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...
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...
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,...
Meeting to discuss draft NPSO website. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91043268995?pwd=WUxNYnFUVTJqd3ROUEgwWmFUZ003QT09
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....
Thursday, March 21, 7pm Speaker: Lynn Kuntsman Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland Planting native plants is crucial to ecosystem health and to preserving and protecting life on earth. Plant choice matters, and choosing native plants helps to restore and ensure vital ecosystem services in our landscapes. Based on the work of Dr. Doug Tallamy, this...
Friday and Saturday, March 22 and 23, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Deepwood Museum and Gardens Native Plant Sale Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead flower walks to view the Oregon fawn-lily (Erythronium oregonum) and other blooming wildflowers on the Deepwood Nature Trail at 10:00 am and 12:00...
Saturday, March 23rd, 9:45am-1pm Siskiyou Chapter Native Plant Society is partnering with the Williams Community Forest Project to enjoy the early spring wildflowers along the Enchanted Forest and Felton Memorial Trails in the Applegate! The hike will begin on the Enchanted Forest trail where the group will walk through a ponderosa pine and white oak...
Saturday, March 23, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Work Party: Native Plant Garden at McMinnville Public Library Location: McMinnville Public Library Spend a couple hours with a congenial crew and learn how the beauty, diversity and educational value of this mature demonstration garden is maintained with a minimum of effort. No experience is necessary. Bring...
Saturday, March 23, 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Field trip: Skunk cabbage walk Leader/Speaker: Eric Dean, South Slough Reserve Education Program Specialist and Gail Perrotti - gperrotti@earthlink.net Location: South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, 61907 Seven Devils Road, Charleston, OR 97420 See the skunk cabbage (Lysichiton americanus) in bloom. We will meet at the interpretive...
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...
Tuesday March 26, 7:00 pm Presentation: Butte Biogeography: Tree Distribution in the Mountains of Central Oregon Speaker: Bob Earle Location: East Bend Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road The presentation will look at disjunct populations of trees in the mountains (popularly called “buttes”) of Central Oregon. While considerable data has been collected about trees in the...