Holiday Potluck and Program: Thinking Like an Ecosystem: Collaboration in Native Plant Restoration

Thursday, December 12, 7:00 pm
Program: Thinking Like an Ecosystem: Collaboration in Native Plant Restoration
Speaker: Kathryn Prive
Location: In person only at the Phoenix Grange, 209 North Main St., Phoenix, OR, 97535

Feasting begins at 6pm, the program starts around 7pm, and a raffle concludes the evening. Please bring a potluck dish to share, table service (plate, silverware, glass, cup), and a food donation for the Talent Food Project. New chapter t-shirts will be available for sale. Please park along the street or at the Phoenix Plaza Civic Center (the white building across the street from the Grange). Free and open to the public.

This slide presentation explores how The Understory Initiative’s grassroots approach is actively helping to restore native ecosystems in southern Oregon. Through collaborative projects like the Rogue Native Plant Partnership and the Upper Rogue Oak Initiative, we’ll show how involving local communities and prioritizing their knowledge creates more resilient, thriving landscapes. By thinking like an ecosystem- valuing every part and every voice- we can tackle environmental challenges more effectively.

Kathryn Prive has a M.Sc. in population genetics and ecological restoration from Oregon State University and a B.S in Environmental Science from the University of Oregon. Kathryn has expertise in partnership coordination, population genetics, ecological restoration, and botany. She is passionate about native plant community restoration and seed production. Kathryn’s role at The Understory Initiative is to guide program development and foster greater support for herbaceous plant community restoration in Southern Oregon. Kathryn is also the founder and co-coordinator of the Rogue Native Plant Partnership.