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Saturday, March 7, 2009
Catherine Creek and Coyote Wall
The Search for Early Bloomers
Join Kevin Head in going to the first place of seeing beautiful
wildflowers in
the Columbia Gorge. At Catherine Creek the flower season begins in some years in
January, but by early March you are seeing fields of Grass Widows and other
early
spring beauties. Participants will meet in Olympia at 7 a.m. and carpool. Expect
all sorts of weather and we will have a dinner in Hood River after the walks.
Expect to walk about three miles in beautiful Oak country and return at about 10
p.m.
Contact Kevin Head at
khead@ekit.com or 360.943.3752. Trip is limited to the first
12 people to sign up.
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Umtanum Ridge
The Search for Blooming Cactus
Participants will meet in Olympia and carpool. The trip will
depart at 6:30 a.m.
and return about 11:00 p.m., with dinner in Ellensburg.
Contact Kevin Head at
khead@ekit.com or 360.943.3752. Trip is limited to the first 12
people to sign up.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Bald Hills Sampler
The trip will depart from Olympia at 7:00 am and hike to
Deschutes Falls and nearby balds.
Bald Hills plant lists are available on the WNPS state website at
http://www.wnps.org/plant_lists/counties/thurston/thurston_county.html.
Contact Kevin Head at
khead@ekit.com or 360.943.3752. Trip is limited to the first 12
people to sign up.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Umtanum Ridge and Meeks Table
Participants will meet in Olympia and carpool. The trip will
leave for eastern Washington at 6 a.m. and return about 11 p.m. with dinner in
Ellensburg.
A plant list for lower Umtanum Canyon is available on the WNPS website at
http://www.wnps.org/plant_lists/counties/kittitas/kittitas_county.html.
Contact Kevin Head at
khead@ekit.com or 360.943.3752. Trip is limited to the first 12
people to sign up.
Columbia Coast Field Trips
In February, check
http://www.reachone.com/columbiacoastplants/, Kathleen Sayce’s
website, to learn about this year’s field trips on both sides of the Columbia
River near the coast.
Other Washington Native Plant Society Chapter Field Trips
Check the WNPS website,
http://www.wnps.org/chapter_info/chapter_trips.html, for field trips
scheduled by other chapters. The North Olympic Peninsula Chapter, in particular,
organizes field trips that are quite accessible to South Sound Chapter members,
on the south and east sides of the Olympic Peninsula.
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