Sunday, March 30, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: McDowell Creek Falls Trip Leader: John Savage John Savage will lead a walk to view Oregon fetid adder’s tongue (Scoliopus hallii) and other early-blooming wildflowers at McDowell Creek Falls near Sweet Home. The 1.7-mile loop walk (with 200 feet elevation gain) features lovely waterfalls and forests....
Sunday, March 30, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come help with an early spring cleanup. Dress for the weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, April 5, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Field Trip to Lower Table Rocks Trip Leader: Arti Kirch Location: Lower Table Rocks Trailhead, Wheeler Road, Central Point This outing will explore plant identification within four distinct vegetative communities, along with the cultural and geologic history of this area. The Lower...
Saturday, April 5, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Jackson Frazier Wetlands Leaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart Location: Jackson Frazier Wetlands In celebration of Native Plant Appreciation Month, we 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...
Monday, April 7, 6:00 pm Presentation: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and First Foods Presenter: Klamath Tribal Member Chapter meetings are scheduled for the first Monday of each month at the Klamath County Museum in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Presentations are held at the Meeting Room at the back of the Klamath County Museum (1451 Main Street).
Thursday, April 10, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Zoom Program: Bugs Presenter: Dr. Christopher Marshall, Curator of Oregon State University Arthropod Collection Insects are an incredibly diverse and fascinating group of organisms and like many parts of the world, the Pacific Northwest supports an overwhelming amount of diversity. While many parts of the world support diverse insect fauna,...
Saturday, April 12, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Westmoreland Park Wetlands Enhancement Work Party Leader: Nancy Bray Location: Westmoreland Park, East and West of Dr. Edwin Coleman Jr. Center, Eugene, Oregon Friendly Area Neighbors Sustainability Team, in collaboration with Parks & Open Space (P&OS), is seeking volunteers to help with enhancement of the...
Saturday, April 12, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: High Desert Museum "Learning Forest" Tour Presenters: High Desert Museum Staff Location: High Desert Museum, 59800 S Hwy 97, Bend For information or to register, contact our events coordinator at hdceventscoordinator@gmail.com.
Sunday, April 13, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs Leader: Judi Sanders Location: Baker Creek Trail, McDonald Forest To celebrate Native Plant Appreciation Month we will explore the Baker Creek Trail in the Sulphur Springs area of the McDonald research forest north of Corvallis. The hike is 0.24 miles...
Monday, April 14, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Update on OregonFlora Speaker: Linda Hardison Location: Cordley Hall Room # 2602. Oregon State University (or by Zoom) Learn about the program's latest activities from Linda Hardison, OregonFlora director. There is a lot happening within OregonFlora! Flora of Oregon Volume 3 floristic treatments, illustrations, and front...
Tuesday, April 15, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm Presentation: East Cascades Native Plant Hub and the National Seed Strategy Presenter: Emily Zamarripa, East Cascades Native Plant Hub at Oregon State University Cascades Location: Larkspur Community Center, 1600 SE Reed Market Rd, Bend Learn how the East Cascades Native Plant Hub is working to provide site-adapted seed for...
Thursday, April 17, 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm Zoom Program: Drake Peak in Southeast Oregon: At the Edge of Beyond Join noted youth educator, naturalist, and author Bobbie Snead as she describes the Drake Peak area, a compact cluster of peaks in Southeast Oregon that sits on the boundary between the Fremont Pine/Fir Forest ecoregion...
Thursday, April 17, 7:00 pm Presentation: Fritillaria genteri: A Biography Presenter: Alexandria Kurkowski Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou chapter meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or via Zoom from home. To register for Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/npsotalks. Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner’s fritillary) is an endangered lily restricted to southwestern Oregon and adjacent northern...
Friday, April 18, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Identifying Wildflowers of Cathedral Hills Location: Sky Crest Trailhead, Cathedral Hills, Grants Pass Leader: Doranne Long and Bureau of Land Management Botanist Join a Bureau of Land Management botanist and Doranne Long for a wildflower hike in Cathedral Hills. Copies of the newly published Wildflowers of the Cathedral...
Friday, April 18, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm *Please note this is a Friday. Program: Taking Care of Oregon’s Kelp Forests Presenter: Sara Hamilton Location: 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon (UO), *Please note meeting is not at Amazon Community Center Sara is a marine ecologist who studies how ocean ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest...
Saturday, April 19th, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Mary’s River Natural Area in Corvallis Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Mary’s River Natural Area Meet at the parking lot kiosk for the Mary’s River Natural Area off Brookline Drive in Corvallis (44.5424° -123.2822°). Celebrating Native Plant Appreciation Month, we will go in search of early blooming...
Thursday, April 24, 7:00 am - 6:00 pm Field Trip: Catherine Creek Leader: John Savage John Savage will lead a trip to view wildflowers at Catherine Creek in the Columbia Gorge. The walk will cover at least four miles with some elevation gain. Come prepared for a long day, returning about 6:00 pm. Bring water,...
This will be the 60th Anniversary Show! See https://www.glidewildflowershow.org for more information.
Saturday, April 26, 8:00 am - 3:00 pm Event: Earth Day Sponsor: Scappoose Library Location: Heritage Park, SE 2nd St, Scappoose, Oregon, 97056 The event will begin with a morning of service from 8:00 am – 11:00 am followed by entertainment, informational booths, and educational events from 11:00 am – 3:00 pm. Portland NPSO will host an informational...
Saturday, April 26, 9:00 am - 11:00 am Field Trip: Plant Bioblitz at Shevlin Park - iNaturalist City Nature Challenge Leaders: Mara Huang, High Desert Chapter NPSO and Maureen Thompson, ThinkWild Location: Shevlin Park, 18920 NW Shevlin Park Rd, Bend High Desert Chapter is helping Beaver Works Oregon and ThinkWild at this event. For information or...
Saturday, April 26, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Siskiyou Plant Explorers Field Trip to Baldy Peak Trip Leader: Kathryn Connelly Meeting Location: Star Ranger Station, 6941 Upper Applegate Road, Jacksonville, OR The Baldy Peak trail in the Upper Applegate is a moderately easy three-mile roundtrip walk through alternating conifer forests, chaparral, meadows, and oak woodlands....
Sunday, April 27, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Event: Pollinator Project Rogue Valley Spring Native Plant Sale Location: The Pollinator Place parking lot 312 N. Main & 4th St., Phoenix OR
Friday, May 2, 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm Event: Spring Social Location: WinterCreek Nursery, 63405 Deschutes Market Rd, Bend Join High Desert Chapter at their annual Spring Social. Enjoy snacks, drinks, and conversation while browsing the new spring plants at WinterCreek!
Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 11:00 am Field trip: Flower and Bird Walk around Woodpecker Loop Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Woodpecker Loop Trail, W.L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge This will be a short two-mile gentle walk around the Woodpecker Loop Trail. For more information, contact Esther McEvoy, estherco@peak.org or 541-990-0948
Saturday, May 3, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Buck Rock Tunnels Loop with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leaders: Barbra Settles and Al Collinet Meeting Location: Rite Aid Pharmacy, 2341 Ashland St. Ashland, OR at 8:30am The hike is 5.7 miles roundtrip with 967 feet of elevation gain, mostly along old fire roads. Options for...
Saturday, May 3, 9:45 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Lacamas Prairie Hike Leader: Lecia Schall This premium field trip is offered to NPSO members only and is by special arrangement with the Washington Department of Natural Resources. Lacamas Prairie is the best (known) remnant of Willamette Valley wet prairie ecosystem occurring in Washington. It...