BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard NEWS & NOTES Nature volunteers needed Nearby Nature, a Eugene environmental education group, needs volunteers to lead school nature walks and to help with other nature-related projects. The organization will provide training for people willing to take kindergarten students on nature walks in Alton Baker Park Alton Baker Park is located in Eugene, Oregon, United States, near Autzen Stadium. It features duck ponds, bicycle trails, and a dog park, and directly touches the Ferry Street Bridge. weekday mornings from late April through mid-June. Volunteers are also needed for in-school nature programs and to work with middle school and high school students. Also, more willing hands are always needed for the restoration crew, which removes invasive species
Invasive species is a phrase with many definitions. The first definition expresses the phrase in terms of non-indigenous species (e.g. , plants native wildflowers and trees, and maintains trails in Alton Baker Park. A program outlining all of Nearby Nature's volunteer opportunities will be held March 10 at 6:30 p.m. at EWEB EWEB Eugene Water and Electric Board (Oregon) headquarters, 500 E. Fourth Ave., Eugene. Also learn more by calling 687-9699, or see www.nearbynature.org. Eagle Watch this weekend The ninth annual Eagle Watch at Lake Billy Chinook Chinook, indigenous people of North America Chinook (shĭn  k`, chĭ–), Native American tribe of the Penutian linguistic stock. southwest of
Madras will be held Saturday and Sunday. The event features speakers,
activities and organized viewing sessions, including a "Sunrise
Eagle Tour" on Sunday. Activities on both days of the event include
live birds-of-prey demonstrations and presentations on the territorial
and breeding behavior of Lake Billy Chinook's bald eagle
population. For more information on Eagle Watch 2004, call the Oregon
State Parks Information Center at (800) 551-6949, or The Cove Palisades
State Park Palisades State Park is a state park in Garretson, South Dakota. It features a steep walled canyon in the Split Rock Creek. The cliffs are made of the pink Sioux quartzite prominent in the area. Their height is approximately 30 to 50 feet. , (541) 546-3412. Details are also posted online at:
www.oregonstateparks.org/events.php?id=819.
Hoodoo to hold can drive Skiers and snowboarders can ride Hoodoo Ski Area's lifts for half off the regular price during the resort's annual Canned Food canned food food sterilized by heat in a closed, durable container such as tin and aluminum cans, flexible aluminum foil and thermoplastic containers including squeeze tubes. Technically, the processes used are highly efficient and used universally. Drive next week. Four cans of food donated to the Sisters Kiwanis Food Bank will be good for half-price tickets Monday, Thursday and Friday. Details: see www.hoodoo.com or call (541) 822-3799. Learn wilderness first aid Wilderness first aid is the specific discipline of First aid which relates to care in remote areas, where emergency medical services will be difficult to obtain or will take a long time to arrive. Nursing care though not part of normal first aid is part of wilderness first aid. The Wilderness Medicine Institute The Wilderness Medicine Institute of the National Outdoor Leadership School (WMI of NOLS) was founded in 1990 by Buck Tilton and Melissa Gray. WMI was originally to be called SOLO West, but was incorporated as the Wilderness Medicine Institute instead. will offer its 10-day First-Responder course from March 19-28 in Eugene. Also, a 24-hour recertification recertification Recredentialing Graduate education A process in which a professional is periodically re-evaluated–eg, every 10 yrs by an accrediting body to assure continued provision of safe, high-quality health care course will be taught from April 2-4. Both courses are designed to prepare guides, outdoor leaders and others to provide minor and major first aid in settings where professional help is not available. The Eugene classes are sponsored by the River House Outdoor Program. For details and registration, contact Kellie Nemke at 682-6324 or at kellie.1.nemke@ci.eugene.or.us. Kids' Discovery Day planned The High Desert Museum will hold its annual Kids' Discovery Day! on March 24, during the spring break week for most Oregon school districts. The event includes an array of activities and demonstrations, including music, storytelling, puppet making, crazy quilting and "rain stick" making. Activities are scheduled to run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. and are included with the price of an individual admission. The High Desert Museum is located just south of Bend on Highway 97. Details: call (541) 382-4754 or go to the Web site at www.highdesertmuseum.org. |
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