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Shady Creek Forest Tour

  • Start date: 10/09/2022

  • Start time: 12:00 AM

  • End date: 10/09/2022

  • End time: 11:59 PM

Description:

This is a tour of the resilient Shady Creek Forest near Walton off Highway 126. Sponsored by the SciEd Committee, this is an opportunity to see this lush coastal rain forest sandwiched between some massive clear cuts plus learn about the sustainable forest management practices, an eco-forestry system, with owner Dave Eisler. The hike will not be challenging or vigorous. The tour itself will go from 1 to 4. The trail miles and elevation gain noted above are estimates.
Shady Creek Forest is about 40 minutes outside Eugene. The tour provides us an opportunity to see how forest management practices can promote biodiversity, sequester carbon that otherwise would contribute to global warming and protect critical natural resources, such as drinking water. This forest is managed for both timber production and environmental and climate values. We will go.. rain or shine!

  • Event Leader: Rolfe Jorry

  • Assistant Leader:

  • Event category: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Area Type:

  • Departure Location: Eugene Target, W11th, parking lot closest to W11th

  • Rating: Moderate

  • Roundtrip total drive miles:

  • Season: 2022

  • Permits Required:

  • Event Status: Passed

  • Supplies and Equipment Required: hiking shoes, water

  • participant prerequisites:

  • Conditions:

  • Total Distance: 3

  • Member Fees: —

  • Elevation Gain: 300

  • Non-Member Fees: 5

  • Committee: Conservation, Science, & Education

  • Junior member fees: —

Trip Report

Dave Eisler with wife Sarah were wonderful hosts who shared much about their forest and conservation easement near Walton, 2 1/2miles down the road from the Walton store on Hwy 126. Since 1979, when he bought the first ten acres, he has learned how to maintain a diverse and healthy ecosystem on his property. With income from other jobs, both Dave and Sarah have a forest that need not be logged for money. Instead they enjoy the forest near their home in its natural state—as a biotic community with healthy plants and animals; for example, they have tree squirrel nesting boxes up high in some trees. However, they are interested in what happens if you let trees grow, plantation-style. The tour took us to areas like that, and to other more managed forests. We could see the difference in the Plantations are usually near- or total monocultures. That is, the same species of tree is planted across a given area, whereas a natural forest would contain a far more diverse range of tree species. Plantations may include tree species that would not naturally occur in the area.

Members & Guests signed-up & waitlisted

  • Number of spots on trip: 12
  • Number of spots available: 0
No. Status Full name Phone Transportation Needed? Trip Fee # Can Take?
1 Signed-Up Rolfe, Jorry 541-206-9501 N —
2 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N —
3 Signed-Up Wolling, Sue 541-345-2110 N —
4 Signed-Up Alexander, Joanna 458-209-7798 N —
5 Signed-Up Esch, Patricia 541-338-8280 N —
6 Signed-Up Sinnott, Randy 541-915-0234 N —
7 Signed-Up Coots, Kay 541-729-7215 N —
8 Signed-Up Nagy, Evelyn 541-514-4110 N —
9 Signed-Up Gerdes, Marti 541-337-3659 N —
10 Signed-Up Crafts, Fred 541-343-4251 N —
11 Signed-Up Christiansen, Lynda 541-912-9952 N —
12 Signed-Up Sayre, Gordon 541-515-9450 N —
13 Signed-Up Koch, Victoria 541-915-5448 N 5
14 Signed-Up Hollander, Anne 541-338-9036 N —
15 Signed-Up Margart, Carol 909-264-6684 N 5
16 Signed-Up Soussan, Pat 541-653-7997 N —
17 Signed-Up Miller, June 808-282-5201 N —
18 Signed-Up Maenz, Lou 541-741-6863 N —
19 Signed-Up Carpenter, Kathie 541-505-2370 N —