Make the McKenzie Connection!
Make the McKenzie Connection!
Sorted by date Results 1 - 5 of 5
Mason bee By Denise Ruttan Photo by George Hoffman A blue orchard mason bee perches atop a blossoming meadowfoam flower. The native pollinators are active during wet and cold conditions in early spring. Concerned about the decline of honeybees, one of the hardest-working food crop pollinators? Don't overlook the importance of a native pollinator of your fruit trees – the blue orchard mason bee. "The diversity of flowers requires a diversity of pollinators," said George Hoffman, entomology researcher in Oregon State University's...
Sword ceremony By J.D. Finn John The year was 1961. Nearly 20 years had come and gone since a tiny seaplane, 6,000 miles from home, buzzed over Brookings, Oregon, to bomb the American homeland for the first time in history. The event was still relatively recent, but it was well on its way to being forgotten. Three members of the Brookings Junior Chamber of Commerce, on their way home from a planning meeting for the upcoming Brookings Azalea Festival, stopped by a tavern to have a beer. Over glasses of suds, one of them, Doyle Rausch, mentioned...
By George A. Letchworth Filming on Hwy. 242 Laura Crawford and Russ Roca of The Path Less Pedaled filming Kristin and Jake as they descend the two switchbacks on Dead Horse Grade. MCKENZIE PASS: On Friday, May 17th, a video crew of Laura and Russ along with cycling “stars” Kristin and Jake filmed a “romantic” bicycle ride on the McKenzie Pass from Sisters to Belknap Hot Springs Lodge. The video is the second one in a series sponsored by the Oregon Tourism Commission. The first featured the Old West Scenic Bikeway. There are plans to video a...
