States
Oregon
Event Schedule
Date | Location | Time |
|---|---|---|
Sat, March 1 | Field station will be on the corner of NW Garfield Ave and NW 29th St. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Bus 7 () drops off NW 29th St & NW Garfield Ave. | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Sat, March 1 | Field station will be near trailhead kiosk. Parking is available in lot off NW Walnut Blvd. Public transportation: Bus 1 () drops off at NW Walnut Blvd & NW Witham Hill Dr. 9-minute walk to field station. | 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm |
Sun, March 2 | Field station will be off NE Conifer Blvd. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Bus 4 () drops off at Northeast Conifer Blvd & NE Dorchester Way. | 2:00 pm - 4:30 pm |
Wed, March 5 | Field station will be on NW Dixon Street. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Buses 4 and 50 () drops off at NW Highland Dr & NW Cleveland Ave. 5-minute walk to field station. | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Fri, March 7 | Field station will be near playground on SE Lilly Avenue. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Bus 6 () drops off at SE Bethel St & SE Lilly Ave. | 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm |
Fri, March 7 | Field station will be inside the Corvallis Community Center. Parking is available inside parking lot. Public transportation: Bus 7 () drops off at NW 29th St & NW Tyler Ave. 5-minute walk to field station. | 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm |
Sat, March 8 | Field station will be inside Gehlar Hall of the Ankeny Hill Nature Center off Ankeny Hill Rd. Parking is available at upper-level parking lot. Public transportation: No public transportation is available. | 10:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Sat, March 8 | Field station will be under the Ampitheater. Parking is available at parking lot. Public transportation: Bus 8 () drops off at Southwest Country Club Dr & Southwest Research Way. 10-minute walk to field station. | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Sun, March 9 | Activity will take place on South side of Dave and Lynn Frohnmayer Bridge. Look for the tents at the Willamette River Natural Area. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Bus EmX () drops off at Agate Station. 8-minute walk to activity. | 11:00 am - 1:30 pm |
Wed, March 12 | Field station will be near playground off SE Thurston Street. Parking is available at parking lot off SE Thurston Street. Public transportation: Bus Route D () drops off at Hill & 24th. 14-minute walk to field station. | 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm |
Fri, March 14 | Field station will be off front street. Parking is available at parking lots off Front Street & Water Street NE. Public transportation: Bus 21 () drops off at Commercial St SE and Trade St SE. 5-minute walk to field station. | 2:30 pm - 5:00 pm |
Fri, March 14 | Glowing fungi! Luminescent lichen! Owl calls and moonlight! When: Friday, March 14th, 6:30 pm-8:00 pm What: Attendees will explore the trails around Peavy Arboretum as the sky gets dark and a full moon comes up. We will have UV flashlights available and knowledgeable guides to help us discover exciting new details about this habitat that so many plants and animals call home. Registration is limited to keep groups small. Trails will include tripping hazards such as tree roots, so closed-toe, sturdy shoes are a must. March can bring us any kind of weather, and this event will take place rain or shine. Please prepare for the weather, and layers are your friend! Please indicate in a comment on your registration if you would like to be in either our Spanish-speaking or lower-impact/more accessible group. Reach out to Jay bruej@oregonstate.edu with any questions. | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm |
Sat, March 15 | Field station will be near water fountain on Main Street. Street parking is available as well as parking at the parking lot off C Street. Public transportation: Bus MI () drops off at C Street and Main Street. | 11:00 am - 2:00 pm |
Sun, March 16 | Activity will take place at the old Cabell Lodge parking lot. Parking available at parking lot. Public transportation: Public transportation is unavailable. | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Tues, March 18 | Activity will take place at Ankeny National Wildlife Refuge. Meet at the Ankeny Hill Nature Center off Ankeny Hill Rd. Parking is available at upper-level parking lot. Public transportation: No public transportation is available. | 9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Wed, March 19 | Field station will be near corner of Warren Street N and Main Street E. Street parking is available. Public transportation: Bus MI () drops off at Main Street E and Warren Street N. | 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm |
Thurs, March 20 | Visitor Services Manager for the Willamette Valley National Wildlife Refuge Complex, Samantha Bartling's lecture will take place inside the Corvallis Museum. Street parking is available. Registration is required. Register . Public transportation: Bus 6 () drops off at SW 4th St & SW Washington Ave. 5-minute walk to lecture. | 10:30 am - 11:30 am |
Fri, March 21 | Field station will take place near ranger station off Coville Road. Parking is available at parking lot. Public transportation: Public transportation is unavailable. | 1:00 pm - 3:30 pm |
Sun, March 23 | Presentation will take place inside Gehlar Hall of the Ankeny Hill Nature Center off Ankeny Hill Rd. Parking is available at upper-level parking lot. Public transportation: No public transportation is available. | 1:30 pm - 3:00 pm |
Ongoing Events
Great Raindrop Scavenger Hunt
The phone based (digital) Scavenger hunt hosted at Bush Pasture Park (890 Mission St SE, Salem, OR 97302) and Keizer Rapids Park (1900 Chemawa Rd N, Keizer, OR 97303) will run March 1-31.
Habitat Storywalk in Monmouth Mainstreet Park
Throughout March and April. The habitat storywalk is a physical installation of the book - pages on each wooden stanchion in Spanish and English - in the downtown Mainstreet Monmouth Park. Folks can go to the park and read the story at their own pace!
What do Field Stations Entail?
Join as at any of the Field Stations that will pop-up in local parks and community spaces throughout the month of March and throughout the mid-Willamette Valley. Find one near you!
FREE!! Drop by anytime and stay for as little or as long as you like. Activities are bilingual (Spanish and English). ALL are welcome.
At the Field Stations there will be activities such as:
- Wildlife hands-on activities, collectible event stickers and take-home activities
- Prairie Habitat Craft & Activity
- Activity Stations:
- Decomposer studies
- Live Critters
- Calm Kit Creation Station
- Make your own Native Plant Herbarium
- Obstacle Course
- Nature and bird walks
- Stream table science
- And More!
A huge thank you and shout-out to the incredible team of partners that make this event possible for their communities!
See you soon, Nature Explorers, for this year's theme.......... Habitat is Home!
