Over the summer, the Off-Highway Vehicle (OHV) crew of the Siuslaw National Forest hosted Saturday Summer Safety events. They are held from 10am-2pm at the staging sites around the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Each week the event is located at a different staging area, so they can inform riders Read more…
This month marks the 14th Annual Marbled Murrelet Community Science Surveys along the Oregon Coast. The Marbled Murrelet surveys happen every other year in the month of July. There were two volunteer sessions offered for the public to participate in, on July 22-23rd and July 29-30th. The training portion and Read more…
Friday was my first official evening ranger program at Jessie M. Honeyman Memorial State Park and Harbor Vista Campground. The forest service has set up a schedule with the Oregon state park and Lane County Park so that our field rangers can give evening campground programs here each week. Our Read more…
Recently, an opportunity has surfaced to talk publicly about what I do as an Environment for the Americas Intern, the area that I’m working in, research being conducted in the area, and of course, topics relating to birds. It’s a great opportunity, to say the least. I’ll be talking to Read more…
Being the second EFTA intern in the Hebo Ranger District has been an extremely rewarding experience because I get to be there for incredible events like this one–the first campfire program to happen at Sand Lake Recreation Area! Sand Lake is known for its dunes which make it an OHV Read more…
This week I got to table during a Bio-Blitz at Cascade Head Marine Reserve! The public had the opportunity to help out by being part of this citizen science event with the use of the iNaturalist app. Many people had not previously used this app before so volunteers were around Read more…
This week, I was able to go with the wildlife team to do a western snowy plover count at Nehalem Bay State Park. This was the first time I was able to see a western snowy plover and I could not have been more excited! This beach is one of Read more…
This week at the Hebo Ranger District has been my favorite so far because I got to do an interpretive walk with a ranger event completely in Spanish! We met up with a group of students and parents from Garfield at the Cascade Head Scenic Research Area to go up Read more…