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• Volunteer Work Party Sign Up

  • When
    May 10, 2025
  •  
    8:45 AM - 3:00 PM
  • Location
    Meet at the Naches Ranger Station

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  YVMS Forest Service Volunteer Day, May 10th, 9am-3pm

  •Meet at Naches Ranger Station at 9am

  •Carpool to American Forks Campground  Finish around 2pm

  •Foray on the way down possible if  there is interest

  •Tasks

  -Litter pickup, fire pit cleaning, leaf blowing, general clean up, veg removal.

  More details to come. Please sign up to help the club in its partnership with the Forest Service. 

  Note this event doesn't cost anything, regardless of what the sign up form says! This service helps us to earn access to the group camp for our campout!

  
  

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• Ecology and Identification of Common Trees of the Southern Washington Cascades

  • When
    May 19, 2025
  •  
    7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Location
    Yakima Area Arboretum, 1401 Arboretum Dr, Yakima, WA 98901

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  Presentation By Reginal Johnson

  Restoration Ecologist, and AKA the "polypore queen"

  
  

  
  

  Photo caption: Regina with a huge Fomitopsis ochracea (aka red-beltedconk) she somehow managed to pry off an old Yellow-cedar high in theOlympics. Photo by Steve Ness.
  

  This presentation will go over the ecology and identification of the common trees of the southern Washington Cascades and foothills, both east and west sides. Yes most of them are conifers, but there's only a couple dozen native species of trees of any kind in the whole state, so once you know what to look for, you can learn to identify every native tree, including the conifers. We'll also go over how trees and fungi interact and what some of the common tree/fungus associations are. 
  

  Free to current members and $5.00 for guests. We encourage you to register ahead of time. Room at the event is limited. Member check-in and guest tickets may be available at the door if seats are available.

  Doors open at 6:30

  Meeting will start at 7:00 PM. We'll hold our regular membership meeting and the presentation will begin shortly thereafter

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