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False Brome Removal

  • Start date: 07/28/2021

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 07/28/2021

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

For this month's outing we will remove false brome, an invasive species, from the West Trail.

Meet at the main Willamette Trailhead parking lot, the paved lot on Willamette Street.

  • Event Leader: Bell Matt

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Trail Maintenance

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: See Trip Description

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2021

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: Some tools may be provided by the City. Be sure to wear weather and work appropriate clothing and footwear.

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 1

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 500

  • Non-Member Fees: —

  • Committee: Trail Maintenance

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Our group of volunteers met Dev from the City at the main Spencer Butte parking lot which was atypically unfilled with cars, most people avoiding hiking in the heat. Our project for the day was a good one for such a hot evening, pulling grass. We grabbed handtillers and hiked up the steep West Trail to remove some patches of false brome, a grass that looks suspiciously like several of our native grasses. We all can now tell you that it has a more lime green color, broader blades with hairs on the underside and edges, hairs on the stem, has tighter looking seed heads than our native grasses, and likes growing in the shade of trees. We identified the grass, used the handtillers to dig it out, and bagged it up before it goes to seed. Dev GPS marked where we found the grass so that we can return and remove it again next Spring. Our group made short work of removing false brome and ended early, at 7:30. We stayed below treeline and didn't summit the Butte on this trip. Back at the parking lot, we enjoyed cold apple crisp from Janet.

Special thanks go to Clara for cleaning the trailhead kiosk and steps.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Bell, Matt 503-884-8829 N —
2 Signed-Up Jacobsen, Janet 541-206-1251 N —
3 Signed-Up Emlen, Clara 541-746-2181 N —
4 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N —
5 Signed-Up Sojak, Darko 541-799-9199 N —
6 Signed-Up Davies, Russ 541-525-3719 N —
7 Signed-Up Alexander, Joanna 458-209-7798 N —
8 Signed-Up Miller, Wally 541-221-9123 N —
9 Signed-Up Bell, Nathaniel 503-884-8829 N —