October 2009 Archives

Thanks to all of those that participated this last October celebrating Reed College's oldest tradition Canyon Day. There was food, music, and fun all day long as we tackled the eastern end of the canyon removing non-native vegetation, which then opened this section of canyon up for the reintroduction of native plant species.

Volunteers planted over 1200 native plants on this beautiful day!!

Thanks again to all of you who were involved; see you again April 10, 2010!

I ran into Reed biology professor Steve Black on the canyon's blue bridge on a sunny fall day. Steve was out collecting spiders for his research while on sabbatical this year. Nice to be able to do research 5 minutes away from the lab!