Bald Hill Farm

Name: Camas Planting at Bald Hill Farm
Start: 2026-10-24T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-10-24T14:00:00-07:00

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September 2025
Pavilion Build Volunteers – Single Day

September 7, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pavilion Build Volunteers – Single Day

Volunteer to help with the Pavilion Build at Bald Hill Farm

We are building a pavilion at Bald Hill Farm and you can help! This beautiful timber framed pavilion will be built as a “Community Build” project with the Timber Framers Guild. In early September, 40+ volunteers from around the country and beyond will come together to teach and learn timber framing techniques during the build. The Guild generously supplies the technical expertise and people power to raise the pavilion, and everything else will be done with the help of our community!

Sign up below to help us with small build tasks around the pavilion. Single Day Volunteers will help stain boards and sand timbers in the midst of the timber framing project. This is a great way to pitch in on the project, and to see all the build action up close!
Pavilion Build Volunteers – Single Day

September 9, 2025 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Pavilion Build Volunteers – Single Day

Volunteer to help with the Pavilion Build at Bald Hill Farm

We are building a pavilion at Bald Hill Farm and you can help! This beautiful timber framed pavilion will be built as a “Community Build” project with the Timber Framers Guild. In early September, 40+ volunteers from around the country and beyond will come together to teach and learn timber framing techniques during the build. The Guild generously supplies the technical expertise and people power to raise the pavilion, and everything else will be done with the help of our community!

Sign up below to help us with small build tasks around the pavilion. Single Day Volunteers will help stain boards and sand timbers in the midst of the timber framing project. This is a great way to pitch in on the project, and to see all the build action up close!
Pavilion Kids Build

September 13, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pavilion Kids Build

Kids Build at the Greenbelt Land Trust Community Building Project

Join us for one or two days of Kids Build!

Kids ages 8-14 will have a chance to get their hands on tools, learn from real timber framers, and contribute to the Greenbelt pavilion project!

Friday September 12th and Saturday 13th. 10am-4pm, at Bald Hill Farm.

$25 per person per day. your child can sign up for one day or both. Lunch, snacks, drinks and tools included.

Scholarships are available!

Ages 8-14.

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. *No drop-offs*

Register with the Timber Framers Guild HERE.
Pavilion Kids Build

September 14, 2025 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Pavilion Kids Build

Kids Build at the Greenbelt Land Trust Community Building Project

Join us for one or two days of Kids Build!

Kids ages 8-14 will have a chance to get their hands on tools, learn from real timber framers, and contribute to the Greenbelt pavilion project!

Friday September 12th and Saturday 13th. 10am-4pm, at Bald Hill Farm.

$25 per person per day. your child can sign up for one day or both. Lunch, snacks, drinks and tools included.

Scholarships are available!

Ages 8-14.

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. *No drop-offs*

Register with the Timber Framers Guild HERE.
November 2025
Woodpecker Walk at Bald Hill Farm

November 8, 2025 @ 9:00 am - 11:00 am

Please join us at Bald Hill Farm for a morning of birding, with a special focus on woodpeckers! Our oak woodlands host multiple Acorn Woodpecker colonies, with granary trees for acorn storage. We will likely see several woodpecker species, and if we are lucky, we might spot one of the overwintering Lewis's Woodpeckers. We'll also enjoy the variety of other woodland and open-country birds that make use of the beautiful habitat at Bald Hill Farm.

We will be walking up to two miles on gravel roads, as well as crossing uneven ground and walking up and down hills. This walk will be led by Lisa Millbank, Naturalist and Wildlife Technician for Greenbelt Land Trust. Advanced registration is required. To sign up click here!
January 2026
Living with Beavers – Notch Exclusion Fence

January 31 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Beavers at Bald Hill Farm have been busy doing beaver things - building dams, dropping trees, creating habitat for turtles and amphibians and droagonflies and birds - and sometimes flooding out the City of Corvallis's Bald Hill paved path, one of the only universally accessible paths in Corvallis.

That's a problem. Along with our partners, City of Corvallis, Marys River Watershed Council, and NOAA, we have been working on a solution that keeps the path open and makes space for the beavers to do their thing - a notch exclusion fence. This simple structure of fence panels has been installed over a notch cut in the dam that is causing the flooding along the path. It is designed to limit the amount of water that can build up behind the dam, and keep the beavers, who are triggered by the sound of flowing water to repair the dam, from accessing the notch and stopping the flow.

Will it work? Will nature's engineers find a way to conquer the fence and raise the water again, or will they be resigned to a water level that still works for them but keeps the path open?

Explore the answers to these questions and learn more about beavers, the exclusion fence, and how to encourage and co-exist with beavers on the urban edge, on Saturday, January 31st, from 4 - 6pm on the Bald Hill Path. You will be able to see the fence, talk with the partners involved in the project, and maybe even see some beavers beginning their work day at dusk.
May 2026
Beavers, Blooms, Birds and Bees at Bald Hill

May 9 @ 10:00 am - 1:00 pm

Take a walk along Bald Hill trails and learn about beavers, wildflowers, birds and pollinators at Beavers, Blooms, Birds and Bees on Saturday, May 9th, from 10 am - 1 pm.

