An eager and talented group of scientists, educators and nature enthusiasts visited Drift Creek Camp, Lincoln City, Oregon, on May 23-24 to identify as many organisms as possible within a 24-hour period of time. We were blessed with good weather and a team of experts in native plants, birds, insects, amphibians, reptiles, mushrooms, fish, mammals and photography and some inquisitive children. Over 200 species were identified including the endangered marbled murrelet and western toad. Many of the expert naturalists plan to return to DCC during other seasons to continue developing an inventory of the biodiversity in this late succession coastal rainforest ecosystem in the Siuslaw National Forest. We plan to use the information gathered and knowledge gained to enhance, enrich and expand the opportunities for guests of DCC to appreciate, respect and care for nature. You can view the results in a searchable database or static table with links to photographs.
Announcement
The Drift Creek Nature Center invites you to join us for a Bioblitz of the Drift Creek
Camp area Friday and Saturday, May 23-24. You may come anytime on Friday and
stay
the night for an early morning start. This will give you an
opportunity to get settled and oriented to the area and do some
evening and early night observations, if interested.
This event is part of our annual volunteer work weekend and
volunteers will
have free lodging
and meals but you will need to bring your own bedding. To facilitate our planning
, please register here.
This Bioblitz event will continue our process of species
inventorying of the Drift Creek Camp area. A major effort is being
made to include a least one specialist or expert for each group of
species (native plants, trees, lichens, fungus, birds, aquatic life, bugs, etc.) and as many
volunteers as possible. Our goal will be to have a complete inventory
that can be used in our learning and awareness activities and for
future monitoring of the species. For more information on BioBlitz go
to this U.S. Geological website.
For more information on Drift Creek Nature Center, please visit our website. If you are a first-time visitor, you will find these directions important and some information for first time visitors useful.
We hope you can join us! We look forward to
meeting you.
Bruce Flaming and Jon Yoder.
Bioblitz Schedule
Friday, May 23
plan your arrival to Drift Creek Camp to suit your schedule
Wilbur
Bluhm is at home in the Oregon wilderness.
The now retired professor of horticulture has traveled to all corners our state
to photograph more than 1,500 plant species native to Oregon and has given many
programs on native plants to audiences throughout the Pacific Northwest.
He is also an active volunteer with the Oregon
Plant Atlas Project, having contributed more than 65 plant checklists and
suggested several new taxa to the Oregon Vascular Plant Checklist.
Joe Ebersole
Joe Ebersole is a research fishery biologist with the US Environmental Protection Agency. His research focusses on the ecology of stream fishes. He has played in and around streams for nearly 40 years. He's still not tired of it.
Lisa Ebersole
Botonist
Bruce Eder
Bruce is a retired vice president of operations for Tree Top, Inc. and travels the world as a bird enthusiast and experienced photographer.
Janet Eder
Children's bioblitz activities
Janet is s former teacher, a busy grandmother, and travels the world with her husband on birding trips.
Bruce Flaming
Bioblitz day planner and facilitator
Bruce became familiar with the beauty and uniqueness
of Drift Creek Camp when his children attended summer camp and he
would fish Drift Creek. Bruce enjoys hiking, biking, gardening
and golf. Since retiring he has developed a strong interest in
learning more about nature and developing a Nature Learning Center at
DCC.
Roy Gerig
Waldo Middle School Science teacher and
Conservation Director for Salem Audubon Society
.
Jennifer Gingerich
Bioblitz videographer
Jennifer is a former elementary school teacher and technology trainer presently a certified trainer and application manager for Discovery Education.
John Gingerich
Bioblitz planner and data recorder/reporter
John has 40+ years of experiences with Drift Creek Camp including many trips to DCC for summer camps, family reunions, fishing trips & retreats,
annual meeting and volunteering. Now he serves on the DCC board of directors and Nature Center board.
Conrad Gowell
Conrad was first introduced to Drift Creek on a family fishing trip at the age of 10 and in the 10 years since, has spent countless hours on the stream. He has just finished his junior year at the University of Puget Sound studying the vitality of upper Drift Creek in comparison to the Sampson Creek tributary. He plans to earn a graduate degree in Fisheries Ecology from the University of Washington.
Shelley Gowell
Entomology
Jake Hurlbert
Jake has a background in biology. He has long been involved with the local
Native Plant Society where he saw that there was not a lot of local knowledge
about mushrooms so he started learning about the fungi and has never
stopped.
Wilbur Kauffman
Wilbur is the owner of Kauffman and Associates, Inc. a Marketing Communications, Graphic Design and Advertising firm in Portland. He is a Native Plants enthusiast and professional photographer
David McCorkle
David McCorkle, Lepidopterist and Emeritus Professor, Western Oregon University, Monmouth, OR
Lowell Spring
Lowell is a retired Western Oregon University professor whose specialty is birds.
Crystal Apple Awards winning
Science teacher at North Salem High School.
Rich Swartzentruber
Rich is a science teacher at North Salem High School, knowledgeable in plant and animal liveand an excellent photographer.
Jon Yoder
Bioblitz planner and participant
. After twenty-three years as a science teacher at North Salem High
school Jon is currently the Salem-Keizer School District's Science
Program Assistant, coordinating and supporting science programs in the
schools. He has been involved in coordinating the Mill Creek project, a
restoration and educational project along Mill Creek, and efforts to
build the Straub Environmental Learning Center. Jon is also the
Secondary Education Coordinator for the Northwest Center for
Sustainable Development, which involves conducting teacher institutes
and writing educational manuals.
Slide Show
Enjoy a variety of slide shows by making your choice in the Nature Center tab on the menu bar above.
