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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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Summer color in the canyon
Just a few colors blooming out there this summer! [nggallery id=1]
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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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A Kinda Sorta Spring
It's been pretty difficult at times to tell whether it's actually spring or not lately – one day Reedies will be frolicking on the lawn in all their newly sunburnt glory, the next a stern frost and some slushy snow… Continue reading
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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The Canyon in Winter
Winter in Portland is always a rather amorphous, vague season, one that sometimes feels more like a transition between fall and spring than anything unique in and of itself. The color palette, perhaps, is distinct, as the gray of the… Continue reading
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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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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Canyon Day is Here!
After a long spring and short summer it is time to get back in those woods we have all found salvation in- and give back.Come celebrate Reed's oldest active tradition Canyon Day!This bi-annual event is helps protect and restore the… Continue reading
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Learning the logic of fish: streamwork in Reed Canyon
Consider this scene:The first thought that most people have upon coming to such a place is probably something along the lines of, How picturesque! I'd best plop down at this here picnic table and admire this splendid vista, this tranquil… Continue reading
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