Author: Adrienne Rice Adams

FOLH at the Lopez Farmer’s Market for National Trails Day, June 7

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Our Land bank Steward, Tim Clark, will be a the Lopez Farmer’s Market tomorrow, June 7th from 10am to 2pm. Tim will be sharing two booths with our local, State, and Federal land managers:

Friends of Lopez Hill
Lopez Community Trails Network
Lopez Island Conservation Corps
San Juan County Land Bank
San Juan County Parks
San Juan Preservation Trust
Washington State Parks
U.S. Bureau of Land Management

This is a great opportunity to come out and meet the great folks who care for and manage our public and conservation lands! Stop by and say Hello while you’re enjoying the Market tomorrow.

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Spring Ramble a big success

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From Tim Clark, our Land Bank Steward:

“A very large thank you to everyone who made the Spring Ramble such a  large success. Twenty people had a wonderful time wandering and looking  and talking and learning. An extra thanks goes out to David and Beth for  sharing their knowledge and curiosity of the plants and birds on the  Hill! Everyone commented on what fun it was and how much they learned.  And we all made it out alive!”

Beth St. George identified the following plants in bloom:

Dovefoot Geranium
Woodland Strawberry
Spotted Coralroot
Trailing Blackberry
Bicknell’s Geranium (I think this is the correct species)
Pacific Sanicle
Candyflower = Siberian Miner’s Lettuce
Small-flowered Alumroot
Sea Blush
Bedstraw (Fragrant?)
Foamflower
Baldhip Rose
Heart-leaved Twayblade
Miner’s Lettuce
Great Camas
Buttercup species: I don’t know these well.

David and Beth’s bird list:

Cassin’s Vireo
Townsend’s Warbler
Pacific Wren
Wilson’s Warbler
Dark-eyed Junco
Pacific-slope Flycatcher
Red-breasted Nuthatch
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Orange-crowned Warbler
Hairy Woodpecker
Song Sparrow
We must have seen American Robin, too, but I don’t have it written down!

Spring Ramble hikers on Burnt Stump Trail. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
Oyster mushrooms, Pleurotus ostreatus, growing on an Alder log. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
Spotted Coralroot, Corallorrhiza maculata. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
Sea blush, Plectritis congesta. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
The Panther mushroom, Amanita pantherina. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
One of Lopez Hill’s beautiful wetlands. Photo by Adrienne Adams.
Hikers on the Spring Ramble, 2014. Photo by Tim Clark.
Red-banded Polypore, Fomitopsis pinicola. Photo by Beth St. George.
Camas lillies and buttercups on the top of The Hill. Photo by Beth St. George.

Don’t get lost on Lopez Hill!

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Join us for a Spring Ramble on Sunday, May 18th at 2:00 pm. Competent guides will unveil the dark secrets, wildflower gardens and fairy glens as they get you there and back again. This introductory walk will follow moderate hiking paths over varied terrain, ending up at the highest point on the island. Options include a two or four mile walk. Bring nature guides, dress for the weather, and please carpool from the school with your friends, as parking is limited. Directions are at LopezHillMap . Questions? Call Tim at 468-2010 during business hours, and please leave a message if I’m not there.

Lopez Hill Mushroom Hunt

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Sunday, October 12 2013 at 9:00 am

Hosted by the Lopez Community Trails Network and the San Juan County Land Bank. Join Kwiaht botanist Madrona Murphy and Land Bank Lopez Preserve Steward Tim Clark for an exploration of the diverse mushrooms on Lopez Hill.

If you want to know more about mushroom identification and maybe bring some home as well, this may be the hike for you. This is an easy forested hike to the top of the highest point on Lopez Island. Meet at trailhead parking off of Lopez Sound Road at 9:00. No sign up necessary.

To find out more about the walk, check out the event page on Facebook: Lopez Hill Mushroom Hunt