Hike and Learn: Saturday Outing, Project MARIPOSA

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Join BLM specialists and Friends of Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument for a Saturday outing to document rare and invasive plants across the monument using iNaturalist as part of Project MARIPOSA (Monument Assessment of Rare and Invasive Plant Occupancy in Sensitive Areas). Specialists from BLM will lead participants through the monument, teaching you to identify and photograph rare native plants and invasive species. Biological illustrator and watercolor artist Lisa Spangler, CSNM's 2026 Artist-in-Residence, will also join in the field, documenting the monument's biodiversity in paint and ink. Your observations will be reviewed by scientists and incorporated into an official database used to guide plant conservation and invasive species management throughout Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument.