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Please note for field trips, participants will be required to sign a waiver similar to the one found here.
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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 |
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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! |
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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
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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...
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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... |
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Tuesday, May 6, 10:00 am – 1:00 pm Field Trip: Camassia Preserve Walk Leader: Mary Hayden Location: 5000 Walnut St. West Linn, OR Join us for an easy one-mile stroll through a Nature Conservancy preserve named for the abundant common camas (Camassia quamash) which bloom there late April and early May. This preserve hosts more than 300... |
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Thursday, May 8, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Upper McCord Falls Hike Leader: Mary Hayden Location: Upper McCord Falls, Warrendale, OR Climb a moderate hillside for two miles through conifers and lush undergrowth ending at vertical cliffs supporting unusual flora sustained by rocky seeps. Find sunny swaths of Corydalis sp. and coltsfoot bordering the creek as...
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Thursday, May 8, 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm Program: Bull Run Watershed - Native plants, restoration projects Presenter: Angie Kimpo, Vegetation Stewardship Manager, Portland Water Bureau (PWB) Learn about the botanical work of the Vegetation Stewardship Program at the PWB, including the protection of rare plant communities and invasive species management. The PWB works cooperatively... |
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Saturday, May 10, 8:00 am - 1:00 pm Event: Bikes to Blooms, Emerald Chapter Booth Volunteering and Botany Walk Location: Bake Stewart Park, Dorena (12 miles east of Cottage Grove) All activities are accessible by car; carpooling is encouraged as parking is limited. If cycling, wear a helmet and be cautious of variable trail conditions....
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Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am - 11:30 am Workshop: Beginner Botany Presenter: Sarah Fuller, Professor of Biology, Central Oregon Community College Location: Central Oregon Community College Science Center, NW College Way, Bend A presentation on plant taxonomy and major groups of plants and how they are classified. We will learn to apply botanical terms to floral structures. There...
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Saturday, May 10, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Sterling Mine Ditch Trail, Tunnel Ridge with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leader: Al Collinet The Tunnel Ridge section of the Sterling Mine Ditch Trail passes through oak and ponderosa pine woods, madrone groves, fir forests, and open grassy areas with excellent views of the mountains... |
1 event,Saturday, May 10, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Sunday, May 11, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Field Trip: Silver Falls State Park Leaders: Willamette Valley Chapter Members As part of the Silver Falls State Park Mother’s Day Birding and Wildflower Festival, members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead one-hour wildflower walks... |
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Monday, May 12, 2025, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Event: West Eugene Wetland Walk Leader: Rachel Schneiderman Location: WREN Headquarters, 751 Danebo Ave, Eugene, Oregon 97402 Join us on a walk in the west Eugene wetlands, led by WREN (Willamette Resources and Education Network) staff, at the peak of bloom. We’ll get to see some... |
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Tuesday, May 13, 9:00 am - 1:30 pm Field Trip: Conboy Lake National Wildlife Refuge Leader: Ron Klump Location: 100 Wildlife Refuge Rd., Glenwood, WA The Willard Springs Foot Trail is a 3.8-mile loop along the edge of the open marsh and into the pines. Beginning at the refuge headquarters, it parallels the west shore...
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Tuesday May 13, 2025, 10:00 am - 3:00 pm Volunteer Outreach: Survey for rare Lathyrus holochlorus at Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Leader: Dr. Nora Dunkirk, ORBIC’s director of Citizen's Rare Plant Watch (CRPW) out of Portland State University Location: Buford Park, exact start location to be announced Citizen's Rare Plant Watch will be conducting a survey of the rare... |
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Thursday, May 15, 7:00 pm Presentation: Where David Douglas found the largest Pinus trees in the world Presenter: Erich Reeder 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. Based on a detailed analysis of Douglas' journal entries,... |
2 events,May 16, 17, and 18 Event: Mount Pisgah Wildflower Show: Collection, Set up, and Show Booth Leader: Jenny Lippert Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene, Oregon 97405 If you’d like to volunteer, there are several opportunities. If you know your plants and have a special place in mind to collect, bring them... |
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Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am to 12:00 pm Field Trip: Scout Camp Trail Leader: Ben Snyder Location: Scout Camp Trailhead, 9505-9445 SW Scout Camp Trail, Terrebonne, OR The hike begins on bluffs above the river and winds through different ecological communities down into the canyon. About three miles round trip, we'll be walking at a...
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Saturday, May 17, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Eight Dollar Mountain with the Siskiyou Plant Explorers Leader: Matt Dybala Meeting Location: Albertson’s parking lot,1690 Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass This outing will explore plant identification on serpentine soils. We will make several stops along the T.J. Howell Botanical Drive to view a large diversity...
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Saturday, May 17, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Meeting: In person chapter business meeting and elections Leader: Gail Perrotti gperrotti@earthlink.net Location: (tentative) Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford, OR 97465 Speaker to be determined. Please contact Gail Perrotti to confirm location. |
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Sunday, May 18th, 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene This Festival is a great, family-friendly event with activities including an expansive wildflower display in the White Oak Pavilion highlighting over 200 local species, live music featuring local bands, the Art in Nature Trail with ephemeral art installations, guided... |
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Monday, May 19, 7:30 pm- 8:30 pm Program: “Fritillaria gentneri: A Biography" Presenter: Alex Kurowski, Oregon State University Location: Cordley Hall Room 2602, Oregon State University, Corvallis or by Zoom Description: In southern Oregon and northern California, two species of Fritillaria overlap, F. affinis and F. recurva. In the northern part of their overlapping ranges, an endangered species known as Fritillaria gentneri was... |
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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...
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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.... |
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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... |
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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...
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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...
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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... |
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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... |
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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....
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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... |
Please note for field trips, participants will be required to sign a waiver similar to the one found here.