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Jun
22
Sat
Yellow Aster Butte Trail @ Carpool from Sunset Square Parking Lot
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Jun 22 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Yellow Aster Butte Trail @ Carpool from Sunset Square Parking Lot

An early season outing to a very popular trail. We will study, identify, and enjoy the plants on the lower elevation part of the trail without the late summer crowds. There is lush growth in the open avalanche area close to the trailhead, then much of interest as we gain elevation in the forest. We might get into a bit of the meadows, if the snow pack allows. There is a new plant list for this trail on the WNPS state website.? Meet to carpool at the southeast corner of Sunset Square Safeway parking lot for an 8:00 AM departure. Limited to 12 persons in Mt. Baker Wilderness. Contact Allan Richardson at 360-305-5270 or asrichardson5@gmail.com to sign up.

Limit 12, preregister with field trip leader.

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Tags: #nativeplants hiking wildflowers
Jun
23
Sun
Marine Algae and Ecology of Pt. Whitehorn @ Birch Bay State Park
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Jun 23 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Marine Algae and Ecology of Pt. Whitehorn @ Birch Bay State Park

Celebrate the lowest tide of the year at Whatcom Co.’s best naturalist beach. We will approach the Point from the Birch Bay side, about 3 miles of beach walking, return total. Rubber boots, field guide, snacks, water, hand-lens, hand towel; all recommended; and ANTICIPATE MUCH COOLER, BREEZY, conditions than in your garden. All knowledge levels and backgrounds are welcome. An algae list is provided, and bring whatever field guide you may own and like. If buying or updating, I suggest Druehl, Louis D. and Bridgette E. Clarkston, 2016, Pacific Seaweeds and/or Sept, Duane J., 2019, The New Beachcomber’s Guide to the Pacific Northwest. Meet at S.W. corner of Birch Bay State Park (boat ramp) and last toilet facility at 9:00 AM; Discover Pass required for parking there. Bob Lemon and Glen “Alex” Alexander will lead up to 10 interested participants. Pre-registration is required. Contact Bob at lemprev@alphahunt.com to register or with any questions. Email is preferred but Bob can also be reached by phone at (360) 714-8629. More information will be supplied via email to registrants.

Limit 10, preregister with field trip leader.

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Tags: #nativeplants low tide marine ecology wildlife
Jun
27
Thu
Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center
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Jun 27 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Heather Meadows Wildflowers and Bumble Bees @ Heather Meadows Visitor Center

Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society Field Trip

Location: After pre-registering with Jim Davis (jimdavisscs [at] gmail [dot] com), meet at 10:00 AM at the Visitor’s Center parking lot in Heather Meadows near the Mt Baker Ski Area.

Volunteers from the WNPS Koma Kulshan Chapter monitored wild flower phenology (when plants bloom) and bumble bee foraging from spring snow melt to first snowfall for five years in Heather Meadows. This hike will visit some of the areas that were monitored to see subalpine wild flowers at their peak and learn about how native plants and bumble bees interact to assure pollination and the profusion of wildflowers at Heather Meadows. We will start the hike at the Visitor’s Center parking lot and tour three of the transects we monitored at that elevation. If snow cover allows, we will then drive to the Artist’s Point parking lot and visit two additional transects at higher elevations. This will be about a three mile hike with about 300 ft elevation gain. There will be an option of walking up the Wild Goose Trail from the Visitor’s Center to the Artist’s Point parking lot (add about 1.6 miles and 500 ft elevation gain to the hike). Bring warm clothes (late June can be pretty chilly at Heather Meadows), sun protection, lunch, and adequate water. Trip limit: 12 people. Register with Jim Davis at jimdavisscs [at] gmail [dot] com.

Limit 12, preregister with field trip leader

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Tags: #nativeplants bumblebees subalpine subalpinemeadow
Jun
28
Fri
Sauk Mountain Flora and Vistas @ Carpool from Fairhaven Park and Ride on West side of I-5
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Jun 28 @ 8:00 am – 4:30 pm
Sauk Mountain Flora and Vistas @ Carpool from Fairhaven Park and Ride on West side of I-5

Koma Kulshan Chapter of the Washington Native Plant Society Field Trip

After pre-registering with Fritz Ulrich (fritz365@gmail.com), meet at 8:00 AM at the I-5 Park & Ride in Fairhaven on the WEST side of the freeway or at the Sauk Mountain trailhead at 9:45 AM. Let’s identify wildflowers together! The trail begins and ends in high mountain meadows offering wildflowers and spectacular vistas the entire length. We will hike through 26 gentle switchbacks in the first 1.5 miles in steep terrain and if we go all the way up to the site that once hosted a fire lookout at 5,500 ft elevation, removed by the Forest Service in the 1980s, it will be about 2.1 miles. There we (hopefully) can enjoy a 360-degree panorama of the North Cascades, where on a clear day you can see Mt. Rainier to the south, Puget Sound and the San Juan Islands to the west and the rugged Cascade peaks stretching to the east including Glacier Peak and Mount Baker. We expect an outstanding show of wildflowers that includes paintbrush, phlox, tiger lilies, aster, columbine, lupine, and many others. This trail (roundtrip 4.2 miles and 1,200 feet elevation change) is very popular and the reason for the weekday trip. We still may have to yield to lots of hikers during our botanizing and have to be careful in the steep and narrow sections of the trail. There is a decommissioned toilet at the trailhead or otherwise the woods will do (blue bags are required). The trail is south-facing, sunscreen and hiking poles are advisable.

Trip limit: 10 people, preregistration with field trip leader required.

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Tags: #nativeplants SaukMountain subalpine
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