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As part of an effort to make our programming accessible and relevant to the growing Latino population, in 2018 we partnered with Lincoln School and the OSU Society for Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) undergraduate club to develop a Bilingual Family STEM Night – a first for our area.

Winter Native Plant Sale: order online from August 15-December 31 or until all plants are sold, whichever comes first. Then schedule your winter order pick-up for February 4, 5, or 7. Shop now at bentonswcd.org/shop/.

In the world of invasive species, it’s hard enough to keep up with the new species we should be aware of and then we’re expected to relearn the ever-changing genus/species combinations of plants we thought we already knew… On top of it all, we’re supposed to remember all the acronyms…oh the acronyms! Between SWCD’s (Soil

On Wednesday, January 10, 2018, Benton SWCD held our Annual Meeting for Fiscal Year 2016-2017. We have been focusing on (and will continue to focus on) prairie/meadowscaping outreach. We wanted people to leave the annual meeting with an understanding of why prairies are important habitats and why they are important to conserve/create. We wanted members of

Just why do we hold the Native Plant Sale, anyway? Find out why this newcomer to Benton County thinks we do it.

Once you get home with a bagful of hard-to-find native bulbs, what should you do? This post will help you in your site selection, soil preparation, and bulb placement.

A portal to a series of blog posts about the Mill Race in South Corvallis.

Volunteers paddled the Willamette River with one goal in mind: remove invasive water primrose!

A questioning poem about the Mill Race, its past and future.

Local experts will lead you on a free guided tour of the Mill Race on May 30th.

The Mill Race provides ecological and cultural benefits for the people and wildlife who live nearby.

Learn about the projects that are planned and underway to improve the Mill Race aesthetically, hydrologically, and ecologically.