Deschutes River Corridor Weed Pulls

Join the Deschutes National Forest and Coalition for the Deschutes to pull invasive weeds along the Deschutes River. You'll mostly be pulling knapweed and possibly some other invasives such as cheatgrass. With a small group of people spending two or three hours on the job, significant areas can be cleared and kept free of knapweed. And it's fun…

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Open Spaces and Open Houses? The Tradeoffs in Oregon’s Land Use System

Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 61980 Skyline Ranch Road, Bend, OR, United States

Oregon’s land use system is 50 years old. It is both celebrated for its prevention of urban sprawl and derided for driving up housing costs. Join City Club as they welcome nationally recognized land use expert Bill Fulton, as he explores what makes Oregon’s land use system unique, and its strengths and weaknesses compared to…

33rd Annual Wildflower Show and Pollinator Festival

Sunriver Nature Center & Oregon Observatory 57245 River Rd, Sunriver, OR, United States

This amazing festival showcases the diversity of flowering plants found throughout Central Oregon as well as vendors and partners who work with flowers or native pollinators. This is a great family event, with activities, special guest lectures, partners in education, as well as hundreds of native flowers on display. If you are interested in volunteering…

Weed Warriors at Whychus Canyon Preserve

Whychus Canyon Preserve Sisters, OR, United States

Join the Weed Warriors to battle invasive weeds at our protected lands! Weed Warriors is a volunteer group that meets several times a month to remove invasive weeds like mullein, spotted knapweed, teasel, and Canada thistle from the Land Trust protected lands. Non-native vegetation is a major threat to functioning natural areas. Pulling them by…