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Last Chance to Sign-Up for the National Public Lands Day Volunteer Event this Saturday!

WREN September 11, 2023 0 Comments

Come spend a morning in YOUR West Eugene Wetlands improving trails, removing invasive plants, and picking up litter. The first 40 volunteers to register for this event will receive a free t-shirt and a fee-free federal lands voucher. All volunteers will have access to the vast wetland knowledge of BLM staff and WREN educators. Some volunteer work will take place uphill and on uneven...

Welcome our new AmeriCorps Land Stewards Intern Monica Russell

WREN June 13, 2023 0 Comments

Monica Russell is a recent graduate of Oregon State University, majoring in Geology. She grew up in Riverside CA and moved to rural, southern Oregon as an adolescent; this big scene changed sparked a major interest in the environment for her. Her love for the environment led her to the AmeriCorps Land Stewards Intern position here at WREN through Mt. Adam’s Institute. She has a history of...

Welcome our new Programs Coordinator Isabel Justiniano

WREN June 7, 2023 0 Comments

Isabel has lived in Oregon since late 2018. She recently graduated from Oregon State University with her M.S. in Human Dimensions of Wildlife Science. Her thesis focused on assessing the cultural beliefs of Latin@/x identifying people of the Willamette Valley, and how these influence their outdoor recreation habits and use of outdoor spaces. She has been an environmental educator since 2017,...

Welcome Warm Weather

WREN April 27, 2023 0 Comments

April 26, 2023 By: Nina McClellan Hi, my name is Nina McClellan and I'm WRENs new Social Media and Strategic Communications intern. I moved out to Oregon 5 years ago to attend the University of Oregon. I majored in Marine Biology with a minor in Environmental Studies. In my free time, I enjoy spending time outside hiking, biking, walking, and photographing wildlife, nature, and people. With the...

Two Geese Resting

WREN April 22, 2023 0 Comments

By: Ryan Collay I was driving through and thinking how interesting that there is so much of ‘industrial’ West Eugene that I assume people drive by and wonder, “Why is this wet field here in the middle of town?” But this pair of geese know. For them, it's perhaps a new home for the summer, even a place to raise young, and for others, it’s a respite from their long travels heading north....

Lovely Lichens

WREN February 18, 2023 0 Comments

By: Kailey Kreienbrink The first time I ever went for a hike in Oregon I was amazed by how green the trees were. I was hiking with my family, and my mom kept commenting on how the trees looked like something out of a Dr.Suess book. Being Minnesotans we had never seen the green plants growing on the trees quite the way they were in Oregon. I never really knew what it was that was growing on these...

Mushroom Madness

WREN December 1, 2022 0 Comments

12/01/2022 By: Kailey Kreienbrink The month of November had a large emphasis on mushrooms for WREN. We started the month off with Eugene’s famous Mt.Pisgah Mushroom Festival. WREN tabled at the mushroom festival, and got to interact with Oregonians from all across the state. WREN at the Mushroom Festival Our table was set up very similar to our Family Exploration Days, we had pelts, bones, and...

What is a Wetland?

WREN November 2, 2022 0 Comments

By:Kailey Kreienbrink 11/01/2022 I am guessing you have probably heard the term “wetland”, but do you actually know what a wetland is? As part of our environmental education WREN goes into classrooms in the Eugene Springfield area and teaches students exactly that. We start the programs by asking kids what they think of when they hear the term wetland. A lot of the answers include land with...

Meet Your Local Environmental Professionals

WREN October 1, 2022 0 Comments

10/01/22 By: Kailey Kreienbrink When people hear that I am a college student, the first question they ask is, “What are you studying?”. Sharing that I am studying Environmental Studies gets me lots of love. The most common response is that it is so important what I am studying and how there are going to be so many job openings for me in the future. As the climate is changing we are...

WREN Program Coordinator Position Announcement

WREN September 19, 2022 0 Comments

WREN's Program Coordinator, Ellen Thompson is leaving WREN to pursue exciting new opportunities! While we are sad to see her leave WREN, we are excited to welcome a new member to the WREN team. This Part-time position is an exciting opportunity for someone looking to get their start in environmental education and help build WREN's future. Click the link below for the full position description...