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Volunteers staff activity booths at special events

 

Shaking Hands with Grandma Spider at the Haunted Hike

 

Meet our Egg Walk Critters!

 

Martha Moth Greets Families at the Haunted Hike

 

Carved Pumpkins Light the Way at the Haunted Hike!

 

Frannie Frog at the Egg Walk

 

Olivia Owl Visits with Kids at a Nature Quest

 

Kids get their hands on nature at a Nature Quest!

 

Nearby Nature volunteers march in the Eugene Celebration Parade

 

Nearby Nature's Kinder Critter Raccoon charms kids at the City of Eugene's Public Works Open House

 

Frannie Frog visits a pre-school classroom

 

Nearby Nature's Kinder Critters are good friends! -- Photo by Gary Rost

 

The Walama Butterfly Meadow in Alton Baker Park

 

Restoration Celebration volunteers clear invasive English ivy

 

Volunteers use a marble maze to teach kids about watersheds

 

Marble drops of "water" flow down the rivers to the sea!

 

There are 11 Talking Stones in Alton Baker Park

 

Kalapuya Elder and Storyteller Esther Stutzman hosts a naming ceremony for the Whilamut Natural Area

 

Delicious gardens goodies thrive in Nearby Nature's Edible Schoolyard

 

Wonderful nature art graces Nearby Nature's Learnscape

 

Welcome to the Learnscape!

 

Network Charter School students work on a Learnscape sheet-mulching project

 

Volunteers of all ages help with Nearby Nature projects!

 

Nearby Nature's new three-bin composter is used to manage food waste from the Network Charter School

 

Alton Baker Park is lovely in the fall. Photo by Bari Doeffinger

 

The Willamette River is lovely edged by spring-green trees

 

Cross the Autzen Footbridge to explore the Whilamut Natural Area of Alton Baker Park

 

Daycampers head out on a bike ride through the park

 

Catching bugs is a favorite activity for Nearby Nature daycampers

 

Kids get crafty with recyclables

 

Nearby Nature's Yurt is home to Network Charter School classes and fun weekend events

 

Handy volunteers helped build our yurt!

 

Volunteer Don Lown leads a bird house making workshop.

 

Volunteer Holly Hartmann teaches about animal skulls during a Nature Quest.

 

Kids arrive for an Alton Baker Park school nature walk -- Photo by Dave Wines

 

Nearby Nature guides play the "web of life" game with visiting school students -- Photo by Dave Wines

 

Kids walk through Alton Baker Park on a school nature walk

 

Spring in Alton Baker Park means baby geese! -- photo by Renee Gabriel

 

Camas blooms in Alton Baker Park -- photo by Renee Gabriel

 

Dephinium blossoms brighten Alton Baker Park in the spring -- photo by Renee Gabriel

 

Fluff from cottonwood trees looks like snow in the spring! -- photo by Renee Gabriel

 

Nearby Nature Board and Staff our our 2007 retreat

 

Kids take a closer look during pond study in Alton Baker Park

 

Kids use dip nets during pond study activities in Alton Baker Park

 

Goodies from the Learnscape Gardens!

 

Volunteers sheet mulch the Native Pollinator's Corridor at the Learnscape

 

Volunteers remove invasive English Ivy

 

Planting trees is fun!

 

NCS students finish planting the Native Pollinator's Corridor

 

Watch for osprey along the Willamette River -- Photo by Marlon Pineda

 

Once upon a time, Alan Alga and Fran Fungus got together and took a "lichen" to each other! They've been together ever since! -- Photo by Marlon Pineda

 

Nearby Nature volunteer guide gets kids ready to go on a nature adventure

 

There's a fungus amongus! -- Photo by Dave Wines

 

Great blue heron stalks fish in Alton Baker Park

 

Nearby Nature guides check out heron nests in the distance

 

Nearby Nature volunteer guides come from all walks of life

 

Kiosk in front of the Park Host Residence

 

How many heron nests do you see in this tree?

 

Kids play "Bat and Moth"

 

Kids at work at the Critter Quest Station during a nature walk in Alton Baker Park

 

Lupine blooms in Alton Baker Park

 

Guides lead a rousing round of "Head, Thorax, Abdomen"--the buggy version of "Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes!"

 

Nearby Nature volunteer guide gets kids ready for a nature walk

 

The shady front entrance of the Park Host Residence

 

Alton Baker Park turns summer green

 

Beth loves to tell stories!

 

NCS Teacher Wendy McKenzie

 

Jackie Marlette, Board Member

 

Thea Evenstad, Board Member

 

Erin Lamb, Park Host

 

Joy Lamb, Park Host

 

Elyse Peterson, Education Coordinator

 

Maeve, Junior Park Host

 

Holly Hartmann, President, Board of Directors

 

Raindrops sparkle in Alton Baker Park -- photo by Sarah Pond

 

Delicate meadowrue brightens the Wildflower Hollow Trail -- photo by Sarah Pond

 

Autzen Footbridge in the springtime -- photo by Sarah Pond

 

Beth Stein, Program Director, and daughter Sahalie

 

Howard Kopp, Executive Director

 

Everyone loves Nearby Nature!

 

Jane Happy, Board of Directors

 

Tracy Gagnon, Summer Daycamp Instructor

 

Dara Brennen, Summer Daycamps Instructor

 

Rhian Pyke, Summer Daycamps Instructor

 

Rhian Pyke, Summer Daycamps Instructor

 

Heron Takes Flight by Kim Miller

 

Spring in Alton Baker Park -- photo by Kim Miller

 

Crystal Strege, Summer Daycamp Instructor

Crystal Strege, Summer Daycamp Instructor

Chris Duke, Summer Daycamps Intern

Chris Duke, Summer Daycamps Intern

Eugene Celebration 2009

 

Learnscape Grand Opening

 

Austin Diamond

 

Eleanor Long

 

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Beth photo

 

Jen Jackson

 

Olivia Hurd

 

Maddie Allen

 

Marissa Bossuet

 

Kit Lacy