardamine sp. There is a large parking area at the trailhead for Baker Creek. Please bring water and dress appropriately for the weather.\nMeet at the parking area for Baker Creek Bridge trail on Sulphur Springs Road. For more information\, contact Alexandria Kurowski\, ku******@*********te.edu.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-baker-creek-trail-at-sulphur-springs/
CATEGORIES:Corvallis
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T190000
DTSTAMP:20240303T013940Z
CREATED:20240303T013940Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240303T013940Z
UID:10000043-1713974400-1713985200@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Event: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 24\, 4:00 pm\nEvent: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting\nLocation: WinterCreek Nursery\, 63405 Deschutes Market Road\, Bend \nCome meet our incoming board members and enjoy a spring afternoon perusing WinterCreek’s extensive native plant selection. More details coming soon.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/event-high-desert-chapter-spring-social-and-chapter-meeting/
CATEGORIES:High Desert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240424T190000
DTSTAMP:20240404T214529Z
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SUMMARY:Event: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 24\, 4:00 pm\nEvent: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting\nLocation: WinterCreek Nursery\, 63405 Deschutes Market Road\, Bend \nCome meet our incoming board members and enjoy a spring afternoon perusing WinterCreek’s extensive native plant selection. More details coming soon. Snacks and beverages provided.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/event-high-desert-chapter-spring-social-and-chapter-meeting-2/
CATEGORIES:High Desert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240425T193000
DTSTAMP:20240405T221056Z
CREATED:20240405T221056Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T221056Z
UID:10000080-1714069800-1714073400@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Zoom Program: Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley and Reconstructing Willamette Valley Environments
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, April 25\, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm\nZoom Program: Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley and Reconstructing Willamette Valley Environments\nPresenter: Dr. David G. Lewis \nDr. Lewis\, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies at Oregon State University and author of the acclaimed Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley\, will discuss the Kalapuya tribal culture and the Willamette Valley environments in which they lived\, and present his research tracing the changes to the environment after arrival of European settlers. Dr. Lewis will explore the removal of water and the return of cultural fire and what this means for tribal descendants today. \nDr. Lewis has conducted extensive research on the tribal histories of Northwest coastal peoples\, specializing in Western Oregon tribes. He served as the director of the Southwest Oregon Project at the University of Oregon and was the Cultural Department manager of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde for eight years. Dr. Lewis is a member of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde and a descendant of the Takelma\, Chinook\, Molalla\, and Santiam Kalapuya peoples of Western Oregon. For more information and to register for this Zoom presentation\, email John Savage at wv****@***il.com
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/zoom-program-tribal-histories-of-the-willamette-valley-and-reconstructing-willamette-valley-environments/
CATEGORIES:Willamette Valley
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240430
DTSTAMP:20240403T013931Z
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UID:10000063-1714089600-1714435199@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Activity: 2024 City Nature Challenge
DESCRIPTION:Friday to Monday\, April 26 – 29\nActivity: 2024 City Nature Challenge \nThe City Nature Challenge is a community science bioblitz with the goal of observing and identifying as many species as possible in urban communities and surrounding areas. Participants from more than 450 cities worldwide will contribute! Our project geography covers the entirety of Lane County. All you need to do to contribute is to upload the iNaturalist project here and make observations of plants\, animals\, or fungi when you are outside during this weekend. Information on scheduled events and further details can be found on the City Nature Challenge Facebook page.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/activity-2024-city-nature-challenge/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T110000
DTSTAMP:20240403T011814Z
CREATED:20240403T011814Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T011814Z
