Earth Day Bird Walk at CBow Ridge

Celebrate Earth Day a few days early with a fun and relaxed outing to Greenbelt’s newest conserved property, CBow Ridge in the Coburg Hills.  Whether you’ve never tried birdwatching or are an experienced “twitcher”, you can enjoy this walk of 1-2 miles on gravel roads and through meadows, with some elevation up and down as we explore this diverse property.

We will have a spotting scope to share and a few pairs of binoculars to borrow. Our walk will be led by Caryn Stoess. Driving time from Corvallis to the meeting spot is about 45 minutes.

 

 

Bird Walk at Little Willamette

Let’s Bird!

We will tour Greenbelt’s Little Willamette conservation easement property at a leisurely pace, visiting several floodplain and prairie habitats to see and hear the avian residents and visitors. No experience necessary, spotting scopes and binoculars available to borrow.

We will walk for up to 2 miles on mostly flat terrain. Some areas may be wet, so be prepared for whatever the weather brings and for soggy ground.

No bathroom facilities available, just wherever you feel comfortable. Details including directions will be sent the week before the event.

Please sign up for one person at a time – space is limited. Please make a separate entry for each person.

Little Willamette Bird Walk **FULL – Waitlist Available**

This event is full, please contact Matt Benotsch for the waitlist, mbenotsch@greenbeltlandtrust.org

Join Greenbelt Land Trust and our 2020 Volunteer of the Year, Paul Adamus, for a bird walk and tour of Little Willamette, a 199 acre property protected with a conservation easement in 2009, located in the floodplain of the Willamette River between Corvallis and Albany in Linn County.

 

Ten years of floodplain forest and prairie restoration by Greenbelt at Little Willamette has resulted in a more diverse and productive landscape for birds and other wildlife. Paul has been monitoring birds at Little Willamette and our other Willamette River floodplain restoration sites to document their numbers and use of different habitats and will share his expertise and observations as we bird the property.

 

No birding experience or bird knowledge necessary! We will tour at a leisurely pace, covering a few miles over a few hours, including over some possibly soggy and uneven terrain. Dress for the weather, and bring snacks and water.

 

Group size is limited and masks are required, but may not need to be worn the whole time as we spread out on the property.

 

This event is FULL, to be placed on the waitlist please contact Outreach Manager Matt Benotsch, mbenotsch@greenbeltlandtrust.org

 

Inclusive Birding with Gladys Ruiz

Please register for this free event here: http://bit.ly/ruizevent

 

Join Gladys Ruiz, Portland-based bird-lover and equity and inclusion-focused youth programs consultant, in this free virtual workshop where she will discuss how she became a birder, her work nurturing connection to nature in youth of color, and the importance of harnessing what you love. She’ll share how to get started with birding yourself and talk about ways to cultivate an inclusive community through nature.

 

The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library will also briefly demonstrate how to get involved in the Great Backyard Bird Count (February 12-15) – a community science project and a fun way to exercise the birding skills you learn in this workshop.

 

All ages welcome.

Sponsored by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Corvallis Audubon Society, and Greenbelt Land Trust

 

About Gladys Ruiz: Gladys is an inspired leader who has honed her love of nature and her passion for mentoring young people into a personal mission of nurturing connection to nature in youth of color. Gladys took flight from New York City through nature, attending the nation’s first environmentally focused high school. As an adolescent, Gladys participated in an internship where she learned that access to opportunity can make a difference in igniting a career connected to the natural world. This passion led her to working as an Urban Park Ranger in New York City’s Central Park, where she worked with youth of color helping to inspire a new generation of conservationist through ecological research.

 

Moving to the West Coast, she continued working with communities of color, promoting healthy living and environmental education at the Community Cycling Center and Forest Park Conservancy. Joining the Audubon Society of Portland in 2011, Gladys continued her dedication to building diversity, equity and inclusion in the environmental community, first by connecting children of color to meaningful and relevant experiences in nature through Audubon’s Community-based Camps and then through the creation of Portland Audubon’s TALON program, helping connect young adults of color to environmental careers.  Since the fall of 2016, Gladys spends her time working for Center for Diversity and the Environment as a Program Associate and balancing her consulting business, Gladys Ruiz Consulting LLC., a consulting business focused on culturally relevant program design and youth workforce development that’s responsive to community needs and leads with a racial equity lens.

Coloring the Conservation Conversation with J. Drew Lanham

This free event will be broadcast live on Zoom. Please register here: http://bit.ly/lanhamevent

 

Writer, birder, naturalist, and hunter-conservationist Drew Lanham will imagine the world anew as it reconfigures in the midst of the pandemic. He will share his highest vision of environmental and social justice, the crucial steps we can take as individuals and communities to bring that vision to life, and stories of how this new paradigm is already taking shape.

 

About Drew Lanham: J. Drew Lanham is the author of the award-winning memoir The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with NatureHe has also published essays and poetry in publications including Orion, Audubon, Flycatcher, and Wilderness, as well as several anthologies. He is an Alumni Distinguished Professor of Wildlife Ecology and Master Teacher at Clemson University.

 

Sponsored by the Corvallis-Benton County Public Library, Spring Creek Project, Corvallis Audubon Society, Greenbelt Land Trust, and Corvallis Sustainability Coalition.