Annual Meeting 2025

Daily Schedule

  • 11:30a Waterfront Park, (Exit 63) Jensen Shelter. Join field trip carpools.

    12:00p Waterfront Park: Field Trips DEPART.

    4:00p Field Trips Return.  Hotel guests check In.

    4-7:00p Second Floor Mezzanine: Registration. Pick up pre-ordered merchandise.

    5:30-7p  Columbia Room:  Hors d’oeuvres, no-host bar, meet and greet. 

    7-8:30p Columbia Room: Speakers Sara Woods and Frances Fischer:

    From Waterfalls to Desert Bluffs: Protecting the Columbia River Gorge

    See Keynote page for more info.

    9:00p Day ends. Columbia Room secured.           

  • 7:00-8:30a Columbia Room: Breakfast Buffet.

    7:00-8:30a 2nd Floor Mezzanine: Registration.  Pick up pre-ordered merchandise. 

    8:00a Columbia Room:  Field Trips: Find your leader and group via signs.

    8:30a  East Parking Lot:  Field Trips: Find your carpool.

    9:00a  East Parking Lot:   Field Trips DEPART

    4:30p Columbia Room: Vendors, exhibitors, prepaid merchandise, no-host bar.

    6:00p Columbia Room: East Indian Buffet with vegetarian offerings.

    6:30p Announcements / State Board Panel

    Student Stipend Awards

    7:30p Columbia Room: Keynote Speaker Paul Slichter

    Citizen Science: Rare Plant Monitoring in the Columbia Gorge

    See Keynote page for more info.

    9:00p Day ends.  Columbia Room secured.

  • 7:-8:30a Columbia Room: Breakfast Buffet and farewells.  Please check out and settle up early.

    8:00a Columbia Room: Field Trips: Find your group and leader via signs.

    8:30a East Parking Lot: Field Trips: Join your carpool.

    9:00a East Parking Lot: Field Trips DEPART.

    Self-Guided Trips may leave at any time.

    9:30a State Board members depart for Mike McKeag’s home in Mosier. Driving directions

    10a-2p State Board Members meet at Mike McKeag’s home (Mosier) 

    11:00a  Conference ends.  All Columbia Room and Mezzanine tables must be cleared.

    11:00a Final Hotel Check Out

    WE HOPE YOU ENJOYED ANNUAL MEETING!

    See you next year for Klamath Basin Chapter Annual Meeting.

    Portland Chapter Volunteers

ADA Notice :

The Columbia Room is on the second floor.

A two-person lift located below the stairway near the Business Center is available by request. Ask at the front desk.

Annual Meeting Header Photo: Grass Widow (Olsynium douglasii), by Ann Maslen