Native Plant Society, with Neal Hadley

Conservation Today

Neal Hadley, president of the Native Plant Society of the Umpqua Valley, talks about the mission and work of the Native Plant Society (NSO). Neal talks about some of the Umpqua's endemic plants and encourages us to see some of the native plant gardens in Roseburg, including the front yard of 548 Hickory street and next to the Arts Center on Harvard. Neal talks about the work to protect native species, such as oak trees, the Rough Popcorn Flower and Cox Maripossa Lilly, as well as our best public lands to see native flowers in the County. Neal describes the valuable herbarium collection at the Douglas County museum, going back decades. The NSO is involved in writing comments to address the impacts of the proposed Pacific Connector Pipeline on rare plants, and the proposal for Boardman Coal Plant. Next year Boardman will change from burning coal to burning biomass. But the biomass plant they want to introduce is potentially very invasive to the area, the Giant Cain, a prolific grass. While it could be a good biomass producer, it is also a potential new noxious invasive species for the Columbia River area. Contact and more information: www.npsoregon.org facebook: umpquavalleynpso email: uv_president at npsoregon.org Monthly meetings are every second Thursday, 2741 W. Harvard blvd Upcoming field trips include: Ollalla Ck. field trip Sat. March 23rd, 9am, Beatty Ck. field trip Sun. April 7th, 9am Rogue River Scenic Trail Mon. April 1st (no foolin') 8:30am Car pool leaves from the county parking lot at Fowler @ Deer Ck.