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In this post, Lauren Pharr provides some useful tips that can help you begin identifying birds by their song

Lauren Pharr shares her top tips for new and beginning birders!

In this post, Lauren Pharr suggests three ways to make the outdoors more inclusive for all.

Although there is no right way to “backyard bird,” there are many valuable tips to follow when wanting to attract birds to your backyard.

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

The Willamette River Report Card gives the river an overall passing grade of B- and section grades of B for the upper Willamette (Eugene to Albany), B for the middle Willamette (Albany to Newberg), and C+ for the lower Willamette (Newberg to the Columbia River). Here in Benton County we are part of the upper

Whether you live on a farm or in a city, your actions make a difference to the health of the river and nearby streams. Protect Streamside Vegetation Keep existing streamside vegetation to improve water quality and provide habitat. Remove weeds and plant native vegetation in their place. Plant streamside vegetation where it is bare. Prevent

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

Learn to identify 12 pernicious plants that threaten our waterways.

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.