WREN: Engage, Educate, Empower!: August 2016

Thursday, August 11, 2016

2016 Wetland Educator Training

Our 2016 Wetland Educator Training is off to a great start with amazing trainings offered by experienced naturalists Rick Ahrens, Dave Walp, and Larry Von Seeger, as well as from our own Program Coordinator Harpo Faust. If you are still interested in participating in our upcoming trainings next week, please contact us at volunteer@wewetlands.org to get signed up!

Scroll down for some snapshots from this week's trainings.

Tuesday, August 2, 2016

Hops for Hope Fundraiser

Hops for Hope

at Hop Valley Brewing

Wednesday, August 10th

5:00pm-8:00pm

Join Hop Valley Brewing and WREN for a night of brews for a good cause! For every beer sold, $1 will be donated to the Willamette Resources and Educational Network.

Hop Valley Brewing

990 W 1st Avenue

Eugene, OR 97401

www.hopvalleybrewing.com

Monday, August 1, 2016

August Wetland Wander with Rick Ahrens

Tuesday, August 9th

9am-11am

Golden Gardens Park

Join naturalist Rick Ahrens and WREN for a Wetland Wander focused on late summer insects! Participants should bring water and wear sturdy shoes. Directions to Golden Gardens Park: Head west on Barger Drive, turn left on Golden Gardens Street. Participants are asked to meet at the intersection of Golden Gardens and Jessen Drive. Look for WREN staff.

For more information call, (541) 338-7047 or email volunteer@wewetlands.org

WREN Summer Library Program

Learn About Scavengers!

Join WREN at libraries throughout the community this August to learn about scavenger species! All ages are welcome for this FREE program, pick any of the 4 dates offered to suit your busy summer schedule. Program description and schedule are below. Please contact our Program Coordinator if you have any questions at info@wewetlands.org

In the race for survival, competition is high in the Willamette Valley! Turkey vultures, raccoons, and western pond turtles are a few common critters that take advantage of resources that others turn their noses up at. Come join WREN for an hour long program that highlights the often overlooked activities of scavengers competing in the survival of the fittest.

August 2nd, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Fern Ridge Library

August 4th, 1:00pm-2:00pm
River Road Library

August 5th, 2:00pm-3:00pm
Springfield Library

August 9th, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Springfield Library

Rivers to Ridges Accomplishments!

WREN values collaboration; for the past 15 years, we have been part of the Rivers to Ridges Partnership, a group dedicated to improving the quality of life for residents in the upper Willamette Valley by working together to protect and enhance the region's land and water resources and their ecosystem functions and values. To learn more about what this group has accomplished over the past 15 years, visit https://rivers2ridges.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/R2R-Infographic_FINAL_Web_version.pdf.

Adult and Family Programs

WREN offers a variety of educational outdoor experiences for the whole family.

In the summer we offer Family Exploration Days where you can check out a pack of guides, binoculars and other tools of exploration and get to know your local wetlands.

Our popular Wetland Wanders are year-round on the second Tuesday of every month and change location and guide every month with topics ranging from turtles to wildflowers and lichens.