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Field Trip: Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve
May 11 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Hike Leaders: Tom Wainwright and Cindy Roché
Location: The Nature Conservancy Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve, between Antelope and Shaniko
Join us for a trip to Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve (The Nature Conservancy). It is one of the best remaining examples of Columbia Plateau biscuit-scabland prairie, with mima mounds interspersed with basalt outcrops and ravines. There is a wide variety of bunchgrasses and wildflowers across the mixed habitats. This is an opportunity for those interested in grass identification to practice keying grasses with Cindy. Bring your Field Guide to Grasses of Oregon and Washington and appropriate field tools for identification (hand lens and mm ruler). Those less interested in grasses can explore the diversity of spring wildflowers with Tom. This is a short hike of less than three miles with little elevation gain, but terrain is uneven and rocky.
RSVP to hike leader Tom Wainwright at hi************@gm***.com with “Lawrence Grasslands” in the subject line. It’s about a two-hour drive from Bend to Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve, between Antelope and Shaniko, so Bend participants should plan to leave at 8:00 am. Carpools will be arranged. Limited to twelve participants.
