Come celebrate the grand opening of Thurston Hills Natural Area in Springfield! This great event will feature key speakers to talk about the project as well as featuring booths of organizations that made this project a success. Middle Fork Willamette Watershed Council will be there talking about our oak restoration project at Thurston Hills and […]

Join the Friends’ of Buford Park Executive Director Chris Orsinger for a morning tour of Turtle Flats, a 62 acre floodplain where the Coast Fork and Middle Fork of the Willamette River come together. The Friends recently purchased and are in the process of restoring the area. Come see the old gravel ponds which now […]

Join The Nature Conservancy (TNC) and Friends of Buford Park on a walking tour of the Willamette Confluence. The Willamette Confluence features extensive habitats that are endangered in the Willamette Valley and includes six miles of river corridor, floodplain forest, wetlands, upland oak woodlands and native prairie. The Conservancy is working with partners to reconnect […]

Join us and help put the finishing touches on our oak woodland restoration project at Dorris Ranch.  Together with Willamalane we have worked to release the oak woodland, and now we need your help to give it a little love. We will be planting native shrubs and wildflowers that are adapted to areas with more […]

Rivers and streams are dynamic environments that are constantly changing. Or at least they should be. For the last 50 years, lower Staley Creek was static - confined to constructed berms that kept it channelized and didn't allow water to flow out onto the floodplain. Thanks to a grant from the Oregon Watershed Enhancement Board […]

Join OSU Forestry and Natural Resources Extension, Forests Today & Forever, and Bauman Tree Farm for a journey through a locally managed forest to learn about the dynamic nature of how forests grow in Western Oregon. We will walk through different ages of trees to discuss the forest cycle and what keeps trees healthy. This […]

On March 27th, the Coast Fork Willamette Watershed Council (CFWWC) welcomes Jenny Laxton, Mt. Pisgah Arboretum Education Manager, for our March 2018 Science Pub presentation entitled Slimy Creatures. This presentation will explore slugs, snails, worms and more! They might be a bit goopy, sometimes drippy and high on your personal yuck factor scale, but these […]

Great beer begins with clean water. Join us and celebrate Oregon craft beer and the wild watersheds that make it possible at the 2nd Annual Eugene-area Oregon Brewshed Brewfest! Tickets (on sale now!) are $15 in advance and $20 at the door and include entry, 3 tasting tickets, a special pint glass, a Brewshed® Brewfest […]

Join the Coast Fork Birders at Row River Nature Park on Saturday, April 21st at 8am for an Earth Day Celebration bird walk. Alison Center will lead the casual, beginner-friendly walk in looking for spring migrants. The terrain is flat at Row River Nature Park and the walk will be on both paved and unpaved surfaces. Be sure […]

The Oakridge Tree Planting Festival celebrates the heritage of Oakridge through this three day festival. Events include the WoodFest, Quilt Show, Dinner Theater, Community Arts Fair, Grand Parad, Mini Olympics, Pioneer Museum and the Salmon Creek Run/Walk. Visit their webpage to learn more: http://oakridgewestfirtreeplantingfestival.com