A great Marys Peak experience next Friday
David Eckert
Marys Peak Lovers -
Here are two consecutive Marys Peak events next Friday, co-sponsored by the Marys Peak Alliance (AFRANA) and the Siuslaw National Forest (U.S. Forest Service) for National Pollinator Week.
Marys Peak Appendix Meadow Restoration and Rock Garden Hike
Friday, June 21st Register by Thursday as directed on the attached flyer. You can participate in either or both of the successive events. These are important events for all Marys Peak lovers and I hope you can participate.
10:00 am-Noon - Appendix Meadow Restoration
Join Forest Service staff in hand-removing invasive, exotic Ox-eye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare, commonly known as the ox-eye daisy, oxeye daisy, dog Daisy, marguerite is native to Europe and temperate Asia) from the recently restored Appendix meadow (north of Summit Parking Lot). The daisy is appropriating habitat from the native plant species and upsetting the delicate pollinator interactions. This is a relaxing way to get to know and experience this wonderful location we often ignore and to do something important that will allow the native herbaceous meadow plants to thrive.
Noon – 1:30 pm - Rock Garden Hike
Phil Hays and Ellen Tappon of the Marys Peak Alliance will lead a wildflower hike from the parking lot up to the Rock Garden, which is spectacular now. Even if you saw the Rock Garden in recent weeks, it is more spectacular now. This is a unique opportunity to experience and learn about this special place and the special flowering plant communities from experts.
Dave Eckert
Marys Peak Alliance (a committee of AFRANA)
dec...@willamettewatershed.com
I live within Champinefu, the traditional homeland of the Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya …Treaty), Kalapuya people were taken to Corvallis and concentrated into an encampment along the Marys River for 5 months and then forcibly removed from Corvallis to the Grand Ronde. Today, Kalapuya live within tribal lands or tribally-ceded lands throughout the region. Many Kalapuya are active members of the sovereign nations of the Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde or the Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians. Kalapuya culture is alive. For more information watch the Champinefu Webinar Series on the Corvallis-Benton County Library YouTube channel. Champinefu Webinar Series - YouTube