Siskiyou

Thursday, March 13, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm Presentation: Serpentine Ecology: Wacky Soil Builds Glorious Places! Presenter: Kristi Mergenthaler Location: Wild River Pub, 533 NE “F” St, Grants Pass Join us for a free evening program at the Wild River Pub in Grants Pass. In the Klamath-Siskiyous, we have significant “wacky soils,” serpentine or ultramafic soils...

Saturday, March 15, 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Location: French Flat ACEC/Waldo-Takelma Road Leader: Matt Dybala Meeting Location: Albertson’s parking lot,1690 Allen Creek Rd, Grants Pass This outing will explore plant identification on serpentine soils. French Flat, located between the East Fork and the West Fork of the Illinois River,...

Wednesday, March 19, 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm Field Trip: Lichen Hike at Pompadour Bluff Leader/Presenter: Botanist and Lichenologist Gretchen Vos Location: Harry & Marilyn Fisher Preserve near Ashland, OR Join a charismatic botanist and lichenologist, Gretchen Vos, for an exploration of common and rare lichens at the Harry & Marilyn Fisher Preserve at Pompadour...

Thursday, March 20, 7:00 pm Presentation: John Leiberg's Botanical Explorations in Southern Oregon 1894-1896 Presenter: Jack Nisbet Location: In-person presentation at the Siskiyou chapter meeting at Southern Oregon University Science Building, Room 161. Join us in-person or Zoom in from home.  To register for Zoom, go to https://bit.ly/npsotalks. John B. Leiberg was a Swedish immigrant who homesteaded...