Why are we always talking about Camas?Camas is Vesper Meadow’s past, present, and future. Learn about this primary focus for restoration at Vesper Meadow and our monitoring efforts.
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The launch of our Native Food Plant Program is off to a great start! We gawked at flowers, nibbled on greens, and learned about Vesper Meadow efforts to work with Tribes for First Food restoration. Reports of blooms and our socially-distant walk from Brian Geier
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The ancient folklore surrounding Elder is as mysterious as it is plentiful. Explore some this plant’s rich cultural history, and hear about how Vesper Meadow Education Program is currently working on rehabilitating, restoring, and supporting the productivity of the Elderberry population - we were pleasantly surprised to find over 70 elder bushes growing in and around the meadow.
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Thank you for making Vesper Meadow a community hub for restoration and education - your support, volunteering, expertise, partnership, and participation in our programs have gone a long way. Check out some of our top initiatives we are planning for 2020!
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Earlier last month, Director Jeanine Moy interviewed with the local TV station for John Letz’s “Adventures in Education.” See the video for yourself!
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Because plants are the basis for habitat, they are the first thing that we started tracking.
Just one year after the Vesper Meadow Restoration Preserve was established, we are feeling retrospective. The pervasive late-summer smell of tarweed has become familiar, and we are starting to see subtle changes in vegetation.
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Beautiful pictures and words from those who have spent time and found creative inspiration at Vesper Meadow this summer
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Our new video! Get a sneak peak of restoration, glimpse of summer education programs and support the community conservation network at Vesper Meadow...
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Let’s make the human-land connection relevant once again
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….
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With poetry, Vesper Meadow Aquatic Research Intern Crystal Nichols calls for stewardship and care of wildlife
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The 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:
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There 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.
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If 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.
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Vesper 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.
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…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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