UID:10000054-1714208400-1714215600@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 9:00 am – 11:00 am\nWork Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library\nLocation: McMinnville Public Library \nSpend a couple hours with a congenial crew and learn how the beauty\, diversity\, and educational value of this mature demonstration garden is maintained with a minimum of effort. No experience is necessary. Bring gloves\, bucket\, and gardening tools. Dress for the weather. For more information\, contact Catie Anderson at ca************@***il.com or 971-241-7634. The library is located at 225 NW Adams Street (corner of Highway 99 W and SW Second Street)\, McMinnville\, Oregon. The library parking lot may be entered from either Adams or Second Streets.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/work-party-native-plant-garden-at-mcminnville-public-library-5/
CATEGORIES:Cheahmill
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T120000
DTSTAMP:20240403T012650Z
CREATED:20240403T012650Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T012650Z
UID:10000058-1714212000-1714219200@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Woodpecker Loop\, William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nField Trip: Woodpecker Loop\, William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge\nLeader: Esther McEvoy \nThis will be a short hike through a wooded area with trillium\, osoberry\, and thimbleberry. We may also see patches of iris\, rose checkermallow\, and hopefully some cat’s ear. We will look to see if we can find the elusive Fritillaria affinis. Come dressed for the weather and bring binoculars.\nMeet at the parking area next to Woodpecker Loop. Contact Esther for more information at 541-990-0948.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-woodpecker-loop-william-l-finley-national-wildlife-refuge/
CATEGORIES:Corvallis
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240427T120000
DTSTAMP:20240403T014111Z
CREATED:20240403T014111Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T014111Z
UID:10000064-1714212000-1714219200@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Amazon Park Annual Family Plant Walk
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, April 27\, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm\nField Trip: Amazon Park Annual Family Plant Walk\nLeaders: NPSO Volunteers\nLocation: Amazon Community Center\, Main Hall\, 2700 Hilyard St\, Eugene \nJoin NPSO volunteers on a tour of the wildflowers that are growing along the trail in Amazon Park. We’ll learn about streamside and wetland plants and look for wildlife along the way. Meet at the Amazon Community Center at 10:00 am. The walk is approximately a 1.5-mile loop on pavement and barked trail. Sign up with the City of Eugene Park and Recreation Program.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-amazon-park-annual-family-plant-walk/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240428T140000
DTSTAMP:20240405T221214Z
CREATED:20240405T221214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240405T221214Z
UID:10000081-1714305600-1714312800@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Bush Park
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, April 28\, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nField Trip: Bush Park\nLeaders: Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of NPSO \nBush’s Pasture Park is home to more than fifty native wildflowers. Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of NPSO will lead a walk to view and identify the native plants. The walk is part of the City Nature Challenge sponsored by the City of Salem and Marion Soil and Water Conservation District. For more information and to register for the plant walk\, contact John Savage at wv****@***il.com. For information about the City Nature Challenge\, visit the event webpage at https://www.cityofsalem.net/community/natural-environment-climate/join-the-city-nature-challenge or call 503-588-6229.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-bush-park/
CATEGORIES:Willamette Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240429T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240429T130000
DTSTAMP:20240404T220028Z
CREATED:20240404T220028Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T220028Z
UID:10000075-1714381200-1714395600@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Hike: Limpy Botanical Trail Hike
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, April 29\, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm (8:00 am carpool from Oregon State University Extension\, Central Point)\nHike: Limpy Botanical Trail Hike\nLeader: Rachel Werling \nJoin us for an easy one-mile loop trail through the botanically rich serpentine area of the Limpy Botanical Interpretive Trail outside of Grants Pass. This is a lovely and varied walkthrough forest and meadow showcasing a rich diversity of our spectacular southwest Oregon flora. A woodland of the magical Pacific yew and waterfalls along Limpy Creek are part of this special walk.\nRegistration and more information can be found at: https://extension.oregonstate.edu/county/sorec/events
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/hike-limpy-botanical-trail-hike/
CATEGORIES:Siskiyou
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240504T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240504T160000
DTSTAMP:20240503T181718Z
CREATED:20240503T181718Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240503T181718Z
UID:10000098-1714813200-1714838400@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Event: NPSO Booth at the Master Gardeners Plant Sale and Expo.
