Event Schedule
Friday, March 1
Field Station at C3 Corvallis Community Center (Corvallis), 5 pm – 7 pm
Saturday, March 2
Field Station at Ankeny Hill Nature Center (South Salem), 10 am – 1 pm
Field Station at Cloverland Park (Corvallis), 10 am – 12:30 pm
Field Station at Starker Arts Park (Corvallis), 2:30 pm – 5 pm
Wednesday, March 6
Field Station at Monmouth Downtown Park (Monmouth), 1:30 pm – 4:30 pm
Friday, March 8
Field Station at Lilly Park (Corvallis), 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Saturday, March 9
Field Station at Roger Jordan Community Park (Dallas), 10 am – 1 pm
Field Station at Bush’s Pasture Park (Salem), 2:30 pm – 5 pm
Sunday, March 10
Nature Journal Event with Local Naturalists, Woodpecker Loop, William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge, 11 am – 1 pm
Field Station at Martin Luther King Jr. Park (Corvallis), 2 pm – 5 pm
Tuesday, March 12
Field Station at Garfield Park (Corvallis), 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Saturday, March 16
Field Station + Ribbon Cutting Event
10 am – 1 pm Field Station at Ankeny Hill Nature Center, South Salem
1 pm – 2 pm David B. Marshall Outdoor Classroom Ribbon Cutting Event
Tuesday, March 19
Field Station at Village Green Park (Corvallis), 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Wednesday, March 20
Field Station at Sunrise Park (Albany), 2:30 pm – 5:30 pm
Thursday, March 21
Forest Moonlight Wander at Peavy Arboretum (Corvallis), 6:30 pm – 8 pm
Saturday, March 23
Field Station at Riverview Park (Independence), 10 am – 1 pm
March 1 – 31
Great Raindrop Scavenger Hunt
Marion County, multiple locations
What do Field Stations Entail?
Join as at any of the Field Stations that will pop-up in local parks and community spaces throughout the month of March and throughout the mid-Willamette Valley. Find one near you!
FREE!! Drop by anytime and stay for as little or as long as you like. All bilingual (Spanish and English). ALL are welcome.
At the Field Stations there will be activities such as:
- Wildlife hands-on activities, collectible event stickers and take-home activities
- Live critter insect and spider petting zoo!
- Mole and dragonfly crafts + education material
- Activity Stations:
- What Ate my Sock?
- See Inside the Soil!
- Forage Like a Bird
- Can you Jump as Far as a Jumping Spider (family Salticidae)?
- eDNA interactive display + 2023 Results
- Nature and bird walks
- Stream table science
- And More!
A huge thank you and shout-out to the incredible team of partners that make this event possible for their communities.
See you soon, Nature Explorers, for this year's theme.......... World’s Unseen!
