Saturday, July 19, 9:00 am - 11:30 am Field Trip: Ecosystem Challenges in Smith Rock State Park Leader: Sam Vanderbeek, Ranger, Oregon State Parks Location: Smith Rock State Park Welcome Center Sam manages the restoration efforts in Smith Rock State Park. He has ambitions to restore many areas of the park with their newest grant...
Saturday, July 19, 10:30 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Multorpor Fen, Government Camp Leader: Lecia Schall Location: Mt. Hood SkiBowl Join us to explore an amazing subalpine (elevation 4000 feet) wetland habitat near Government Camp. Expect an easy, mostly flat, mostly dry, two-mile walk in part sun and shade. We'll look for great sundew (Drosera...
Saturday, July 26, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Big Red Mountain Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot at 9:00 am, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR The most spectacular displays of explorer’s gentian (Gentiana calycosa) will be found on this trail at this time. In addition, the...
Wednesday, July 30, 8:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: haich ikt'at'uu, a tidal estuary restoration Leader: Nathan LeClear, McKenzie River Trust Join Emerald Chapter member Nathan LeClear of McKenzie River Trust on a tour of haich ikt'at'uu, a project that is returning a diked and drained pasture to a network of tidal channels, marsh,...
Wednesday, August 6, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm Event: Pollinator Trivia Night Location: Silver Moon Brewing, 24 NW Greenwood Ave., Bend, OR Do you love native plants? Do you love pollinators? Well, take a shot at Pollinator Trivia night at Silver Moon Brewing! We will have prizes for 1st and 2nd place winners. Teams of...
Saturday, August 9, 8am-3pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Bigelow Lakes Meeting Location: Williams Grange, 20100 Williams Hwy, Williams OR Hike Leader: Matt Dybala This outing will explore plant identification in mature subalpine forests, meadows and wetlands. We will be hiking 1.5+ miles to the water's edge at Bigelow Lake. The first half of the hike...
Saturday, August 9, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Event: Quarterly Membership Meeting Leader: Gail Perrotti, gperrotti@earthlink.net or 541-414-9777 Location: LDS Church in Port Orford 2000 Jackson St, Port Orford, OR 97465 This is our quarterly membership meeting. Guest speaker Vanessa Robertson-Rojas, The Understory Initiative, will share information on local restoration efforts and tips for seed collection.
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...