Our blog provides diverse snapshots of our work and the experiences had with our education programs. If you have spent some time at Vesper Meadow and would like to write a blog post or submit photos, please contact us!
Born of a decade-long dream, the Vesper Meadow Education Program is a nature-based education program that fully integrates science + art + stewardship. At best, science gives us facts and art gives us beauty. We need both if we are going to sustain a Conservation Movement….
Read MoreWith poetry, Vesper Meadow Aquatic Research Intern Crystal Nichols calls for stewardship and care of wildlife
Read MoreThe Vesper Meadow Restoration and Education Program has already felt like it is creating a life of its own. I have been talking quite a bit about the project to all sorts of folks and there are many trending questions that have surfaced. Here, I attempt to answer some of the Frequently Asked Questions that have come up:
Read MoreThere are so many things happening in the world today that we have to fight against – to stop, to resist, to reverse. We also need opportunities to create, to bring alternative visions to life, to show what we can do when we work together in community. That’s one reason I’m grateful for projects like the Vesper Meadow Education Program.
Read MoreIf you have slept in a sleeping bag before, or at least know what one is, you may be able to relate to the Caddisfly. The incredible Caddisfly family, aka Trichopterans are known as “case-makers,” due to their trademark protective cases they create for themselves out of various natural materials.
Read MoreVesper Meadow has many beautiful and mesmerizing features, but one of its most noticeable is the three Aspen stands. These stands line the field with amazing colors throughout the seasons and hundreds of people a year get to enjoy their beauty from the road. I first came to be engulfed by the aspen when I started my beaver research at Vesper.
Read More…that’s how we imagine the next Mardon Skipper sighting here at Vesper Meadow. The butterfly is so rare, it’s a candidate for the federal endangered species list. But, recent research has shown that the Mardon’s largest population cluster in Oregon is right next door to us at Howard Prairie!
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