Name: Arboretum care – STEWARDSHIP
Start: 2026-06-26T09:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-06-26T11:30:00-07:00

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Arboretum care – STEWARDSHIP

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Start date: 06/26/2026
Start time: 9:00 AM
End date: 06/26/2026
End time: 11:30 AM

Description:

This is the second visit by the Obsidians to their adopted exhibits, Oak Woodlands and Oak Savannas, at the Arboretum!! Patrick Wegner of the Arboretum staff will give us the directions. We may split the group into 2 parts for vegetation management of the oak woodland exhibit and some trail maintenance as needed.
There are convenient toilets very near our meeting point.

Please meet at 8:45AM at the southwest end of Main parking lot at Pisgah.

Photo by: Darko Sojak

Event Leader: Mike Smith
Event Leader Phone: 520-488-9569
Event Leader Email: michaelspinnersmith@gmail.com
Assistant Leader:
Event category: Stewardship
Area Type: Valley
Departure Location: See Trip Description
Rating: Mixed
Roundtrip total drive miles: Meet at Arboretum
Season: 2026
Permits Required:
Event Status: Passed
Supplies and Equipment Required: No experience is required to volunteer. We will provide tools, gloves, and a parking pass. Please be sure you bring water. We will meet at the bottom of the parking lot near the shop (the string of buildings at the bottom of the lot) at 8:45 AM on Friday, June 26th. Mount Pisgah Arboretum, 34901 Frank Parrish Road, Eugene, OR 97405
participant prerequisites: Bring clothes you don't mind getting dirty. We may be doing some digging, raking, moving organic and inorganic material. Bring rain gear and a lunch. Gloves are provided; no hard hat necessary.
Conditions:
Total Distance: 0.5
Member Fees: —
Elevation Gain: 100
Non-Member Fees: —
Committee: Stewardship
Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Four of us went to the arboretum and worked on two sites:<br />
1. Oak savanna where there was sign washing, sign fixing, brushing of grass, raking of same, and cutting of oak branches over the labyrinthine trails. Place looks good! This site is very near the pavilion to the southeast.<br />
2. Oak woodlands, up a nearby trail, where we did the same with some issues with the brusher, but we had it mostly under control. First time we have done both sites!

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