EVENT: Pop-up Meadow, Group Costume Ashland Halloween Parade Thursday Oct. 31, 3:00-4:30 No sign up, just show up! Botanical Halloween! This October, we’re inviting folks to join us for the Ashland Children’s Halloween Parade by dressing up as your favorite native plant! The parade will take place on October 31: 3:30-4:30. Families, friends, and plant enthusiasts...
Program: How Trees and Understory Plants are Responding to Climate Change in the Klamath Mountains Thursday, November 21, 7pm Speaker: Erik Jules Location: Live Virtual Presentation at our Chapter Meeting at Southern Oregon University, Ashland Erik's talk will focus on two studies. The first is a study of how climate change may be impacting understory...
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,...
Thursday, January 16, 2025, 7:00 pm Program: Stochasticity in Plant Communities Year Effects and Priority Effects in Recovery from Disturbance. Speaker: Chhaya Werner, Ph.D Location: In-person presentation at our 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. As we work...
Thursday, February 20, 7:00pm Presentation: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Birds Presenter: Dave Kollen 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. In this introduction to native pollinators such as bees, butterflies,...
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...
Saturday, April 5, 9:00 am - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Siskiyou Plant Explorers Field Trip to Lower Table Rocks Trip Leader: Arti Kirch Location: Lower Table Rocks Trailhead, Wheeler Road, Central Point This outing will explore plant identification within four distinct vegetative communities, along with the cultural and geologic history of this area. The Lower...
Thursday, April 17, 7:00 pm Presentation: Fritillaria genteri: A Biography Presenter: Alexandria Kurkowski 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. Fritillaria gentneri (Gentner’s fritillary) is an endangered lily restricted to southwestern Oregon and adjacent northern...
Friday, April 18, 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Identifying Wildflowers of Cathedral Hills Location: Sky Crest Trailhead, Cathedral Hills, Grants Pass Leader: Doranne Long and Bureau of Land Management Botanist Join a Bureau of Land Management botanist and Doranne Long for a wildflower hike in Cathedral Hills. Copies of the newly published Wildflowers of the Cathedral...