An Evening with Douglas Tallamy
Sponsored by Upper Willamette Soil and Water Conservation District and Eugene Bird City Coalition. Join us for a conversation with ecologist and author Doug Tallamy on his latest work: "How Can I Help? Saving Nature with Your Yard." National best-selling author and entomologist Doug Tallamy ( Nature's Best Hope ) will join us at the Wildish Theater for an engaging presentation about the role we can each play in preserving biodiversity with ecological landscaping choices in ou
Willamette Valley Native Plants
Poster and native plant chart by Portland Bureau of Environmental Services You can make a difference simply by landscaping with native plants, also known as Naturescaping... View or download full Willamette Valley Native Plants poster with plant images here.
Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Yard
(250 pgs. book by Doug Tallamy) “Tallamy lays out all you need to know to participate in one of the great conservation projects of our time. Read it and get started!” —Elizabeth Kolbert, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Sixth Extinction Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more na
Meadowscaping Handbook: Designing, Planting and Managing an Urban Meadow
(92 pgs., available for free download for personal use, or order a paper copy from West Multnomah Soil and Water Conservation District ) A collection of knowledge and “lessons learned” by regional ecologists and landscape professionals. It is not meant to be a technical manual. The handbook is designed as a “how-to” publication to help gardeners, landscape professionals, and ecologists in the Willamette Valley plan, design, plant, and maintain native plant meadows on small u
BioBlitz at Rasor Park with Rick Ahrens
BioBlitz at Rasor Park with guides Rick Ahrens, Becky Riley, James Hershiser Sunday, April 28, 1-5 PM 1-2 PM Trees, Shrubs, Wildflowers...
Bringing Nature Home: How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
( book by Doug Tallamy, several versions available in papeback and hardback) "The value of oaks for supporting [...] wildlife cannot be overstated. [...] Acorns fill the bellies of deer, raccoons, turkeys, mice, black bear, squirrels, and even wood ducks. Cavities that develop in living and dead oak giants supply vital nesting sites for dozens of species of birds [...] no other plant genus supports more species of Lepidoptera, thus providing more types of bird food, than the
