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Green Island Education Walk

  • Start date: 12/10/2024

  • Start time: 8:30 AM

Description:

Join us for a walking tour of Green Island sponsored by WREN as part of their monthly "Wetland Wander" program. Holly McRae of the McKenzie River Trust will lead the tour of the Green Island conservation area just west of Coburg. Holly will discuss the property's history, restoration, ongoing stewardship activities, and how participants can get involved. This two-mile walking tour will occur on flat gravel roads and mowed paths, rain or shine.

We will meet in the Office Depot parking lot across from Costco on Chad Drive at 8:30 to carpool to Green Island. Suggested carpool donation $1.50. After the tour, depending on the interest of the group, we may stop for a warm drink at the Blue Valley Bistro in Coburg.

Photo by: Angie Ruzicka

  • Event Leader: Angie Ruzicka

  • Event Leader Phone: 541-521-6840

  • Event Leader Email: angie.ruzicka@gmail.com

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Area Type: Valley

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Easy

  • Roundtrip total drive miles: 14

  • Season: 2024

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Dress for the weather, bring a snack and water

  • participant prerequisites: Able to walk two miles on flat surfaces and an interest in learning about restoration efforts in the Willamette Valley

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 2 miles

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 50 feet

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Six hearty Obsidians bundled in our winter weather wear headed out on a foggy morning to attend a "Wetland Wander" walk at Green Island. The walk was sponsored by WREN (Willamette Resources and Educational Network). Holly McRae, Events and Outreach Manager for the Mckenzie River Trust, led a two mile walking tour. We learned about the history of Green Island and ongoing restoration efforts. We observed scat of coyote, deer, and river otter. Holly taught us about the 3 f's of learning from scat--food, form, and from--who knew? The loop we walked included many bird houses. The houses are built by volunteers and are decorated by a retired teacher, they are beautiful.

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