Bald Mount Plant Hike Sunday, April 7, 9:30 am Leader: Wayne Rolle The Siskiyou Chapter of the NPSO is hosting a botanical field trip along the ridge of Bald Mountain. Bald Mountain is located above 5,000 feet in elevation between Talent and the Little Applegate watershed. This will be an opportunity to see the locally...
Monday, April 8, 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Program: Wildflowers of Mary’s Peak Presenter: Phil Hays Location: Room 2602, Cordley Hall, Oregon State University Campus, 2701 SW Campus Way or via Zoom. Phil has led the Mary’s Peak hike for the Corvallis Chapter for decades and is a fabulous photographer. He has also co-written an...
Tuesday, April 9, 6:00 pm Chapter Meeting: (in person and via Zoom) followed by 7:00 pm Video Presentation: Homegrown National Parks Presenter: Doug Tallamy Come see our new meeting room at the Faith Lutheran Church, 820 Kenwood Street, Roseburg. (Westside parking area behind the church.) For questions or Zoom information, contact Donna at 541-643-0365.
Thursday, April 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Native Plants of Oregon’s Northern Coastal Range Presenter: Kira Taylor, Naturalist Location: Zoom Kira shares her knowledge and enjoyment of hiking in the northern Oregon Coast Range. She will highlight the region’s native flora and fauna, as well as give us an insider’s view of...
Thursday, April 11, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Native Plants of Oregon’s Northern Coastal Range Presenter: Kira Taylor, Naturalist Location: Zoom Tucked away in the northern reaches of Oregon's Coast Range, the Tillamook and Clatsop State Forests are an underappreciated wonder. In this presentation, Kira Taylor, a longtime Coast Range resident and naturalist,...
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...