Author Archives: Tony Moreno

"Bale of Hay" Method?

I've been browsing through the pages of the Botany and Plant Pathology department at Purdue, and it looks like they're doing some really interesting work on weed science. Here's one thing I noticed on the page of Dr. Carole… Continue reading

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Canyon Day T-Shirt Contest

From the back page of this week's Quest: 90th Annual Canyon Day!!! T-SHIRT CONTEST Showcase your talent. Create a design that celebrates canyon pride at Reed. (Design should mention the 90th anniversary) Submit a design to Box 484 at Reed… Continue reading

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Mushroom Pics!

I stopped by the canyon with a digital camera today and got some more mushroom pictures. You can see them on the fungi page. It looks like I got there just a little too late. Most of the new… Continue reading

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It's Mushroom Season.

The arrival of the fall rains means that mushroom season has begun here in the Pacific northwest. With lots of moisture and plenty of decaying wood, our own canyon is a perfect place to find a variety of Oregon… Continue reading

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Garden Hawk II

More people continue to report seeing the juvenile sharp-shinned hawk in the community garden. Youth is all about discovery, and our bird is in the process of discovering that even predators have their limits. Yesterday evening, the ten-inch-long hawk apparently… Continue reading

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Garden Hawk

Most mornings this fall there's been a hawk hanging out in the community garden on the northwest side of the canyon. We've had a bad mouse infestation this year and that makes the garden a good habitat for predators. The… Continue reading

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Glorybower and Herons

Zac tells me that the tree with the sweet-smelling flowers on the north side of the canyon near the pipe is a glorybower (Clerodendrum sp.). I don't know if we've got a species ID yet. Some glorybowers are listed as… Continue reading

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Springwater Festival – Saturday, September 27th

The Johnson Creek Watershed Council will be holding its Springwater Festival this Saturday, September 27th, from noon to 3pm in Gresham Main City Park. The theme of this year's festival is "Celebrating Johnson Creek." The council invites you to… Continue reading

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Reed Canyon on "Oregon Field Guide": October 9th, 2003

Last spring's Canyon Day brought out a bluegrass band, a flock of volunteers, and a camera crew from Oregon Public Broadcasting. The crew was here to get the story on the canyon restoration for "Oregon Field Guide," a tv… Continue reading

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Pacific Northwest's Least Wanted

Here's a news release from Corvallis that drifted across my desk a few weeks ago: A new guide to the Pacific Northwest's most dominant or potentially invasive weeds has been published by the Oregon State University Extension Service. "Invasive… Continue reading

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