The Cheahmill Chapter of the  Native Plant Society is spreading the word about other organization's projects and offerings in a spirit of cooperation rather than competition for members/time. Please visit the newly designed NPSO website, www.npsoregon.org <http://www.npsoregon.org>, and our chapter website, www.oregon-nativeplants.com <http://www.oregon-nativeplants.com>.
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• Miller Woods: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the second and fourth Saturday of each month. Help maintain nursery, plantings, ivy pulls, etc. For  more information: info@millerwoods.org <mailto:info@millerwoods.org>, 503-472-1474, www.yamhillswcd.org. To volunteer, e-mail josie.reid@or.nacdnet.net

• Yamhill Basin Council needs volunteers for Water Quality Monitoring from 9 am to noon Sept. 5 and 6, Oct. 3 and 4, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Sign up at ybc_monitoring@co.yamhill.or.us mailto:ybc_monitoring@co.yamhill.or.us

• Oregon Flora Project (Corvallis based) volunteer help: Some easy tasks; other require expertise. Forming a working board of directors and looking for members. Contact Linda Hardison at 541-737-4338 or hardisol@science.oregonstate.edu mailto:hardisol@science.oregonstate.edu

• Yamhill Basin Council is offering watershed certification classes similar to Master Gardener classes. Check with them at www.co.yamhill.or.us/ybc for details.

• Yamhill Partners for Land and Water meetings: 10 a.m. the third Thursday in odd-numbered months in the Community Room of First Federal in Newberg. This is a group founded by Will Neuhauser and Patricia Farrell, working to increase conservation in Yamhill County by bringing key players together to share information and cooperate on shared objectives. Sounds like they can help us in our goal of cooperating rather than competing! It would be really good to have an NPSO member as liaison to this group - can you make it to one of their meetings and report back to the NPSO board? For more information will@ThreeCedarSprings.com mailto:will@ThreeCedarSprings.com

• Two newsletters of interest: Yamhill Basin Council newsletter on roadside ditch management: www.co.yamhill.or.us/ybc/Newsletter/2009.05newsletter.pdf http://www.co.yamhill.or.us/ybc/Newsletter/2009.05newsletter.pdf and
Hansen's Nursery newsletter on bugs and bees: www.nwplants.com/information/emag/emag_index.html <http://www.nwplants.com/information/emag/emag_index.html>. Sadly, Wally Hansen has passed away, but his nursery and newsletter live on!

• Volunteer salmon watchers needed: Call Sarah Oakley of the Healthy Waters Institute - a program of The Freshwater Trust,
 
503.222.9091 ext.20


• Advice requested on establishing a new native plant garden in Dundee. If you would like more information, call Dave Hanson at 503-843-4338 or Elizabeth Sundeen at desundeen@comcast.net <mailto:desundeen@comcast.net>.

• Native plant activism: Check on how the proposed LNG pipeline through Oregon and Yamhill County will affect native plants. Info: nolng.net or oliviariver@gmail.com <mailto:oliviariver@gmail.com>.
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Like-Minded Organizations i.e. Partners in Purpose

Yamhill Soil & Water Conservation District, www.yamhillswcd.org
Yamhill Basin Watershed Council www.co.yamhill.or.us/ybc
Friends of Yamhill County www.viclink.com/~fyc/
Slow Food Yamhill County lucy.flacy@ci.mcminnville.or.us
CoolMac www.coolmac.org
Master Gardeners http://extension.oregonstate.edu/yamhill/pages/mgs.html
Yamhill County Parks www.co.yamhill.or.us
Yamhill County Small Woodland Owners www.oswa.org/chapter-yamhill
Birder Carol Karlen 503-472-5306 (h) or carolk@viclink.com mailto:carolk@viclink.com not an organization, a source of information.
Yamhill Watershed Stewardship Fund for open space, education and environmental advocacy. ywsf08@yahoo.com <mailto:ywsf08@yahoo.com>.
Miller Woods: info@millerwoods.org mailto:info@millerwoods.org 503-472-1474, www.yamhillswcd.org <http://www.yamhillswcd.org>.
Natural Connections facilitates development and delivery of educational programs and public involvement at Miller Woods. www.yamhillswcd.org http://www.yamhillswcd.org
Wally Hanson: <http://www.nwplants.com>.
Green gardening forum, www.wildlifegardeners.org <http://www.wildlifegardeners.org>.
Yamhill Partners for Land and Water, will@ThreeCedarSprings.com mailto:will@ThreeCedarSprings.com

To list other opportunities, please e-mail Marna Porath, at marna@onlinemac.com.