Natural World

Winter weather has arrived in the Willamette Valley. These new conditions are welcome by a great variety of plants and animals that are adapted to thrive…

Summer birds have left the valley and winter birds are beginning to arrive. Finley Wildlife Refuge is a wonderful place to experience the change of…

Stonefield Beach Wayside is an isolated section of beach south of Cape Perpetua. Because of an abundance of food, areas like this were densely populated…

Recent Rains have created perfect conditions for mushroom gathering. The forests of the Coast Range and Cascades are yielding an abundance of fungi. The…