Bikes to Blooms is a free event featuring activities for families and nature enthusiasts in a rare remnant prairie and oak habitat along Dorena Reservoir. Event schedule (rain or shine) 8 am- Guided bird walk 9-12 am- Booths open and self-guided wildflower walk materials available 10 am- Guided wildflower walk 11 am- Guided wildflower walk […]
Join University of Oregon ecologists Sarah Erskine, Katelin Kutella and Jeff Diez, and retired LCC Botany Instructor Gail Baker on a tour of a new ecological experiment embedded within public spaces in Eugene. The project is a collaboration between the UO researchers, Eugene Public Parks, and community naturalists (like you!?). The overall goal of the […]
Friday, May 17 - Help collect plants in a place you select within Lane County. If you need suggestions on where to go or how to collect, contact Em_President@npsOregon.org. Saturday, May 18 - Help set up the Festival. We start at 9:00 am and are usually done with the initial set-up around 1:00 pm. Sunday, […]
Join Jared Tarr, Volunteer Coordinator for Friends of Buford Park & Mt. Pisgah, for a 1.5 hour walk around Turtle Flats, with an optional work party extension. We will see the transformation from open gravel pits to restored wetland habitat, with plenty of native plant species. The work party runs until noon, so attendees can […]
Join Ed Alverson on a visit to two adjacent BLM sites located about 6 miles SW of Creswell to view the late spring/early summer flora. The Weiss Road Prairie-Oak-Pine Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) has a prairie/bald community with oaks and associated understory species. The nearby 314 acre Camas Swale Research Natural Area (RNA) […]
Enjoy a slow walk with little elevation gain through the blooming rock gardens with former Forest Botanist, Jenny Lippert. This is a perfect excursion for folks who like to take their time and smell the posies. The trail is gravel, and we will walk about 2 miles there and back, but there is little elevation […]
Come meet the Board of Directors and help us brainstorm presenters and field trips for next season. Meet other members and share where you've been looking for wildflowers and what new plants you've seen. Bring a potluck dish to share. Dessert is provided by the Chapter. Meet at Amazon Park, south of the Community Center […]
Michelle Osgood, our Chapter’s March speaker, will lead a 90-minute tour of the greenhouse complex outside of Cottage Grove, Oregon. This is a Forest Service facility where native plant materials are collected and grown out in containers for restoration projects. We're hoping that many of the seeds that Michelle and her colleagues planted last fall […]
