NPSO 2019 Annual Meeting

July 12-14     Klamath-Siskiyou Mountains

Field Trips

Friday July 12, 2019    11:45 - 1:45                    Field Trip # 3

Difficulty:     Easy  (1 mile) - Be prepared for long grass, potential for ticks and seed heads in socks.

Elevation:     This valley bottom field trip will have no elevation gain.

Group Size Limit:     30

Trip Description:     Join Katelyn Detweiler from the Freshwater Trust for a tour of a five-year-old riparian restoration project on the grounds of Red Lily Vineyard. The group will walk the planting area, hearing about the Freshwater Trust's long-term efforts to restore and monitor riparian vegetation in the Rogue Basin. After the tour, members are invited to relax with a glass of local wine by the Applegate River!

Red Lily Vineyard is named after the beautiful red Bolander's lily (Lilium bolanderi), a rare native lily found in the Kalmiopsis and Illinois Valley area of southwestern Oregon's Siskiyou Mountains.

Floristic Highlights:     No rare plants; field trip features riparian diversity established on site.

Appropriate Footwear:     Sturdy footwear is advised due to tall grass at the site. Any footwear is fine for the optional wine tasting after the tour.

Special Considerations:     Wine tasting at Red Lily vineyard will be optional after the riparian restoration tour and is not included within the cost of the Annual Meeting registration. The cost of wine tasting at Red Lily Vineyard will be an additional cost to participants opting to stay for wine tasting.

Meeting Place and Time:     Trip # 3 leaves at 11:45 from Pacifica.

Driving Directions:     From Pacifica, head north for 2.3 miles on Water Gap Rd toward OR-238. Turn right onto OR-238 E. Drive 9.6 miles on OR-238 and the entrance to Red Lily Vineyard will be on your right. Address: 11777 OR-238, Jacksonville, OR 97530

Driving miles from Pacifica to trailhead:     12 miles one way from Pacifica. (Drive time about 15 minutes.)

Leader:       Katelyn Detweiler

Katelyn Detweiler is the project coordinator and monitoring lead for Freshwater Trust. She has also worked on vegetation surveys with The Klamath Network and Green Diamond Resource Company. Katelyn is the field trip coordinator for the Siskiyou Chapter NPSO and stewards her small farm in her free time.

Riparian restoration year 1 along the Applegate River at Red Lily Vineyards.

Riparian restoration year 5 along the Applegate River at Red Lily Vineyards.

Riparian restoration year 1 along the Applegate River at Red Lily Vineyards.

Riparian restoration year 5 along the Applegate River at Red Lily Vineyards.

Wellington Butte and the Wellington Wildlands seen from the Applegate River near Red Lily Vineyards.