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...
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm Leader: Esther McEvoy Location: Avery House Nature Center, Avery Park, Corvallis Come help with spring cleanup in the gardens. Dress for the weather and bring gloves, shovel, and clippers. Contact Esther for more information or to RSVP at 541-990-0948 or estherco@peak.org.
Saturday, March 30, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Ramble Location: Buford Park, East Entrance Rambles are casual walks where participants identify and share knowledge of plants they encounter as a group. All levels of experience are welcome. All we ask is that you are interested in plants! We’ll walk along a gravel access...
Monday, April 1, 5:00 pm Hike: April BioBlitz Hike: April Fools Appreciate Native Plants, Even When They Can’t See Them. Hike Leader: Lecia Schall Location: Canemah Bluff Nature Park Join Lecia Schall. and one of our new Hike Leaders on Monday, April 1, 2024, at 5:00 pm for one of the kick-off events for Native...
Date: Saturday, April 6th, 10am – 2pm Siskiyou Chapter is partnering with Vesper Meadow for a meadow tour and willow-planting work party outside of Ashland. Vesper Meadow has been working for six years to restore a creek channel which was previously eroded due to overgrazing and down-cutting associated with a lack of vegetation. The group...
Saturday, April 6, 11:00 am Hike: Sweet Smell of Azaleas on the Coastal Trail Leader: Julia Bott Location: Coastal Trail at Harris Beach State Park, Brookings We will meet at the overflow parking lot near the entry kiosk. The main part of the hike is approximately two miles round-trip on flat, accessible trails. Additional options...
Saturday, April 6, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Volunteer Work Party: Friends of Nob Hill Nature Park Location: Nob Hill Nature Park, St. Helens, OR Scappoose Bay Watershed Council and Friends of Nob Hill Nature Park invite you to join the semi-annual volunteer workday. We’ll pull ivy and put in native plants donated by Scappoose...
Saturday April 6 or Sunday April 7, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Field Trip: Olalla Creek-Course Gold, Lower Olalla Creek Watershed Leader: Rod Trotter This is our first field trip of the year to view early spring wildflowers in Olalla Creek watershed. Rod Trotter will lead the group to Olalla Creek on Upper Olalla Road,...
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...