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...
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...