Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Crack-in-the-Ground Exploratory Hike Leader: Jess Beauchemin Location: Crack-in-the-Ground Trailhead, Four Craters Lava Bed WSA, BLM Crack-in-the-Ground is a 2-mile-long volcanic fissure that is reached by a 0.25 mile walk from the trailhead. Once we reach the crack, we can walk along the upper edge, explore the...
Saturday, June 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Boccard Point – Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument Leader: Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy parking lot, 2341 Ashland St., Ashland, OR at 9:00 am We will be hiking 4.25 miles round trip with 671 feet elevation gain within two miles on an...
Saturday, June 14th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Event: NPSO South Coast Chapter Native Plant Garden Tour Location: Brookings, Oregon The gardens include: A newly cleared residential lot planted with natives; furnished with a path and hand-built benches. A botanical garden showing off our native shrubs and trees at full size. A mature garden with...
Thursday, June 19, 11:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Devils Half Acre Leader: Lecia Schall Contact the trip leader to sign up and get location details at schalllecia@gmail.com
Friday, June 20, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Lake Oswego City Park Hike Trip Leader: Kieran Location: Iron Mountain City Park, Lake Oswego Celebrate the Summer Solstice with a 2-mile evening hike through one of Lake Oswego's underrated gems. This hilly hike through Douglas-fir forest and oak/madrone woodland features early summer wildflowers...
Saturday, June 21, 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 We will work on summer clean up and weeding. Bring gloves, clippers, trowel, and bucket. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, June 21, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Pine Mountain Leader: Tom Wainwright Location: Pine Mountain Campground, Deschutes National Forest Pine Mountain is a forested montane island at the far northwest corner of the Basin and Range Ecoregion. We will explore the scabland bald just south of Pine Mountain Observatory, and hike to the...
Saturday, June 21, 1:00 pm – 5:00 pm Event: Fern Workshop (Indoors): Introduction to the Ferns of Oregon Instructor: Roger Brewer Location: Near Portland. Roger will provide location to the registered class. Roger will teach the class the characteristics of ferns and how to identify the common and some of the uncommon ferns of northern Oregon...
Wednesday, June 25, 7:00 am – 5:00 pm Field Trip: Iron Mountain Leader: John Savage Enjoy one of the best wildflower hikes in Oregon. Iron Mountain features more than 300 different species of flowers amid stands of trees and meadows. John Savage of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead the all-day hike...
Wednesday, June 25, 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Field Trip: Rescheduled Slow Hike on Cone Peak Trail Leader: Jenny Lippert Location: Meet at South Eugene High School to carpool We will head up through Sweet Home and start on the back side of Iron Mountain, looking for some fabulous wildflower displays. Bring your camera, lunch,...
Saturday, June 28 Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Hike to Kangaroo Lake, Gazelle CA Details to be announced. Indicate your interest by contacting siskiyouplants@gmail.com.
Saturday, June 28th, 8:00 am - late afternoon Field Trip: Iron Mountain and Cone Peak Leaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart We will hike the Iron Mountain-Cone Peak loop, identifying wildflowers in this botanical hotspot. Over 200 species of vascular plants have been recorded across this botanically rich trail west of Santiam Pass. Wildflowers of the Western...