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 4\, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm \nLocation:  Douglas County Fairgrounds\, Roseburg\, $3 admission \nYou will see some new vendors at the indoor show with a lot of garden related items for sale along with hundreds of plants. Stop by our booth and say hello and pick up a free native plant seedling. We also have greeting cards and T-shirts for sale.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/event-npso-booth-at-the-master-gardeners-plant-sale-and-expo/
CATEGORIES:Umpqua Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240505T140000
DTSTAMP:20240403T014229Z
CREATED:20240403T014229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240403T014229Z
UID:10000065-1714914000-1714917600@www.npsoregon.org
SUMMARY:Field Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden
DESCRIPTION:Sunday\, May 5\, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm\nField Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden \nThe property surrounding this museum\, on the University of Oregon campus\, bears an excellent native plant garden that is little known to the community. In partnership with the museum\, Emerald Chapter members will be leading this short walk in and around the museum’s Glenn Starlin Native Plant Courtyard. With over forty species\, the courtyard offers a rich array of plant life that has provided nutrition and material for tools\, shelter\, and more for millennia. This is the second of a monthly series of walks at this location. Limited free parking is in a designated lot located just west of the mammoths on East 15th Avenue\, and metered parking is available on the street. The address is 1680 East 15th Avenue on the U of O campus in Eugene. Sign-up is not needed\, and the tour is free to NPSO members.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-museum-of-natural-and-cultural-history-native-plant-garden-2/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240509T210000
DTSTAMP:20240404T215229Z
CREATED:20240404T215229Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240404T215229Z
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SUMMARY:Zoom Presentation: Where We Call Home: Lands\, Seas\, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 9\, 7:00 pm\nZoom Presentation: Where We Call Home: Lands\, Seas\, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest\nPresenter: Josephine Woolington\, Writer and Musician\nLocation: Zoom \nJosephine will discuss her book\, Where We Call Home: Lands\, Seas\, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest\, a nonfiction essay collection about Northwest plants and animals\, and the relationship that people have had with them over time. Through interviews with local biologists\, historians\, artists\, and Indigenous leaders and scientists from the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde\, the Yakama Nation\, Haida Nation\, and the Makah Tribe\, the essays delve into the past\, present\, and possible future of Northwest landscapes\, encouraging curiosity\, humility\, and a more collective understanding of our home. Josephine will also discuss her latest work featured in High Country News that details underground seed banks and their promise for ecological restoration. \nRegister for this Zoom event here. When you register\, you’ll receive an email with a link to join the session. Save it. \nFor field trip Information\, visit our Google Calendar.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/zoom-presentation-where-we-call-home-lands-seas-and-skies-of-the-pacific-northwest/
CATEGORIES:Portland
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T150000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Beatty Creek – Beatty Rock
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm \nLocation: Lower Cow Creek Watershed and Island Day Use Area\nLeader: Rod Trotter \nWe will leave Roseburg promptly at 9:00 am from our meet up location on Keady Ct.  (See directions in May 1 field trip) We will explore Beatty Rock\, a monolithic outcropping of conglomerate in the lower Cow Creek Watershed. This is one of our favorite spots. Ride sharing is encouraged. Parking is limited. We will explore along lower Cow Creek Road. We should see star Solomon’s seal; a rare new catchfly; white\, purple and tri-colored iris; Madia elegans; inside out flower; and coast trillium. \nThe first stop is at the mouth of Beatty Creek\, some three miles up Cow Creek Road. There we will amble about the beautiful creek and view the Beatty Rock area. The second stop is 1.8 miles further down Cow Creek Road at the Bureau of Land Management Island Wayside. We usually eat our lunch there. Bring lunch. There is also a maintained public toilet on site.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-beatty-creek-beatty-rock-2/
CATEGORIES:Umpqua Valley
