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SCNPSO Program on Eight Dollar Mountain

Jan 15, 2026

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Eight Dollar Mountain is an iconic serpentine conical mountain in the Illinois Valley and one of the most significant botanical hotspots in Southwest Oregon. Its ultramafic soils, derived from mantle rocks, support an extraordinary concentration of rare, endemic, and state- and federally listed plant species—many of which occur nowhere else on Earth, and some known only from the Illinois Valley. This otherworldly landscape long served as a living laboratory for researchers studying endemism, adaptation, and ecological resilience.

Jan 15, 2026

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Jan 31

Jan 31, 2026

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Winter Bluff Hike

Jan 31, 2026

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Join us for a winter hike at the Harry & Marilyn Fisher Preserve at Pompadour Bluff just outside of Ashland on a hike guided by SOLC staff. Walk though beautiful oaks and grasslands to the top of the bluff for spectacular views of Bear Creek Valley, the Cascades and the Siskiyou Mountains. Free, but please register for more information and to reserve a spot. We will meet in Ashland to carpool or caravan.

Jan 31, 2026

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Feb 15

Feb 15, 2026

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Lichen Hike at Pompadour Bluff

Feb 15, 2026

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Join lichenologist and naturalist John Villella for an exploration of the lichens at the Harry & Marilyn Fisher Preserve at Pompadour Bluff near Ashland. We will identify lichens growing on trees, shrubs, soil, and rocks, and we may see some rare species. Free, but please register for more information and to reserve a space. We will meet in Ashland to carpool or caravan. Please bring a hand lens if you have one.

Feb 15, 2026

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Nature Talks on YouTube

Enjoy recordings of our past Nature Talks. Each event has multiple presenters. From our local national trails, to new SOLC conserved lands, to special species, to tracking animals in the snow - you’ll gain knowledge to impress all your friends.

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Dec 15, 2025

How To Eat A Bug

Dec 15, 2025

Sticky tofieldia or western false-asphodel, Triantha occidentalis

You are not in this for recognition or stardom, you just need to supplement your diet of eating sunlight and gathering nutrients because the soils on Eight Dollar Mountain are a bit like human junk food, low in plant nutrients and high in toxic metals. Everyone needs to eat, yet you are sessile and embedded in soggy wetland soils. For eons, you have been digesting bugs, but only in 2021, did human scientists discover your clever ways. Sticky flower stems do the trick, very sticky bug-trapping stems. Tiny hairs on your stem release phosphatase, an enzyme, allowing you to digest very small protein and phosphorus-rich snacks like fruit flies while avoiding eating your larger pollinator buddies who are stronger and can avoid getting stuck.

Dec 15, 2025

Nov 18, 2025

Healing Ecological Wounds – Reintroducing Good Fire

Nov 18, 2025

Finally, after a century of fire suppression, finally, a healing 32-acre managed grassland burn returned to the Rogue River Preserve on October 18, 2025. But it took some perseverance to make it happen. We are tremendously grateful for the professional crew from Grayback Forestry Inc. who conducted the burn and for all the preserve’s neighbors who provided input.

Nov 18, 2025

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