Sunday, May 5, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Field Trip: Museum of Natural and Cultural History Native Plant Garden 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 be leading this...
Thursday, May 9, 7:00 pm Zoom Presentation: Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest Presenter: Josephine Woolington, Writer and Musician Location: Zoom Josephine will discuss her book, Where We Call Home: Lands, Seas, and Skies of the Pacific Northwest, a nonfiction essay collection about Northwest plants and animals, and the...
Saturday, May 11, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: Lower Cow Creek Watershed and Island Day Use Area Leader: Rod Trotter We will leave Roseburg promptly at 9:00 am from our meet up location on Keady Ct. (See directions in May 1 field trip) We will explore Beatty Rock, a monolithic outcropping of conglomerate in...
Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Sunday, May 12, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Location: Meet at the South Falls Stone Circle at 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Saturday or 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Sunday for the start of the walks As part of the Silver Falls State Park Mother’s Day Birding...
Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Leader: Charmane Mitchell Location: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 2000 Jackson Street, Port Orford Ms. McKnight will speak about the Coastal Species Conservation Collaborative, a workgroup of state and federal agencies, non-governmental organizations (including NPSO’s Rare and Endangered Committee), and researchers to focus on conservation of rare coastal species...
Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm Hike Leaders: Tom Wainwright and Cindy Roché Location: The Nature Conservancy Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve, between Antelope and Shaniko Join us for a trip to Lawrence Memorial Grasslands Preserve (The Nature Conservancy). It is one of the best remaining examples of Columbia Plateau biscuit-scabland prairie, with mima...
Saturday, May 11, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Sunday, May 12, 10:00 am and 11:00 am Location: Meet at the South Falls Stone Circle at 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Saturday or 10:00 am or 11:00 am on Sunday for the start of the walks As part of the Silver Falls State Park Mother’s Day Birding...
Tuesday, May 14, 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm Presenter: Dr. Doug Tallamy Location: Faith Lutheran Church, 820 Kenwood St, Roseburg (westside parking area behind the church.) There will be a 7:00 pm -8:00 pm Zoom presentation: “Homegrown National Parks Initiative” with Dr. Doug Tallamy. Come see our nice meeting room. We were unable to view this...
Wednesday, May 15, 9:30 am – 2:00 pm Leader: Rod Trotter Location: Coos Bay Wagon Rd near Tenmile We will leave Roseburg promptly at 9:30 am from our meet up location on Keady Ct (see directions in May 1 field trip). This is a co-sponsored field trip with Umpqua Chapter NPSO and Douglas Chapter of...
Thursday, May 16, 5:45 pm - 6:45 pm Leaders: Jeff Diez, Katelin Kutella, and Sarah Erskine, UO Institute of Ecology and Evolution, and Gail Baker, Lane Community College Professor of Biology Location: Riverfront property of UO Campus, just southwest of the Frohnmayer Bridge along the Ruth Bascom Bike Path Join UO ecologists Sarah Erskine, Katelin...
Thursday, May 16, 7:00 pm Speaker: To be Announced Location: Southern Oregon University, Ashland Science Building, Room 161 or via Zoom This program will also be provided via Zoom for folks who cannot attend in person. To register for the Zoom: https://bit.ly/npsotalks
Friday to Saturday, May 17-18 Location: Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Rd, Eugene The Emerald Chapter is a co-sponsor of the annual wildflower festival, and all members are invited to help prepare for this important event. Members can: 1) Collect Lane County plants on Friday, May 17 or early Saturday morning, May 18 for Pavilion display....