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Monday, April 1, 5:00 pm Hike: April BioBlitz Hike: April Fools Appreciate Native Plants, Even When They Can’t See Them. Hike Leader: Lecia Schall Location: Canemah Bluff Nature Park Join Lecia Schall. and one of our new Hike Leaders on Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5:00 pm for one of the kick-off events for Native... |
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Date: Saturday, April 6th, 10am – 2pm Siskiyou Chapter is partnering with Vesper Meadow for a meadow tour and willow-planting work party outside of Ashland. Vesper Meadow has been working for six years to restore a creek channel which was previously eroded due to overgrazing and down-cutting associated with a lack of vegetation. The group...
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Saturday, April 6, 11:00 am Hike: Sweet Smell of Azaleas on the Coastal Trail Leader: Julia Bott Location: Coastal Trail at Harris Beach State Park, Brookings We will meet at the overflow parking lot near the entry kiosk. The main part of the hike is approximately two miles round-trip on flat, accessible trails. Additional options...
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Saturday, April 6, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Volunteer Work Party: Friends of Nob Hill Nature Park Location: Nob Hill Nature Park, St. Helens, OR Scappoose Bay Watershed Council and Friends of Nob Hill Nature Park invite you to join the semi-annual volunteer workday. We’ll pull ivy and put in native plants donated by Scappoose... |
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Saturday April 6 or Sunday April 7, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Olalla Creek-Course Gold, Lower Olalla Creek Watershed Leader: Rod Trotter This is our first field trip of the year to view early spring wildflowers in Olalla Creek watershed. Rod Trotter will lead the group to Olalla Creek on Upper Olalla Road,...
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Bald Mount Plant Hike Sunday, April 7, 9:30 am Leader: Wayne Rolle The Siskiyou Chapter of the NPSO is hosting a botanical field trip along the ridge of Bald Mountain. Bald Mountain is located above 5,000 feet in elevation between Talent and the Little Applegate watershed. This will be an opportunity to see the locally... |
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Monday, April 8, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Wildflowers of Mary’s Peak Presenter: Phil Hays Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701 SW Campus Way or via Zoom. Phil has led the Mary’s Peak hike for the Corvallis Chapter for decades and is a fabulous photographer. He has also co-written an... |
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Tuesday, April 9, 6:00 pm Chapter Meeting: (in person and via Zoom) followed by 7:00 pm Video Presentation: Homegrown National Parks Presenter: Doug Tallamy Come see our new meeting room at the Faith Lutheran Church, 820 Kenwood Street, Roseburg. (Westside parking area behind the church.) For questions or Zoom information, contact Donna at 541-643-0365. |
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Thursday, April 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Native Plants of Oregon’s Northern Coastal Range Presenter: Kira Taylor, Naturalist Location: Zoom Kira shares her knowledge and enjoyment of hiking in the northern Oregon Coast Range. She will highlight the region’s native flora and fauna, as well as give us an insider’s view of...
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Thursday, April 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Native Plants of Oregon’s Northern Coastal Range Presenter: Kira Taylor, Naturalist Location: Zoom Tucked away in the northern reaches of Oregon's Coast Range, the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are an underappreciated wonder. In this presentation, Kira Taylor, a longtime Coast Range resident and naturalist,... |
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Saturday, April 13, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Brice Creek Trail Leader: Bruce Waugh Join State Board member Bruce Waugh hiking in an old growth forest on a streamside trail through a scenic, rocky canyon. We will primarily see forest flora with the occasional rocky bald. It is a three-mile round-trip on an...
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Saturday, April 13, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Buttercup Bonanza at Chimney Rock Leader: Ben Snyder, High Desert Chapter member Location: Chimney Rock Trail (https://blm.gov/visit/chimney-rock-trail) The hike begins near the Crooked River and winds about 700 feet up to the top of the bluffs – about three miles round trip, at a relaxed...
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Saturday April 13 or Sunday April 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Beatty Creek- Beatty Rock Beatty 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... |
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Sunday, April 14, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden Leader: Margaret Conover The 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... |
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Thursday, April 18, 7:00 pm In-Person Presentation: Plants that Eat Truffles for Lunch Presenter: Daniel Luoma, Former State NPSO President and Oregon State University Mycology Professor Location: The SE Uplift Building Fireplace Room 3534 SE Main St. Portland, Or 97214 Dan Luoma will discuss a group of fascinating organisms that have gourmet dietary preferences. Interactions...
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Thursday, April 18, 7:00 pm Program: The Serpentine Flora of Oregon's Blue Mountains Speaker: Dick O’Donnell Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Science Building, Room 101 or via Zoom Scattered 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... |
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Friday, April 19, 7:00 pm *Note this is Friday, not a Monday meeting. 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. Speaker: Lincoln Best, Faculty Research Assistant, Oregon State University Location: In Person, 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon... |
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Saturday, April 20, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside Trip Leaders: Siskiyou Chapter NPSO and Cultural and Ecological Enhancement Network Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/868767776807?aff=oddtdtcreator |
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Sunday April 21, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Field Trip: Laurelwood Bog Leader: Hugh Pritchard Location: 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. Hugh Prichard, co-owner with the city of Eugene, will...
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Sunday, April 21, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs The 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... |
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Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 pm Event: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting Location: WinterCreek Nursery, 63405 Deschutes Market Road, Bend Come meet our incoming board members and enjoy a spring afternoon perusing WinterCreek’s extensive native plant selection. More details coming soon.
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Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 pm Event: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting Location: WinterCreek Nursery, 63405 Deschutes Market Road, Bend Come 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. |
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Thursday, April 25, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom Program: Tribal Histories of the Willamette Valley and Reconstructing Willamette Valley Environments Presenter: Dr. David G. Lewis Dr. 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... |
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Activity: 2024 City Nature Challenge
Friday to Monday, April 26 – 29 Activity: 2024 City Nature Challenge The 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... |
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Saturday, April 27, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library Spend 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...
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Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Woodpecker Loop, William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Esther McEvoy This 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...
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Saturday, April 27, 10:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Amazon Park Annual Family Plant Walk Leaders: NPSO Volunteers Location: Amazon Community Center, Main Hall, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene Join 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... |
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Sunday, April 28, 12:00 pm – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Bush Park Leaders: Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of NPSO Bush’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... |
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Monday, April 29, 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (8:00 am carpool from Oregon State University Extension, Central Point) Hike: Limpy Botanical Trail Hike Leader: Rachel Werling Join 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... |
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Saturday, May 4, 9:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: Douglas County Fairgrounds, Roseburg, $3 admission You 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... |