Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
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McKenzie River Reflections...
Community clean-up events, such as the Springfield Clean-Up happening this weekend, are no longer able to collect lawn chairs, plastic bins, tubs, baskets, playground toys, flower pots, or any large bulky plastic items to recycle. This season, an outlet to properly dispose and recycle these unusual plastics does not exist. The two major plastics processors (International Paper Recycling and Agriplas) that collect non-curbside and mixed-ridged plastics from small and large businesses in our area have reportedly stopped accepting mixed plastics....
USFS RD. 15 detour The scenic Aufderheide Drive (Forest Service Road 19) that connects Blue River and Westfir will close for four days for road work. The closure will occur near milepost 14, beginning at 12 p.m. on Monday, May 20th, until 12 p.m. on Friday, May 24th. The closure stretches from Forest Service Road 1928 to Forest Service Road 1940, cutting off access to the Kiahanie Campground. Travelers from highway 126 would be able to reach Box Canyon and Erma Bells but could not reach the North Fork River. Travelers from highway 58 would stil...
Haggard-looking conifers result of 2012 dry spell Drought struck tree Some Douglas-firs and other conifers in northwestern Oregon look noticeably haggard this spring, and concerned residents are asking why. As with most events in the long life of trees, the cause goes back a ways - in this instance, to last summer and fall. "My best explanation is drought stress," said Brad Withrow-Robinson. "We had a pretty hard end of summer last year - No rain until mid-October - then, boom! It was winter." The Oregon State University Extension forester...
It’s more than camping and fishing this summer in Lane County Ocean Watch Lane County 4-H is promoting a summer camp on the 64 foot sailing research vessel, the Ocean Watch thru OSU and the Hatfield Marine Science Center. Campers will construct an underwater Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) and learn what it takes to be a 4-H Marine Ambassador at the OSU campus. Then, campers go to Newport where they live and work at the Hatfield Marine Science Center and on the 64-foot sailing research vessel, Ocean Watch. Lane County Youth finishing 9th, 1...
