Field Trips

Short Mountain Landfill Tour:  Jeff Bishop - 541-682-4120 - Tour with the people at the landfill.  You will get to see a bit more on this tour.  You can also try Jeff Orlandini 541-515-9575. 

Methane Recovery Plant Tour:  Jason Rice from EPUD (541-335-9873) - Tour of the methane recovery plant

BRING runs tours of their facility the dump and the co-gen plant.  This is a much shorter view of the landfill and co-gen plant, but you also get to see BRING's faciltiy and the Glenwood Recieving station.  This one is more focused on recycling.  

Potential Field Trip Activities for Middle and High School Science Classes in the Siuslaw National Forest.  Contact Darielle Rocca dariellerocca@gmail.com

•  Nature Journaling – Drawing and recording scientific observations of different plants and animals found in the forest (MS/HS)

•  Plot surveys (using a quadrat) – Using a square frame to survey different elements of the forest (MS/HS)

  • Tide pool surveys – looking for percent coverage, amounts of certain species, comparing different zones of the tide pools

  • Forest surveys – coverage of vegetation directly next to a trail vs. further in the forest, invasive species vs. native species

  • Dune surveys – invasive species vs. native species Identifying forest types – based on the types of trees and other vegetation, an intro to forest sciences (HS)

•  Beach clean-ups (MS/HS)

•  Invasive species removal (MS/HS)

  • English Ivy on the Captain Cook Trail at Cape Perpetua – could have a designated class for this throughout the year

  • Scotch Broom in the Oregon Dunes

  • Foxglove and other invasives on the Discovery Loop at Cape Perpetua – could loop in our botany team

•  Soil Life Discovery Kit – look for invertebrates in the soils in different locations in the forest (MS)

•  Water Quality – search for macroinvertebrates, test pH level, etc (MS/HS)

•  Tree Ring Analysis – looking for signs of forest and climate change (MS)

•  Bio-Blitzes – identifying and cataloging different types of species on the iNaturalist app (MS/HS)

  • Birds, tidepool creatures, fungi in the Fall

**We would be happy to work with you if there are other topics you would like to explore at Cape Perpetua, the Oregon Dunes, or other locations in the forest!