THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 2019 // 17
Birdies.
Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Have you heard about the birds?
FORT STEVENS — Join
an Oregon state parks ranger
on a guided walk to look for
and identify birds from 9 to
11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19,
during Fort Stevens State
Park’s monthly bird survey.
No birding experience is
required. Experts are wel-
come to come share their
knowledge.
The
North Coast Land Conservancy
Volunteers work together to remove thick ivy vines creeping up a Sitka spruce at the North
Coast Land Conservancy’s Sand Creek Wetlands Habitat Reserve, near Skipanon Forest, in
January 2018.
Franklin
Apartments
scheduled this steward-
ship day in the winter,
when the deciduous veg-
etation has died back and
it’s a little easier to move
around, but volunteers can
still expect rough walking.
Most of the ivy at Skipanon
Forest is growing on large
Sitka spruce trees, but there
may be some on the ground
as well. Handsaws, lop-
pers and other tools will be
used to remove this inva-
sive vine.
Email Stewardship
Director Melissa Reich at
melissar@nclctrust.org or
call her at 503-738-9126
if you plan to attend. She
will provide directions to
the site (and will notify
volunteers should inclem-
ent weather force a change
of date). Wear gloves and
work boots. The Land Con-
servancy will supply the
tools. Bring water and
snacks/lunch; there are
no toilets and no potable
water at the site. Dogs are
not allowed on any NCLC
properties.
Details about this and
other North Coast Land
Conservancy volun-
teer opportunities are at
NCLCtrust.org; look for
Hands-on Stewardship
under “EVENTS.”
For more information,
contact Park Ranger Dane
Osis: dane.osis@oregon.gov
503-861-3170, ext. 41.
1113 Commercial Street
Astoria, OR 97103
503-468-0308
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Tackle ivy along the Skipanon
WARRENTON — Inva-
sive English ivy has a foot-
hold along the Skipanon
River in Warrenton, where
it climbs into Sitka spruces
and other native trees, caus-
ing them to rot and ulti-
mately topple.
North Coast Land Con-
servancy is seeking volun-
teers for a stewardship day,
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday,
Jan. 26, to tackle ivy in the
conservancy’s Skipanon
Forest Habitat Reserve.
The spruce forest-and-
swamp habitat type that
characterizes the property
is considered globally rare.
The Land Conservancy
Meet at Battery Rus-
sell. Binoculars are recom-
mended (we have a few to
use).
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