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Coast Fork Birders – 2026 Midwinter Eagle Count
January 18, 2026 @ 9:30 am – 4:00 pm – Mark your 2026 calendars for great birding in the New Year! CG Eagle Midwinter Count 2026 When: January 18th, 2026 (Sunday) Where: (2 locations) Dorena Reservoir: Start Time: 9:30 a.m. Morning Parking: Park in the Walmart parking lot (close to Outdoor Living) Count is predicted to last from 10 am – 1 pm. Cottage Grove […]
Coast Fork Birders – Upcoming Walks and Events
January 3, 2026 @ 6:30 am – 5:00 pm – Mark your 2026 calendars for great birding in the New Year! You are invited to join the Coast Fork for 2 great birding events in January. Cottage Grove Christmas Bird Count Join the Coast Fork Birders in the Cottage Grove Christmas Bird Count! All levels of bird enthusiasts are encouraged to take part in this […]
Coast Fork Birders – Walks and Events
November 23, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 11:00 am – Fall is a great time to get out and do some bird watching. September – November is a migration period, especially for raptors and waterfowl. You are invited to join the Coast Fork Birders Sunday, November 23rd at Lynx Hollow Park starting at 9 a.m. Duration: 2 to 3 hours Let us get out together […]
October Riparian Planting Party Volunteer Event
October 18, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Volunteer Events are Back – Join Us for a Riparian Planting Party! Mark your calendars for Saturday, October 18th, from 10 AM to 1 PM, at Riverside Park along the Coast Fork Willamette River. We invite you to join us in continuing our riparian restoration project along the river – replanting areas of native vegetation, […]
Science On Tap – November 25th with Yuta Nakamura and Ronan Hall
November 25, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Join CFWWC and special guests Yuta Nakamura and Ronan Hall in November for a screening of Mr. Nakamura’s short film, Forest Trail: A Story of Gentle Forestry in Hokkaido. Here’s what Yuta has to say about about his film: As a Hokkaido-based photographer and film maker, I spend most of my time outside capturing the […]
September Volunteer Event – Saturday 9/27
September 27, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – Volunteer Events are Back – Join Us for a Planting Party! Mark your calendars for Saturday, September 27th, from 10 AM to 1 PM, at Row River Nature Park’s Pollinator Garden. We warmly invite you to join us in enhancing the garden by planting native species, including red flowering currant, tall Oregon grape, Columbian larkspur, […]
Science On Tap – September 23rd with Martyne Reesman
September 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Science on Tap is taking the month of August off, but we will be back with more great presentations from September – November! Science on Tap is gonna take another quick summer break in August, but don’t worry, we have the marvelous Martyne Reesman, a fisheries biologist with the Oregon Department of Fish and […]
Prescribed Fire Field Workshop at Native Oaks Ridge
August 23, 2025 @ 9:00 am – 3:00 pm – Join local fire practitioners in the field to grow your understanding of cultural burning, fire effects monitoring and oak-prairie ecology, fire lighting techniques, engine operations, and radio communications. Saturday, August 23, 2025 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Near Cottage Grove This field workshop intends to help build connections among neighbors and interested community members in […]
Science On Tap – Returning July 22nd with Tom Titus
July 22, 2025 @ 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm – Science on Tap is taking the month of June off, but we will be back with lots more great presentations from July – October! In July we’re excited to be welcoming biologist and author Tom Titus for “Breathless: Celebrating Salamanders and Their Small Wild Spaces”. Tom is an amphibian biologist, forager, father, grandfather, and free-range philosopher […]
May Volunteer Event at J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge
May 24, 2025 @ 10:00 am – 1:00 pm – The good work continues Saturday, May 24th! Join us from 10am to 1pm on Saturday, May 24th for our next volunteer work party. This month we’ll be continuing our work at the J. Polk Currin Swinging Bridge, between Madison Ave and South River Road, working to remove more invasive English ivy and Himalayan blackberries. […]
