Walama Restoration Project

This National Public Lands Day join volunteers across the country and get involved in local habitat restoration! We will be taking a field trip to Willamette National Forest to seed native plants as a part of our monarch butterfly habitat restoration project. Reach out to [email protected] for more details and to RSVP!

Join us for a camas planting event on Saturday October 17th, from 10am-2pm! The event will take place in Alton Baker Park in the meadow at the north end of Knickerbocker Bike Bridge. Reach out to [email protected] for more details, RSVP appreciated but not required. We hope to see you there!

Visit our booth at the Lane County Farmers Market this Saturday to hear about upcoming volunteer opportunities and learn more about our restoration work this summer!

Photos from our volunteer field trips last week! We will continue these field trips every Wednesday and Thursday for the next few weeks, reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested in attending!

Photos from this week’s field trips to Willamette National Forest! We collected seed from 10 different native plant species to seed and grow out in meadows used by monarch butterflies. We will be out with volunteers every Wednesday and Thursday until the end of September, reach out to [email protected] if you’re interested in joining us!

Dates added‼️ Starting next Wednesday August 19th we will have volunteer field trip opportunities every Wednesday and Thursday through the end of September. These will be all day trips (7:30am-mid afternoon), including carpooling to Willamette National Forest, moderate to difficult hiking, monarch butterfly activity surveys, native plant seed collection, invasive w**d removal, and more! These volunteer days will contribute to our efforts to restore forest understory and monarch butterfly habitats in Willamette National Forest, and we’d love for you to join us. Reach out to [email protected] for more details (including Eugene and Oakridge meeting locations) and to RSVP.

Another successful work party in Alton Baker! We removed four buckets and two trash cans of nonnative queen annes lace, curly dock, bull thistle, and moth mullein, and saw some cute pollinators and ospreys! Thanks to the awesome volunteers that showed up and helped make a dent in the w**ds, we’ll be back out here in August so keep an eye out for more events!

Very exciting survey in Willamette National Forest yesterday, we spotted a monarch butterfly and found eleven eggs! This was our first time seeing a monarch butterfly with volunteers on these trips, thank you to all of the volunteers that joined us and made this survey possible! Monarchs are rare in the cascades this far up their migration route, and Walama has joined restoration efforts to improve milkw**d habitats and strengthen monarch populations here. Stay tuned for more volunteer field trip opportunities in the forest this year, and keep an eye out for next year’s monarch surveys.

Find our booth at the Lane County Farmers Market this Saturday 7/18! Wed love to talk to you about our restoration work and upcoming events 🌼

Volunteer with Walama this July! On July 26th we will be back in our restoration meadow in Alton Baker Park at the North end of Knickerbocker Bike Bridge, from 9am-1pm. We will be collecting seed from native plants to grow out, and removing non native Queen Anne’s lace. All ages and experience levels are welcome, dress for the weather and bring water! Reach out to [email protected] for detailed directions to the site or with any questions, we hope to see you there!