Thursday, May 22, 7:30 am - 4:30 pm Field Trip: Saddle Mountain Hike Leader: Linda Moore Location: Saddle Mountain in the Coast Range The hike up Saddle Mountain isn’t easy, but the trip to this botanist’s Mecca in the Coast Range is worth it. We’ll leisurely ascend 1,700 feet over a challenging five-mile, out-and-back hike...
Thursday, May 22, 8:30 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Finley Wildlife Refuge Leader: John Savage John Savage will lead a walk to view the wildflowers at the William L. Finley National Wildife Refuge near Corvallis. Golden paintbrush, Nelson’s checkermallow, peacock larkspur, and other rare and endemic species grow in the untouched Natural Resource Area....
Friday, May 23, 9:00 am - 2:30 pm Field Trip: Cape Horn Trail Hike Leader: Ron Klump Location: Cape Horn Trail, Washington We will hike from Salmon Falls Road Park and Ride to Nancy Russell Overlook and back. This is a moderate hike of five miles round trip with 700’ elevation gain and some difficult...
Saturday, May 24, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party #303: 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, May 24, 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 Spring is upon us, and we need to work on the gardens with pruning, weeding, and clipping. Dress for the weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at...
Saturday, May 24, 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: The Hobbit Trail Leader: Lecia Schall Location: 91892 Oregon Coast Hwy, Florence, OR Enjoy mystical spruce and trees, on the Hobbit Trail. We will wander through magical pathways through giant rhododendron and evergreen huckleberry, down to sand dunes to aptly named Hobbit Beach. Options will...
Explore the different plants and plant habitats of the Oregon dunes! The Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area is one of the largest expanses of temperate coastal sand dunes in the world. Join us for a guided hike with members of the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative (ODRC) to learn about this special place. Hike leader Dina...
Saturday, May 31, 2025, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Westmoreland Park Wetlands Enhancement Work Party Leader: Nancy Bray Location: Westmoreland Park, East wetland on Polk St., South of the pickleball courts on W. 20th Ave, Eugene. Please join our work parties. The tasks are simple and geared for all ages and physical abilities....
Saturday, May 31, 10:00 am – 1:30 pm Field Trip: Kingston Prairie Preserve Leader: John Savage John Savage of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead a morning walk to view the blooming wildflowers at the 152-acre Kingston Prairie Preserve southeast of Stayton. The preserve is one of the best examples of native...
Saturday, June 7, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm Field Trip: Big Summit Prairie Leader: Jennifer Curtis Location: Big Summit Prairie, FS Road 42, Ochoco National Forest Big Summit Prairie occupies several thousand acres of the middle portion of the Ochoco Mountains, in Central Oregon. Big Summit Prairie is largely privately owned, but most of the perimeter...
Saturday, June 7, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Botany Hike East of Hyatt Lake Leader: Wayne Rolle Meeting Location: Rite Aid parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9am Join retired Forest Service botanist, Wayne Rolle, in exploring native flora along the Pacific Crest Trail east of Hyatt Lake. The group will visit forest,...
Saturday June 7, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field trip: Mary’s Peak Leaders: Phil Hays and Esther McEvoy. Location: Meet at 9:00 am for carpooling at the parking lot north of Wilkinson and Burt Halls at Oregon State University in Corvallis (44.56927, -123.28109). Enter from NW 27th Street just north of Jackson Avenue. We will...