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Looking back helps us move forward
The canyon fell into the trusting hands of the ‘crew’ this past summer. Their dedication to protecting this headwater forest and the cleanest water source in the City of Portland will leave a lasting impression on this campus. Don’t let … finish reading Looking back helps us move forward
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Goodbye for now until we meet again
Well, the ground is hardened and the trails are little dusty out there- in the distance, you can see wide-eyed freshman descending on the campus. It must be the beginning of school here at Reed again. The 2012 summer… Continue reading
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Stick and Stones can…
It's Summer Time! And in our continued attempt to restore and protect this beautiful resource, Canyon Crew has been diligently removing invasive plant materials, and expanding their "toolbox" of tricks to insure safe travels in and around the canyon… Continue reading
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A Continuing Canyon Relationship
Submitted by: Haleigh Ziebol, Class of 2015 Although I am a new member of Canyon Crew this Summer, I am not, by any means, a newcomer to Reed’s canyon. As I gazed over the Blue Bridge when I… Continue reading
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Nature being Natural
In typical fashion spring in Oregon is well- predictably, unpredictable. We broke records for the longest stretch of dry weather for the month of May- only followed by wet windy weather which may send non-native residents running for their umbrellas…. Continue reading
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Things that go Bump in the night
Spring brings many changes in the canyon- longer days, the smell of the skunk cabbage in the headwaters, the sounds of birds frolicking in the upper branches of the canopy. But most recently we see this change in seasons… Continue reading
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I've got newts on the brain!
Every so often, a Reed biology senior is lured into the Canyon for an ecology thesis. Perhaps it is the desire to discover some secret Reed knowledge, or the appealing shimmer of stickleback fish in a minnow trap. Perhaps it… Continue reading
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Tagged pictures taken by Mathilde Mouw
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Welcome to Beaver Country
Beaver's are as busy as ever out here in the canyon. As the temperature drops- and the nights are long we find ourselves in the prime of beaver season. Historicly at this time of the year there is a… Continue reading
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Thank-You
As I am realizing that the holiday season is so quickly upon us- I find it so easy to look ahead and wish and want of those things that may have passed me by. So today instead I wanted… Continue reading
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Tagged photos taken by Rachel Cole-Jansen
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Mink of the Week
Twice in the last week I have seen a mink (Mustela vison) frolicking close to the land bridge nearest the west-end of Reed Lake. Surprisingly, in all my years working to improve the native habitat within Reed Canyon- I… Continue reading
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