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Staff, Directors, and other community members write blog posts.

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a mason bee house on fence post by a blooming cherry or apple tree
October 4, 2023
Mason Bees
By marionswcd
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August 24, 2023
The Scotts Mills Dam
By Kurt Berning
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August 16, 2023
Conservation Club: Oak and Prairie Tour
By Chelsea Blank
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a table outside on a deck with tons of resources related to fire safety and emergency preparedness
August 1, 2023
Wildfire Preparedness and Resiliency Event Resources
By Kassi Roosth
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Bindweed Convolvulus arvensis Ground cover with heart shaped leaves and large white flowers
August 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Field Bindweed
By Amy Zimmer
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July 2023 Weed of the Month Parrotfeather
June 26, 2023
Weed of the Month: Parrotfeather
By Amy Zimmer
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Green, metallic, adult Emerald Ash Borer on leaf.
June 12, 2023
Emerald Ash Borer
By Chelsea Blank
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a whole spotted jewelweed plant with green oblong to egg shaped leaves and red-spotted orange flowers
May 31, 2023
Weed of the Month: Spotted Jewelweed
By Amy Zimmer
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a bowl-shaped rain garden at Bush's Pasture Park with sedges planted in the lowest areas and other forbs and shrubs up higher. Photo taken looking down from the cement inflow feature.
May 31, 2023
Why Install a Rain Garden?
By Kassi Roosth
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Northwestern garter snakes specialize in eating slugs and other invertebrates. This is a yellow striped version, but these snakes are highly variable and may also have red, orange or even blue stripes.
May 31, 2023
The Slug Eaters
By Dave Budeau
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A .jpg file showing the umbel shaped white flowers, fern-like leaves, and purple-blotched stems of poison hemlock.
May 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Poison Hemlock
By marionswcd
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Mid-Willamette CWMA’s April 2023 Weed of the Month Flyer for Herb Robert
April 1, 2023
Weed of the Month: Herb Robert
By Amy Zimmer
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