Saturday, April 13, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Buttercup Bonanza at Chimney Rock Leader: Ben Snyder, High Desert Chapter member Location: Chimney Rock Trail (https://blm.gov/visit/chimney-rock-trail) The hike begins near the Crooked River and winds about 700 feet up to the top of the bluffs – about three miles round trip, at a relaxed...
Saturday, April 13, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Brice Creek Trail Leader: Bruce Waugh Join State Board member Bruce Waugh hiking in an old growth forest on a streamside trail through a scenic, rocky canyon. We will primarily see forest flora with the occasional rocky bald. It is a three-mile round-trip on an...
Saturday April 13 or Sunday April 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Beatty Creek- Beatty Rock Beatty Rock is monolithic outcropping of conglomerate in the lower Cow Creek watershed. This is one of our favorite spots. The wildflower display is continuously changing all spring. We will explore along lower Cow Creek Road to...
Saturday, April 13, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Field Trip: Jackson Frazier Wetlands Leaders: Dan Luoma and Joyce Eberhart We will spend about one to two hours walking around the Bob Frenkel Boardwalk at Jackson Frazier Wetlands looking for early native wildflowers, including some of the seven species of buttercups known from the site. We...
Sunday, April 14, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden Leader: Margaret Conover The property surrounding this museum, on the University of Oregon campus, bears an excellent native plant garden that is little known to the community. In partnership with the museum, Emerald Chapter members will...
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, April 18, 7:00 pm Program: The Serpentine Flora of Oregon's Blue Mountains Speaker: Dick O’Donnell Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland, Science Building, Room 101 or via Zoom Scattered here and there in the Blue Mountains of Northeastern Oregon are areas of soil derived from serpentinite (mantle rock or serpentine). This challenging soil supports peculiar...
Friday, April 19, 7:00 pm *Note this is Friday, not a Monday meeting. Presentation: The Master Melittologist Program's Oregon Bee Atlas: A Statewide Initiative to Document the Floral Relations of Oregon's Native Bee Fauna Using Community Scientists. Speaker: Lincoln Best, Faculty Research Assistant, Oregon State University Location: In Person, 221 Allen Hall, University of Oregon...
Saturday, April 20, 9:30 am – 12:00 pm Field Trip: Rough and Ready Botanical Wayside Trip Leaders: Siskiyou Chapter NPSO and Cultural and Ecological Enhancement Network Registration Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/868767776807?aff=oddtdtcreator
Sunday April 21, 10:00 am - 11:30 am Field Trip: Laurelwood Bog Leader: Hugh Pritchard Location: The entrance to the Bog is at the end of Agate Street, Eugene, Oregon. Just head south until you can’t go any further, and you have arrived. Parking is on-street. Hugh Prichard, co-owner with the city of Eugene, will...
Sunday, April 21, 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm Field Trip: Baker Creek Trail at Sulphur Springs The Sulphur Springs area of the McDonald research forest north of Corvallis will be an easy hike through a beautiful area to celebrate Native Plant Appreciation month! The hike is 0.24 miles long with a twenty-three-foot elevation gain. Some...
Wednesday, April 24, 4:00 pm Event: High Desert Chapter Spring Social and Chapter Meeting Location: WinterCreek Nursery, 63405 Deschutes Market Road, Bend Come meet our incoming board members and enjoy a spring afternoon perusing WinterCreek’s extensive native plant selection. More details coming soon.