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T110000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip:  Silver Falls State Park
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 10:00 am and 11:00 am\nSunday\, May 12\, 10:00 am and 11:00 am \nLocation:  Meet at the South Falls Stone Circle at 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Saturday or 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Sunday for the start of the walks \nAs part of the Silver Falls State Park Mother’s Day Birding and Wildflower Festival\, members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead one-hour wildflower walks near the South Falls. For more information about the festival\, call 503-873-8681 or visit https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=things-to-do.event&eventId=48881.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-silver-falls-state-park/2024-05-11/
CATEGORIES:Willamette Valley
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DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240511T120000
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SUMMARY:Meeting/Presentation: In person Chapter Business Meeting and Elections followed by Presentation from Stephanie McKnight\, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm \nLeader: Charmane Mitchell \nLocation: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints\, 2000 Jackson Street\, Port Orford \nMs. McKnight will speak about the Coastal Species Conservation Collaborative\, a workgroup of state and federal agencies\, non-governmental organizations (including NPSO’s Rare and Endangered Committee)\, and researchers to focus on conservation of rare coastal species in northern CA and southern OR. The group has identified thirty-eight species of conservation need. Of the thirty-eight species\, twenty-seven are plants. Many of these plants have not been surveyed in decades\, and we therefore have very little information on the status of these species\, the status of populations\, what conservation issues they face\, and other challenges. She will be leading efforts to survey for many of these species this field season and would love to find some folks (no botany experience needed) to help conduct surveys and learn about coastal species conservation. \nA Zoom option is available at:\nhttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/85621706837?pwd=MG94bUtEOE1kcDJ1bkh6U1l2S2NoZz09\nMeeting ID: 856 2170 6837\nPasscode: 353471
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/meeting-presentation-in-person-chapter-business-meeting-and-elections-followed-by-presentation-from-stephanie-mcknight-u-s-fish-and-wildlife-service/
CATEGORIES:South Coast
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm \nHike Leaders: Tom Wainwright and Cindy Roché\nLocation: The Nature Conservancy Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve\, between Antelope and Shaniko \nJoin us for a trip to Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve (The Nature Conservancy). It is one of the best remaining examples of Columbia Plateau biscuit-scabland prairie\, with mima mounds interspersed with basalt outcrops and ravines. There is a wide variety of bunchgrasses and wildflowers across the mixed habitats. This is an opportunity for those interested in grass identification to practice keying grasses with Cindy. Bring your Field Guide to Grasses of Oregon and Washington and appropriate field tools for identification (hand lens and mm ruler). Those less interested in grasses can explore the diversity of spring wildflowers with Tom. This is a short hike of less than three miles with little elevation gain\, but terrain is uneven and rocky. \nRSVP to hike leader Tom Wainwright at hi************@***il.com with “Lawrence Grasslands” in the subject line. It’s about a two-hour drive from Bend to Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve\, between Antelope and Shaniko\, so Bend participants should plan to leave at 8:00 am. Carpools will be arranged. Limited to twelve participants.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-lawrence-memorial-grasslands-preserve/
CATEGORIES:High Desert
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240512T110000
DTSTAMP:20240503T182854Z
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SUMMARY:Field Trip:  Silver Falls State Park
DESCRIPTION:Saturday\, May 11\, 10:00 am and 11:00 am\nSunday\, May 12\, 10:00 am and 11:00 am \nLocation:  Meet at the South Falls Stone Circle at 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Saturday or 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Sunday for the start of the walks \nAs part of the Silver Falls State Park Mother’s Day Birding and Wildflower Festival\, members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead one-hour wildflower walks near the South Falls. For more information about the festival\, call 503-873-8681 or visit https://stateparks.oregon.gov/index.cfm?do=things-to-do.event&eventId=48881.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-silver-falls-state-park/2024-05-12/
