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FREE Guided Tours The Natural City Tour What: Join CRBC board member Bryon Boyce on a free guided tour visiting local natural areas. Cost: FREE Description: Our urban area is blessed with a variety of natural areas which feature remnants of the diverse "valleyfloor" habitats. Many of these areas are little visited even by those active in preservation work. This tour visits three outstanding examples in two locations. In the morning see the newly linked Camassia Natural Area (The Nature Conservancy's first purchase in Oregon) and West Linn Wilderness Park, home of the largest and oldest firs in the urban area. The dwarf oak savannas of Camassia are unique, and the quaking aspen pond is unusual locally. This tour is timed to catch what is probably the best flower display in the Portland urban area. The effects of the Missoula Floods are especially obvious here. Hopefully the osprey nest will be occupied. In early afternoon we will visit Mount Talbert, the first Metro acquisition to be developed and opened to the public. The 750 foot extinct volcano has high quality natural vegetation little affected by invasives. The remnant wet oak savannas are receiving preferential management, including fir, cottonwood and brush removal. This woodland type was once common in the urban area. Some uncommon plants are present. The area is large enough to host deer, coyote, owls and in winter Pileated Woodpeckers. Click here to read Bryon Boyce's blog discussing the this tour and upcoming watershed tours. When: Sunday, April 27th 2008 Time: 9 am until early to mid afternoon Where: Meet at the Clackamas River Basin Council at 9 am Address: 19750 SE Damascus Lane Damascus, OR 97015 CLICK HERE for directions What to bring: Bring lunch, water and hiking shoes or boots. Dress considering the weather. Expect generally good trails with a little rock hopping. There will be two to three hours on the trails, depending on discussion and picture taking. For more information email laura@clackamasriver.org. Stay tuned for more guided tours this summer! |
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