Sunday, January 21, 12:00 pm to 3:00 pm Carpool Location: Albertsons, 5415 SW Beaverton Hwy, Portland, OR Become an NPSO PDX Field Trip Leader or Co-Leader! Help us plan our 2024 season of field trips. Join us for our annual potluck followed by brainstorming our favorite hikes and explorations for the 2024 season. We'll meet...
Thursday, February 8, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Presenter: Michael Kauffmann, Educator, Author, and Ecologist Location: Zoom The Klamath Mountains contain some of the most exceptional temperate plant communities in the world. Within their geographic boundaries, over 3,500 taxa (species, subspecies, and varieties) of vascular plants, thirty-five conifer species, and twenty species of oak occur....
Thursday, March 14, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Presenter: Dean Miller, Data Analytics Trainer and Quaternary Paleobotanist Location: Zoom In 2010, during the construction of a reservoir near Snowmass Village, Colorado, bones of mammoth and other extinct species and a rich assemblage of vertebrate, plant, and other fossils were unearthed. Miller takes us on an...
Tuesday, March 26, 10:00 am Hike: March BioBlitz: Marching into Spring Hike Leaders: Lecia Schall and Cheryl Brock Location: Whipple Creek Regional Park Please join Lecia Schall and Cheryl Brock as we March forth into Spring at Whipple Creek Regional Park near Ridgefield, WA. This hidden gem is a 300-acre park with lots of crisscrossing...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
Thursday, May 9, 7:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Josephine Woolington, Writer and Musician Location: Zoom Josephine will discuss her book, Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest, a nonfiction essay collection about Northwest plants and animals, and the...
Monday, May 20, 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm Leaders: Lecia Schall and Cloudy Sears Location: Old Salmon River Trail, Welches Join us, Lecia and Cloudy, for an evening hike experiencing wilderness and an amazing array of giant trees and giant wildflowers along the Old Salmon River Trail. This old growth forest river trail follows the Salmon River...
Thursday, June 13th, 2024, 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm Presenter: Dr. Hannah Prather, National Science Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Reed College Location: Zoom Have you ever found yourself wandering beneath towering evergreens, wondering about the mysteries of the canopy above you? Nestled amidst the treetops, the forest canopy stands as...