Drop in anytime from 10 am to 1 pm to visit stations along the trail. Learn about beavers, observe beaver dams, explore a restored prairie in bloom, discover the native bees and other pollinators that make it home, and/or take a short walk to look and listen for birds with us. Activity stations will include: Beaver Sign Bingo, Build Like a Beaver at our Stream Table, Bring Back the Beaver, Native Wildflower Seed Bombs, Native Bee and Butterfly Displays, Wildflower Matching in the Restored Prairie, Native Plants and Nature Neighbors, Arts and Crafts, Pollination Station/Dissect a Flower, Birding Basics, and more. Great for all ages!

What: Beavers, Blooms, Birds, and Bees at Bald Hill

When: Saturday, May 9th, 10am - 1pm

Where: Along the trails at Bald Hill Natural Area and Bald Hill Farm - from the Oak Creek Drive parking lot, walk the loop shown on the map above in either direction. This is a mostly flat, gravel or asphalt trail. The loop shown here is about 1.5 mile total, but you don't have to walk the whole loop to visit all of the stations. Additional parking at the fairgrounds.

Who: Marys River Watershed Council, Benton Soil and Water Conservation District, Greenbelt Land Trust and YOU

Free
Bald Hill Farm History

May 28 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

We are celebrating Benton County Historical Preservation Month with a walk at Bald Hill Farm.

Calling all local history buffs! Come and learn more about the fascinating history of Bald Hill Farm, from Kalapuya through western settler migration. We'll delve into the world of the extensive Mulkey family whose name graces the property's creek and ridgeline, and trace back local tales through oral and written documents. Space is limited for this free event.

This will be a slow, easy walk on gravel roads with many stops and we will be mostly standing. There will be a restroom available at the beginning and end of the walk.

Please leave your furry friends at home!
June 2026
Oregon Vesper Sparrow Talk and Walk

June 16 @ 8:30 am - 10:30 am

Greenbelt Land Trust has been working with ornithologists since 2017 to research Oregon Vesper Sparrows at Bald Hill Farm and other Greenbelt sites. Oregon Vesper Sparrows use grassland habitats like the pastures and prairies of Bald Hill Farm, and their numbers are in decline due to lack of suitable habitat.

Greenbelt Land Trust Wildlife Technician Lisa Millbank will lead an informative talk about the sparrow, current research, and how we are working to provide the habitat it needs at Bald Hill Farm, and then we’ll take a walk to see what we are doing and hopefully, see and hear some birds as well!

We will walk for up to 1 mile on gravel roads and through prairie with some uneven ground. Restrooms available at the beginning and end of the program. We will have spotting scopes and binoculars to borrow - no birding experience necessary!
August 2026
Tarweed Awakening Corvallis: Prairie Walk at Bald Hill Farm

August 21 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

Join us from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. on Friday, August 21 for a botany focused walk through the prairies of Bald Hill Farm!

Greenbelt Land Trust is thrilled to join this year's Tarweed Awakening Corvallis festival with this walk focused on tarweed and the prairie ecosystem it depends on to thrive. Tarweed Awakening Corvallis is a multi-day community event that celebrates and shares the cultural and ecological significance of tarweed (asawal), a critical First Food of the Ampinefu Kalapuya.

The walk will be led by Greenbelt staff and members of the Mid Willamette Prescribed Burn Association. We'll spend the evening exploring Bald Hill Farm's newly restored prairies, learning about tarweed and other native prairie plants, and discussing the importance of fire for valley ecosystems.
October 2026
Into the Black – Bald Hill Farm Controlled Burn Tour

October 1 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm

Take a walk into the black with Greenbelt Land Trust staff to tour recently burned restored prairie at Bald Hill Farm.

We will discuss why land managers in the Willamette Valley use good fire to manage grassland and oak habitats, and how fire helps these habitats thrive, as well as give you a glimpse into the planning, resources, and partnerships necessary to carry out an ecological burn near an urban area. We will tour several of the recently burned units for a close up look at how a fire adapted habitat welcomes and responds to fire.

This walk will be up to 1.5 miles on a gravel road and mowed and burned grasslands, with some mild to moderate elevation gain, on mostly flat but often uneven ground. Restrooms are available at the beginning and end of the walk.

If you are allergic to stinging insects, please let us know and bring your epi-pen. Dress for the weather, long pants and closed toed footwear is strongly encouraged. No pets, please.
Camas Planting at Bald Hill Farm

October 24 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm

Join Greenbelt staff and fellow volunteers for a work party planting Camas bulbs at Bald Hill Farm on Saturday, October 24th, from 10 am to 2 pm.

Camas is a quintessential Willamette Valley species, an important First Food of the Kalapuyan and other Indigenous Peoples, one of the first wildflowers that bloom in the valley each year, and a valuable nectar species for our native pollinators. Want to help make sure Greenbelt's restored prairies are full of purple camas blooms next spring? Joining us for a day of bulb planting.

September 2025

Kids Build at the Greenbelt Land Trust Community Building Project

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. *No drop-offs*

Kids Build at the Greenbelt Land Trust Community Building Project

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. *No drop-offs*

November 2025

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October 2026

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. No drop-offs

Parent or guardian needs to be on-site for the duration. No drop-offs