Saturday, December 2, 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 ecological areas with sun and shade. Dress for the weather. Bring gloves, bucket, and gardening tools if you...
Saturday and Sunday, December 9 and 10, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Members of the Willamette Valley Chapter of the NPSO will lead walks to view the conifers and hardwoods of Silver Falls State Park at 1:00 pm on both days of the Silver Falls State Park Winter Festival. Other festival activities include guided lichen,...
Thursday, December 14, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm Speaker: Maggie Graham from The Understory Initiative Location: Phoenix Grange located at 209 N. Main Street, Phoenix, OR. Join ecologist, Maggie Graham, as she takes us behind the scenes of three conservation and restoration projects in southwest Oregon. We’ll talk about everything from lupine hybridization to bumblebee...
Thursday, December 14, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: Zoom Portland board members will share some 2023 highlights, and all NPSO members are welcome to share photos and stories of their favorite trips and trails. Gather your best shots, whether camera or phone, amateur or professional, plants or people, and be prepared to speak (five...
Saturday, December 16, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Winter cleanup, replacement of rope on the fencing, and general garden cleanup work party. Bring rain gear, gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Monday, December 18, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Location: In person at: Amazon Community Center, NEW ROOM: Main Hall, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene, 97405 Bring fifteen to twenty of your favorite photos from this year on a thumb drive to show to the group. We’ll celebrate the season with hot cider and Christmas goodies while...
Monday, January 8, 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: Carolyn Menke Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University and via Zoom Greenbelt’s Stewardship Manager, Carolyn Menke, will share a preview of upcoming work at the land trust’s newly conserved property just outside Corvallis – the 144-acre Oak Creek Preserve. To attend via Zoom, register...
Thursday, January 11, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Speaker: David Lewis, PhD, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Indigenous Studies, Oregon State University Location: Zoom Dr. Lewis has done extensive research on tribal histories. As a specialist in the history of Kalapuyans and other western Oregon tribes, he has studied the momentous changes to the Willamette...
Monday, January 15, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm Presenter: Bart Johnson, Professor Emeritus from the University of Oregon Location: In person, Amazon Community Center, Main Hall, 2700 Hilyard St, Eugene, 97405 Oak-pine savanna and prairie have persisted in the Willamette Valley and other parts of the lowland Pacific Northwest for thousands of years. These ecosystems...
Meeting to discuss draft NPSO website. Zoom link: https://oregonstate.zoom.us/j/91043268995?pwd=WUxNYnFUVTJqd3ROUEgwWmFUZ003QT09
Thursday, January 18, 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm Presenter: Matt Palmquist Butterwort, bladderwort, and cobra lily all sound like something from science fiction, but they are all carnivorous plants that can be found in Oregon. Matt Palmquist, a park ranger at Silver Falls State Park, will introduce these and other plants, where they can be...
Thursday, January 18, 7pm Speaker: Shannon Brown Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland Brewer’s spruce is a rare and unique conifer that grows in the Klamath-Siskiyou Ecoregion. Shannon Browne investigated the recruitment and population dynamics of Brewer’s Spruce to better understand the impacts of climate change on this charismatic conifer. Throughout her study, she came to...