In the summer of 1980, WNPS was a four year old organization that had already accumulated many enthusiastic members. With the quarterly journal Douglasia and a full slate of field trips around the state, WNPS was the perfect opportunity for a budding young botanist like Ed Alverson to explore and learn about the diversity of Washington’s native flora.

A four day backpacking field trip was organized in August 1980 to explore Royal Basin, in the subalpine zone of the upper Dungeness River drainage, in the northeastern Olympics. The trip was organized by WNPS co-founder Art Kruckeberg, and led by Nelsa and Buck Buckingham, experts on the flora of the Olympic Peninsula. Ed will share a set of photos of the landscape and rich native flora that he took on this trip, including many endemic, rare, or otherwise unusual Olympics specialties.

Ed Alverson currently works as the Natural Areas Coordinator for Lane County Parks in Eugene, Oregon. Ed has a BS in Biology from The Evergreen State College and a MS in Botany from Oregon State University, and has worked as a field botanist and stewardship ecologist in the Pacific Northwest for over 40 years. Ed has also authored or co-authored more than 50 popular and scientific articles on a variety botanical and ecological topics, from plant taxonomy and ecology to botanical history and exploration, as well as revised keys for a number of fern families for the 2nd Edition of Flora of the Pacific Northwest.

This event will be offered online via Zoom. Please register to attend via our event page: https://www.wnps.org/cps-events/calendar/974

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