The Nature Conservancy of Oregon's 2004 volunteer work party schedule

As part of my summer schedule, I hope to include several work parties with the Nature Conservancy of Oregon. One aspect that I really like about these work parties is you can see the difference you make every time you go back.

In particular, over the past two summers I have been part of a few work parties to Cox Island where we are containing an invasive grass that turns marsh lands into uplands. Given the rarity of coastal marsh lands (which are extremely important for a number of reasons) this project is rather important. Doubly so considering Cox Island is in the Siuslaw River, one of the few rivers that is both un-damed and has no hatchery salmon. The last time I was there a harbor seal was following our boat around waiting to see if we were going to throw salmon guts overboard.