In this post, Lauren Pharr provides some useful tips that can help you begin identifying birds by their song
Karen Hans and tourists at Dixon Creek/Willamette Confluence © H. Keirstead
Resources for Recreationist
With so many trails to visit and so much wildlife to view, we provide some resources to assist you in your recreational pursuits.
House Sparrows can be found on every continent except Antarctica. They aggressively take over the nests of swallows and bluebirds. Photo: Lip Kee CC BY-SA 2.0
Dixon Creek Trail at Jefferson Elementary © T. Matteson
Urban Creek Tours
Take a self-guided tour of an urban waterway with help from one of these tour brochures.
On the River
Whether you visit the river on your own or through a Love Your River event, our aquatic plant guide will help you learn about the plants you discover out there.
Area where new bike path will be constructed. © R. Southworth
Trails
Check out these helpful resources:
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Oak Creek Trails
Oregon State University’s McDonald State Forest is a checkerboard of research plantings, timber plantations, and areas of the mixed natural forest native to the east side Coast Range foothills, some of it replacing the seasonal meadow burning practices of the native Kalapuyans.
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The Right Trail
Explore nature in the mid-willamette valley!
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Benton County Trail Map
Benton County Parks works with private landowners, Corvallis Parks and Recreation, the City of Philomath, Siuslaw National Forest, OSU Research Forests, the Greenbelt Land Trust and others to offer a trail system that provides health and recreation benefits for the citizenry.
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