The Rogue River Watershed Council is implementing a fish passage improvement project on Ashland Creek at the Smith-Myer-Roper Division Dam, located in Ashland Creek Park. The project aims to remove the dame to improve juvenile fish passage for Coho Salmon and steelhead as well as improve the irrigation system so … Read More
Join us in our alley on First Friday, Friday November 5th 5:30-8 pm for community celebration of good food, music and local activism. Sultan’s Delight will be offering fresh, delicious falafels, lamb and beef gyros, kabobs and salads for sale.
Willow Wind students will be offering fresh baked goods to raise … Read More
Join Emily Lind an Audubon board member for a bird hike at Ashland Ponds. Afterwards you will get to make a bird feeder to attract birds to your home. This event is full of knowledge and crafts!
Binoculars and bird identification books will be provided. Just bring water and your sense … Read More
Tips for spring morel hunting in southwest Oregon
Learn to properly identify morels:
Morels will grow singularly from the soil, have a characteristic conical pitted cap, and can be a creamy white color ranging to a dark brown-black.
The stalk of the mushroom should be entirely hollow if you cut it … Read More
Don’t you just love Ashland in the Spring? We sure do and we are celebrating this First Friday, May 3rd with Prickly Pear Food Truck 5-8 pm serving up a melting pot of Latin dishes (“Best tacos I’ve ever had.” “One of the best additions to the Valley! Great food … Read More
Nick Meyers, Longtime Climbing Ranger & Avalanche Specialist for the U.S. Forest Service’s Mount Shasta Ranger District, is the foremost expert on the ever-changing climbing conditions on Mt. Shasta. Join Northwest Nature Shop, 154 Oak St. Ashland, for this presentation on Thursday May 9th at 6:30 pm as Nick helps … Read More
Celebrate your local wilderness! Come learn more about the work leading up to the release of Siskiyou Mountain Club’s own map series of the Wild Rogue, Sky Lakes, and Red Buttes—newly available at the NW Nature Shop. They are by far the best maps available for exploring the aforementioned areas. … Read More
Spring is here and the birds are begging to be seen and heard. Join Emily Lind a Audubon board member on a kid friendly hike from the Northwest Nature Shop to Lithia Park.
Kids will learn how to use binoculars and about our feathered friends here in Ashland. Binoculars and field … Read More
Meet SOU Environmental Education Graduate Students Elva Manquera, and Crytal Nichols, conducting local research as part of the new Vesper Meadow Restoration Project.
Elva and Crystal’s research marks the launch of Vesper Meadow community science monitoring programs and is designed to be continued in public programs for years to come. Come … Read More
Sure to be a visual and intellectual delight! Local author David Lee Myers’ new book “Wings in the Light: Wild Butterflies in North America,” encourages us to engage nature in our own yards, countrysides, and wildish public lands. Photographs feature butterflies and habitats across North America, emphasizing those near his … Read More