Natural Areas Celebration Week is an annual event from May 4th to 12th that connects people to nature and celebrates protected natural areas. The vision is to protect and treasure local natural features like hillsides, floodplains, streams, wetlands, and open spaces. The event is organized by the Natural Areas Action Team and partners with over 15 local organizations. Activities during the week include field days, hikes, an open house, birding trips, and presentations about local forests and natural areas.

1. Natural Areas Celebration WeekNatural Areas Celebration Week
May 4May 4thth
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44thth
AnnualAnnual
connecting people to nature

2. VISION: Our natural features, hillsides, floodplains, streams,
wetlands and other open spaces and natural areas are
protected and treasured.
NATURAL AREAS ACTION TEAM

3. PARTNERS
Sustainability Coalition - US Fish and Wildlife Service
- Corvallis Audubon - Greenbelt Land Trust - Corvallis
Environmental Center - Institute for Applied Ecology -
Marys River Watershed Council - Neighborhood
Naturalist - Sierra Club – Marys Peak Group - OSU
Extension - Preservation Works - Tyee Wine Cellars -
Benton County Natural Areas and Parks - City of
Corvallis Parks and Natural Areas - Chintimini Wildlife
Center - Native Plant Society of Oregon - Madison
Avenue Task Force - Friends of East Thornton Lake -
City of Albany Parks and Recreation - OSU College of
Forestry - Job’s Addition Neighborhood Association

4. Field Days – Student Riparian Stewards

5. Beazell Memorial Forest Hike

6. Finley Wildlife Refuge Open House

7. Birding Fieldtrip

8. Corvallis Forest Presentation

9. East Thornton Lake Natural Area

10. www.sustainablecorvallis.org