Save the Riders Dunes will be working with the U.S. Forest Service on a restoration project at the Signal Tree area, which is located in the southern area of the Oregon Dunes National Recreation Area. Work will begin at 10 a.m. and lunch will be provided. More information at Save the Riders Dunes Facebook page.
The Oregon Dunes attract more than 1 million visitors each year and is recognized for its unique habitat amid the temperate rainforests of the Oregon Coast range. The dunes are important to our costal communities, both economically and ecologically, but they are disappearing before our eyes.
As part of Power of Florence, the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative is sponsoring a Scotch broom removal event at Heceta Dunes. This event is on Saturday, July 22 from 10 AM to Noon. Volunteers are needed to continue our efforts to remove invasive Scotch broom from one of our "Protect the Best" sites. Bring shovels, loppers, or small hand saws if you have them, or if you don't, we will have some tools you can borrow. Wear sturdy, closed-toe shoes for hiking in the sand and bring water, snacks, and sunscreen. It will be a short walk on relatively flat [...]
Calling all Dunes Volunteers! Come join the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative and Lane County Parks on Saturday, December 2 to remove invasive Scotch broom and small trees from the Three Mile Prairie County Park in Florence, OR. This event will take place from 10 a.m. to Noon. The Three Mile Prairie site provides good habitat for dunes-adapted native plants and wildlife, but is threatened by invasive weeds and vegetation. Three Mile Prairie County Park is located just north of Florence Golf Links and west of Hwy 101 at Fred Meyer. It is a 15 minute walk from the northwest corner of the Fred Meyer parking lot to the work site over some sand and fairly level ground.
Mark your calendars for the January 11th meeting of City Club of Florence when the keynote speaker will be Dina Pavlis who will share about the history, geology, topography, wildlife of the Oregon dunes as well as current threats facing the dunal ecosystem. For more than twenty years, Pavlis has served as a U.S. Forest Service volunteer interpretive ranger of the Oregon dunes on Oregon’s central coast. She has been featured on Oregon Public Broadcasting's "Think Out Loud" and NPR's "Oregon Grapevine. She is a featured presenter for Road Scholar (RoadScholar.org) and member of the Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative (SaveOregonDunes.org). [...]