CATEGORIES:Willamette Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240514T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240514T200000
DTSTAMP:20240503T181949Z
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SUMMARY:Meeting: Chapter Meeting - 6:00 pm -7:00 pm (in person and Zoom)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday\, May 14\, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm \nPresenter:  Dr. Doug Tallamy\nLocation:  Faith Lutheran Church\, 820 Kenwood St\, Roseburg (westside parking area behind the church.) \nThere will be a 7:00 pm -8:00 pm Zoom presentation: “Homegrown National Parks Initiative” with Dr. Doug Tallamy. Come see our nice meeting room. We were unable to view this video in April\, so we are moving it forward to May. For questions or Zoom link information\, contact Donna 541-643-0364 via phone or text.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/meeting-chapter-meeting-600-pm-700-pm-in-person-and-zoom/
CATEGORIES:Umpqua Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240515T140000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip:  A Walk in the Woods at Severt Iverson Memorial Park
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, May 15\, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm \nLeader: Rod Trotter\nLocation:  Coos Bay Wagon Rd near Tenmile \nWe will leave Roseburg promptly at 9:30 am from our meet up location on Keady Ct (see directions in May 1 field trip). This is a co-sponsored field trip with Umpqua Chapter NPSO and Douglas Chapter of the Oregon Small Woodlands Association. Iverson County Park has beautiful Tenmile Creek running through it. We have identified several native wildflowers growing there. Fifty-one species were found in May 2023. Bring lunch and a chair if you need one; there is one picnic table. There is a bathroom permanently on site. The trip is mostly level ground with a trail running through the park. We’ll see lots of native flowers.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-a-walk-in-the-woods-at-severt-iverson-memorial-park/
CATEGORIES:Umpqua Valley
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T190000
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: University of Oregon (UO) Riverfront Plant Phenology Monitoring Plot Demo 
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 16\, 5:45 pm – 6:45 pm  \nLeaders: Jeff Diez\, Katelin Kutella\, and Sarah Erskine\, UO Institute of Ecology and Evolution\, and Gail Baker\, Lane Community College Professor of Biology\nLocation: Riverfront property of UO Campus\, just southwest of the Frohnmayer Bridge along the Ruth Bascom Bike Path \nJoin UO ecologists Sarah Erskine\, Katelin Kutella\, Jeff Diez\, and Lane Community College Professor of Biology Gail Baker to tour a new ecological experiment embedded within public spaces in Eugene. The project is a collaboration between the UO researchers\, Eugene Public Parks\, and community naturalists (like you!?). The overall goal of the project is to better understand how climate affects plant phenology\, species interactions\, and the performance of our native prairie species. Expect to see blooms of Collinsia sp.\, popcorn flower\, and pink Plectritis sp. among others. By sowing mini-restoration experiments and collecting data on phenology\, species interactions\, and species performance\, the study aims to enhance local biodiversity in our public spaces and help inform future restoration efforts. The project is also seeking volunteers to help monitor species at several public parks and is using observations from iNaturalist to understand how our local Eugene plant phenology fits into larger regional patterns. \nSee the map at https://maps.app.goo.gl/DCmwM3RTwbtCHV187 for location and different parking lots with easy access to the Ruth Bascom Bike Path. Note that most parking requires a visitor permit before 6:00 pm. \niNaturalist Project to view the site and current blooms. \nProject website for more details about all the sites and a map. \nCommunity Ecology Research Lab at UO describing who we are and our research.
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/field-trip-university-of-oregon-uo-riverfront-plant-phenology-monitoring-plot-demo/
CATEGORIES:Emerald
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20240516T203000
DTSTAMP:20240503T181140Z
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SUMMARY:Program: To be Announced
DESCRIPTION:Thursday\, May 16\, 7:00 pm \nSpeaker: To be Announced\nLocation: Southern Oregon University\, Ashland Science Building\, Room 161 or via Zoom \nThis program will also be provided via Zoom for folks who cannot attend in person. To register for the Zoom: https://bit.ly/npsotalks
URL:https://www.npsoregon.org/wp/event/program-to-be-announced/
CATEGORIES:Siskiyou
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