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Wetland Wander:
Walk Leader: Paul Reed (he/him)
Paul Reed is a Restoration Ecologist at the Institute for Applied Ecology, where he works with many partners across Oregon and Washington to restore native habitats and support the recovery of threatened and endangered species. Since 2022, he has managed restoration projects in the West Eugene Wetlands in partnership with the Bureau of Land Management. Paul has a PhD in Environmental Sciences and Biology from the University of Oregon, where he studied the effects of climate change on native prairie ecosystems.
About the Walk:
See-Sil (Hansen) is a 143-acre site owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The site contains a diverse range of habitats, including wet prairies, vernal pools, upland prairies, oak savannas, and oak woodlands, and supports several sensitive plant and wildlife species. The oak savanna and woodland areas feature numerous California black oaks (Quercus kelloggii), which reach the northernmost edge of their geographic range here in the southern Willamette Valley.
The BLM and the Institute for Applied Ecology have been actively restoring critical prairie-oak habitat at this site, particularly to support the federally threatened Fender’s blue butterfly and several listed plant species. During this walk, Paul will discuss the habitats and species found at the site, its context within the greater West Eugene Wetlands, and the ongoing restoration efforts taking place. The walk will cover approximately two miles, primarily along mowed grass and light user trails. Some of the terrain may be bumpy. Waterproof boots are highly recommended.
Directions:
See-Sil/Hansen Restoration Site: 27720 Royal Ave, Eugene, OR 97402
Head west on Royal Ave till the western end and park in the ODFW lot. Green Hill Rd off west 11th or Clear Lake are good accesses to Royal as Royal does not have an easy Beltline connection. We will be carpooling to the walk location from this parking lot.
Park at the Royal Ave entrance to Fern Ridge.
Stewardship Workshop 1: Introduction to Restoration Planning
NEW Date: Saturday, March 22
Time: 10:00-11:30am
Location: WREN Office (Red House) at 751 S Danebo Ave
Are you interested in conservation, but don’t know where to find information about the land in your area? Join WREN in our first Stewardship Handbook Workshop: Introduction to Restoration Planning! At this workshop, BLM staff will walk you through publicly available online resources so you can discover your local property’s land status, historic condition, and other ecologically important information. We will introduce you to online tools to support investigations into tax lot/parcel information, wetlands status, Threatened and Endangered species habitat, and the Web Soil Survey. Feel free to bring a notebook to follow along, or a computer to join in the web resources exercise. All resources are publicly available and weblinks will be shared for future use.
This event is free, but we appreciate you registering beforehand so we can get a head count for the day of.
*This workshop will be available via Zoom for those who cannot attend in person. The link will be sent out the day before the workshop. See registration page for more info.
For questions, please contact:
Rachel Schneiderman, Programs Coordinator at the Willamette Resources and Educational Network (WREN) at info@wewetlands.org or call 541-338-7047.