Website Working Group Meeting
Meeting to discuss draft NPSO website. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91043268995?pwd=WUxNYnFUVTJqd3ROUEgwWmFUZ003QT09
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Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library
Saturday, February 24, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Location: McMinnville Public Library Winter chores include making design decisions as well as pruning, cleaning up, and weeding. Sometimes we have new species to plant! The garden includes nine ecologicalareas with sun and shade. Dress for the weather. Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools if you have...
Field Trip: Bush Park Lichen Walk
Saturday, February 24, 10:00 am to 12:00 pm Trip Leader: Sunia Yang The Pacific Northwest is one of the lichen hotspots of the world – more than ten percent of the world’s described lichen taxa can be found in our region. Join Sunia Yang to view and identify the lichens in Salem’s Bush Park. Dress...
Event: Work Party at the Avery Native Plant Garden
Saturday, February 24, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come prepared to do winter cleanup in the gardens. Dress for winter weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Zoom Program: When is an Endangered Species Really Recovered? Four Stories of Hope and Uncertainty from the Willamette Valley.
Monday, February 26, 6:30 to 7:30 pm Dr. Tom Kaye, Executive Director of the Institute for Applied Ecology, will discuss the remarkable recovery of four endangered species and the perils they still face. His nonprofit organization has worked to restore populations of Bradshaw’s lomatium, Fender’s blue butterfly, golden paintbrush, and Nelson’s checkermallow in partnership with...
Event: Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District 2024 Native Plant Sale
Friday, March 1, 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and Saturday March 2: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm Location: Yamhill Valley Heritage Center, McMinnville Online orders can be placed for the native plant sale from the Yamhill Soil and Water Conservation District at https://yamhillswcd.org/nps/. You can also sign up for volunteering for the event with this...
Website Working Group Meeting
Meeting to discuss draft NPSO website. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91043268995?pwd=WUxNYnFUVTJqd3ROUEgwWmFUZ003QT09
Program: “Gardening for the Bees (and the Birds),” and an introduction to the Xerces Society
Monday, March 11, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Presenter: David Kollen, Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation. Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701 SW Campus Way or via Zoom This program will include: an introduction to pollinators and their importance in natural systems and our food system; native bee diversity and natural...
Program: Forests During the Time of the Mastodons: Ziegler Reservoir Fossil Site
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...
Presentation: Culturing Native Plants in the Pacific Northwest
Monday, March 18, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Michelle Osgood, Assistant Horticulturist at the U.S. Forest Service Dorena Genetic Resource Center Location: Amazon Community Center, Main Building, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene, Oregon Featuring funky ferns and quirky Quercus, U.S. Forest Service horticulturist Michelle Osgood shares techniques about propagating ferns from spores, collecting wild seed,...
Website Working Group Meeting
Meeting to discuss draft NPSO website. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91043268995?pwd=WUxNYnFUVTJqd3ROUEgwWmFUZ003QT09
Virtual Program: Bigleaf Maple Sugaring
Thursday, March 21, 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm Virtual Program: Bigleaf Maple Sugaring The bigleaf maple syrup industry in Oregon is small but growing. Join Eliza Nelson, founder and director of the Oregon Maple Project, as she talks about the process of tapping bigleaf maple trees and then producing a delicious, local syrup for market....