Salem Audubon Nature Reserve

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Salem Audubon Nature Reserve

7 acres of wooded hillside in W. Salem, gifted to Salem Audubon Society by the Gehlar & Schneulle fa

06/25/2026

This beautiful photo is from Amazing Grace's recent posting on her Facebook. She reports that our Reserve Pond has attracted a number of breeding dragonflies, adding valuable diversity to the area. Including in their diet is mosquito larvae. Dragonfly presence is said to relate to a healthy environment. Of related interest is that the Reserve's pollinator gardens have been attracting feeding deer-- mothers and their fawns. If you have any recent photos of such activity, send them electronically our way for publication.

06/18/2026

Team Tom & Jean has finished the construction and installation of the antitheft locking hose box. Even though built with mostly scrap lumber, it is still sturdy and attractive. For ease of use, it is located close to our predominate spicket.

06/15/2026

Team Tom & Jean is making good progress in building the bench for the Brush Rabbit Observation Point. Click on the pictures for information on the construction process.

06/11/2026

Unsung Bruce and his vintage gas-powered Stihl string trimmer got a good workout today clearing close to one-half of our trail system. This year's spring weather produced unusually strong plant growth that challenged hiker-friendly passage in the Reserve. He plans to remedy the situation in the other half next Wednesday.

06/09/2026

These once-small plants were purchased several years ago with funds from a Glenn-Gibson Watershed Council grant. As a result of loving care provided by Reserve volunteers, they are thriving and gaining in size and beauty in the Westside and Eastside Pollinator Gardens. Thank you, Glenn-Gibson Watershed Council.

06/04/2026

Steve enjoys using the Reserve's W**d Wrench. He has become a master in how to use it by evaluating where to attach the jaws onto the trunks and the best pull angles for the most leverage. His W**d Wrench skill is helping to thin out overpopulated stands of Indian plum that are robbing sunlight, nutrients, and water from other plants. We have discovered Vine Maple, Big Leaf Maple, Hazel Nut, Madrone, and other species struggling to thrive. The second photo shows a Madrone misshapen from chasing the elusive sun for decades.

05/29/2026

The Brush Rabbit Observation Point project is off and hopping. The bench site location is being developed by Tom and Jean. Click on the pictures for more information.

05/27/2026

Jean and Tom are seen working on building a lockable hose-storage box to lessen the amount of labor involved in watering the Reserve's plant gardens. Presently, the more valuable hoses are stored in the locked metal shed in The Roost, a tiring amount of distance from the main water spicket, where the box will be secured to the ground. If left out, these hoses are vulnerable to theft. In the last several years, two hoses have been stolen.

05/21/2026

The Reserve's plant gardens are growing more impressive as they mature. Click on the photos for more information.

05/14/2026

A couple of Tuesday evenings ago, four Chemeketa College students came out to the Reserve to fulfill a Biology 101 requirement of doing some environmental volunteering. This spring, we have been overrun with Wild Cucumber, a native plant that has turned villain with its climbing vines smothering more desirable vegetation. Their assignment would be to take on this infestation. Click on the pictures for more information.

Address

480 Eola Drive NW
Salem, OR
97304

Telephone

(503) 364-9325

Website

http://www.salemaudubon.org/

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