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West Eugene Wetlands
751 South Danebo
Eugene, OR 97402

Hours
Accessible during daylight hours.

School programs are operated by volunteers, call for details.

541-683-6494

Admission
Free

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The West Eugene Wetlands includes more than 2,200 acres of open space within the city limits of Eugene including:
• More than two miles of walking trails and boardwalks
• A wildlife observation blind
• Several interpretive overlooks
• A paved bike path that follows Amazon Creek through the wetlands.

The wetlands are accessible during daylight hours free of charge. There are a variety of seasonal opportunities to observe wildlife, discover beautiful plants, and explore the rare and vanishing Willamette wet prairie habitat.

Location
The West Eugene Wetlands Project base of operations is located on the corner of West 11th Avenue and Danebo Avenue at the West Eugene Wetlands Project office. To access the site by car, drive west on Beltline highway until it ends, at West 11th Avenue. Turn right and proceed one block to Danebo Avenue then turn right onto Danebo. Turn into the second driveway on the right and park in the gravel parking area.

The West Eugene Wetland project office is surrounded by industrial sites, but with direct links in all four cardinal directions to additional wetland sites. It is a central link to the westward bike path to Fern Ridge reservoir, south to the Ridgeline Trail connection via Willow Creek, plus north and east to more historic sites such as Stewart Pond.

Education Program
The West Eugene Wetlands education program is designed to help facilitate the process of discovery, learning, and enjoyment of the wetlands.

Our formal education program focuses on elementary students, middle school and high school students. We currently offer two types of educational experiences.

Field trips, led by staff and volunteers occur in the West Eugene Wetlands. Activities include the topics of watersheds, plants, food chains, insects, soils, and habitats, and are conducted in a variety of habitats including wet prairie, upland prairie, shrub wetlands, forested wetlands, and oak savannas.

Classroom presentations are offered for K-8th grade classes and cover a variety of topics. Teachers can choose from "What is a Wetland", "Reptiles and Amphibians", "Mammals of the Wetlands", "Bird Migration", and "Pollination". In all programs, students learn about the West Eugene Wetlands and their ecological importance.

We have available upon request a site-specific “Educator’s Guide to the West Eugene Wetlands” full of background information, on-site and follow-up activities. To schedule a field trip or classroom presentation contact:Liz Myers, 683-6483.

The program also facilitates informal educational experiences through interpretation. Interpretation encourages self directed learning. Beautiful signage at various wetland sites offer opportunities to augment the visitor's experience of the magical wetlands. The interpretive program provides opportunities for the community to learn about their environment. These opportunities include interpretive signs, and family-oriented evening and weekend programs, including information about ecological processes and specific species in the West Eugene Wetlands habitat.

One of several boardwalks through the West Eugene Wetlands.

Birdwatchers at an interpretive overlook.

Explore the vanishing wet prairie habitat.

Interpretive signage is located throughout the wetlands area.