Current Events Calendar

The following is a list of events sponsored by White Pine Chapter or in collaboration with other organizations because our members have an interest. Please check with a contact if you have a specific question or wish to confirm event information.
For a list of events for other INPS chapters, please click on INPS.

Please mark your calendar with the dates of these meetings, presentations, and field trips. Additional information may also be communicated through chapter email notices, newsletters, and postcards and via public flyers and press releases. We look forward to seeing you on these educational excursions.
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2025 Schedule

Upcoming Events

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Wednesday, February 19, 2025. 7:00 pm PST. White Pine Chapter Regular Meeting
Presentation: Fascinating and Essential: Grasses and Grasslands
Speakers: Eva Strand and Steve Bunting
Location: Lecompte Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

Presentation: The grass family (Poaceae) is a large and nearly ubiquitous family of over 11,500 species with grasslands covering approximately 40% of the Earth’s land surface. Grasses are a primary food source for humans and animals (wild and domestic). Grasses prevent erosion and provide a variety of ecosystem services including vital habitat for animals. In spite of their importance to humans, grasslands are vulnerable to development and land conversion, and they are rarely protected by federal or local policies. Join us to learn more about this fascinating and essential family of plants and their habitats!

Steve Bunting and Eva Strand, Professors of Rangeland Ecology at the University of Idaho, have conducted field research in grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands for three decades. In this presentation they share their knowledge and thoughts about one of the most important plant families on Earth – the grass family.

Please print and post a flyer to help publicize this event. Grasses and Grasslands poster

Program is free and open to all.

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Wednesday, March 20, 2025. 7:00 pm PDT. White Pine Chapter Regular Meeting
Speaker: Leda Kobziar
Presentation: Microbial Content of Wildfire Smoke
Location: Lecompte Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

More information to follow. Save the date.

Program is free and open to all.

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025. 7:00 pm PDT. White Pine Chapter Regular Meeting
Speaker: Kali Armitage and Steve Bunting
Presentation: Yard tours past and future
Location: Lecompte Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

More information to follow. Save the date.

Program is free and open to all.

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More information on upcoming events will be posted when information becomes available. It will also be sent to members via email. Virtual programs are generally recorded and posted on our You Tube channel. Please see the left navigation bar for a link.

Previous 2025 Events

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Wednesday, January 15, 2025. 7:00 pm PST. White Pine Chapter Regular Meeting
Presentation: Flowering Plants along Moscow Mountain Trails: Treasures in our Backyard
Speaker: Lisa Morris
Location: Lecompte Auditorium, 2nd Floor, 1912 Center, 412 E. 3rd St., Moscow, Idaho

Enjoy the multitude of native plants Lisa Morris finds along the trails she hikes on Moscow Mountain. Lisa hopes her photos of both common and not-so-common native plants will inspire you to walk the trails as well and marvel at the biodiversity on Moscow Mountain. Learn about the trails, hear her stories, and delight in spring, summer, and fall native plants growing on Moscow Mountain.

Lisa Morris is a self-taught plant enthusiast. Her endless curiosity and energy lead her to explore nearby trails almost every day, no matter the season. Using iNaturalist and her phone, she's identified about 400 and counting species on Moscow Mountain. She delights in the plants, fungi, mosses, convergent lady bugs, ice crystals, people, and all she finds along her way.

Flyer: Morris poster

Recording is available: The recorded presentation can be found on the chapter YouTube channel Moscow Mountain Wildflower Trails by Lisa Morris.

PREF Creek May 0501012: Western white pine at
Priest River Experimental Forest taken by Russell Graham.