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OUTDOOR RECREATION Guided Table Rock hikes cover native plants, Camp White, wildflowers Guided hikes cover native plants, Camp White, wildflowers By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman MailTribune.com By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Mar. 30, 2016 @ 12:01 am By Mark Freeman Mail Tribune Follow @@MTwriterFreeman Posted Mar. 30, 2016 @ 12:01 am --> IF YOU GO Scheduled Table Rocks hikes: April 3: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Urban forester and horticulturalist Tal Blankenship will discuss the benefits of grow... » Read more X IF YOU GO Scheduled Table Rocks hikes: April 3: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Urban forester and horticulturalist Tal Blankenship will discuss the benefits of growing native plants; limited to 15 people. April 9: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock BLM botanist Marcia Wineteer will explore native flora and wildflowers; limited to 15 people. April 10: 9 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Botanist Barbara Mumblo of the Native Plant Society of Oregon will lead a wildflower hike. April 16: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Geologist Jad D'Allura will discuss the rocks' formation along with their unique geological features and soils. April 16: 10 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Photographer and retired forester Terry Tuttle and members of the Southern Oregon Photographic Association will lead a nature-photography hike. Participants should bring their own cameras with a cover (in case of rain) and a light tripod if they have one. For details, see www.sopacameraclub.org . April 17: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Forest Service botanist Chamise Kramer and BLM environmental educator Molly Allen will explore native flora, wildflowers and natural history. April 23: 8 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Bob Quaccia, with the Rogue Valley Audubon Society, and Frank Lospalluto, of the Klamath Bird Observatory, will lead a birding trip, including identification tips and conservation information; limited to 15 people who can bring their own ID books and binoculars. April 23: 9 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Retired Forest Service archaeologist and historian Jeff LaLande will discuss the role of the Table Rocks in the culture and legends of the Takelma Indians, as well as the history of the area during the Indian Wars of the 1850s. April 24: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Historian George Kramer will lead an exploration of the remains of the former Camp White military range; limited to 15 people. It's off-trail, so hikers should wear sturdy shoes and long pants. May 1: 9 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Robert Kentta of the Confederate Tribes of Siletz Indians will discuss the history and culture of tribes who were moved from the Rogue Valley and other parts of Western Oregon to the Siletz Reservation. May 1: 1:30 p.m. at Upper Table Rock Caminata Familiar en español: Doug y Marina Kendig, especialista de educación ambiental del BLM y maestra de educación serán los guías para esa caminata naturalista familiar. Ellos presentarán información en español acerca de las plantas y animales silvestres además de la ecología, geología e historia cultural de los Table Rocks. Para obtener más información, llame al 541-261-9883. May 7: 9 a.m. at Upper Table Rock BLM fire ecologist Jena Volpe and Lyndia Hammer, a restoration ecologist with Lomakatsi Restoration Project, will explore vegetation diversity and relationships with fire. May 14: 10 a.m. at Lower Table Rock Entomologist Peter Schroeder will lead a hike to observe butterflies and other insects. May 14: 7:30 p.m. at Lower Table Rock Loop BLM wildlife biologists Tony Kerwin and Steve Godwin will look for creatures and listen to sounds of the night from dusk until dark on the half-mile Lower Table Rock Loop Trail. It will include attempts to lure pygmy, great horned and screech owls. Hikers should bring flashlights. May 15: 10:00 a.m. at Upper Table Rock Sarah "Bee Girl" Red-Laird will explain on this family-friendly hike why pollination is essential for our survival; limited to 15 people. » Social News p bs:newslist StartDate="20121121" EndDate="p bs:datecalc Months="3"" DateSort="1" UseObjects="1" ObjectClass="81" Taxonomywords="2325,665" ExactTaxonomyMatch="1" Image="1" Count="4" --> A popular spring hike series on the Table Rocks is back with new and old favorites as the program marks its 30th season of shepherding hikers on learning and viewing trips to the Rogue Valley's most iconic feature. The weekend hike series started early this year, with a hike in February and two in March. The hikes continue Saturday and run through May with a series of topical outings organized by the Bureau of Land Management and The Nature Conservancy, which own and manage Upper and Lower Table Rocks. Back from last year is "Camp White: Alcatraz of Boot Camps," a trek April 24 to view the remnants of pill boxes and shooting ranges from the World War II-era Camp White, which dominated what is now White City. The area is part of the Table Rocks holdings, and managers eye it for future trail development, says Molly Allen, BLM's educational instructor here. "We want to develop trails to help tell the Camp White story," Allen says. "It's a story a lot of people don't know about here." Because the area lacks trails and has limited parking, the Camp White hike is limited to 15 people, Allen says. Returning after a several-year absence is urban forester Tal Blankenship, whose 9 a.m. hike Saturday will discuss the benefits of growing native plants. "People are always interested in native plants, and now is the time to propagate them," Allen says. This year's series will include three wildflower hikes, Allen says. "There's such a demand for it. We're having waiting lists of 15 people or more, so it's nice to have more of those," she says. Everyone is welcome to sign up, but reservations are required. Space is limited for most hikes to 20 people, unless otherwise noted. Register online at http://TableRockHikes2016.eventbrite.com . For telephone registration and more information, call the BLM at 541-618-2200, from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The hikes traverse moderately graded trails and cover three to five miles round-trip, and they generally last three to five hours. Hikers should dress for the weather and bring lunch or snacks and plenty of water because there is no drinking water on the trails. Dogs and bikes are not allowed. To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the April 30 hike instead will be an environmental-education day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Parking will be available for the event at Sams Valley Elementary School, and a shuttle will be offered to and from the Lower Table Rock trail throughout the day. Reach Mail Tribune reporter Mark Freeman at 541-776-4470 or [email protected] . Follow him on Twitter at www.twitter.com/MTwriterFreeman . 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