National Public Lands Day 2007

The wetlands saw 65 volunteers arrive last Saturday morning for a day of improvement and enhancement of our public lands here in west Eugene.

We removed blackberry along the bike path... planted lots of camas bulbs (boy that ground is hard this time of year!)... and the Invitrogen employees placed erosion control cloth on the bank of Amazon Creek. They have adopted a section of creek just west of Danebo!

Volunteers also removed non-native rose as well as english ivy.

The success of our wetlands relies on the collaboration of our community, working together to nurture our precious natural areas and improve them for future generations. Thank you so much everyone!!!

Creek clean up!

On Saturday over 60 people spent their morning cleaning up the Amazon Creek between Beltline and Checkermallow. Organized by WREN and Stream Team, it was quite a day! 2 truck loads of trash were collected, including a TV, many tires, a 5 gallon bucket of lubricant, and a pipe bomb!

Isn't it ironic...

Several damselflies (forktails) were spotted! They weren’t the only colorful finds… over 30 blue and yellow balloons were found in and around the creek near the Wetlands Project office. Hmmm…where could those have come from?

Enjoying some much-deserved burritos....

Thanks to all who were there – your efforts are greatly appreciated! Hope to see you out here again!

Amazon Creek Planting Day, March 17

On Saturday, March 17th, nine volunteers spent their morning from 9 a.m. to noon planting native shrubs along Amazon Creek on the north bank downstream of Beltline. They planted nearly 150 plants and mulched about 60 of those. The species planted include:
Cornus sericea
Red osier dogwood
Crataegus douglasii
Black hawthorn
Physocarpus capitatus
NinebarkRosa nutkana
Nootka RoseSpiraea douglasii
Douglas spireaSymphoricarpos albus
Common SnowberrySalix Scouleriana
Scouler Willow Salix sitchensis
Sitka Willow