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Field Trip: Beaver Creek State Natural Area and Ona Beach in Newport
August 16 @ 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Saturday, August 16, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Field Trip: Beaver Creek State Natural Area and Ona Beach in Newport
Leader: Alexandria Kurokowski
Join Alexandria Kurowski to escape the late-summer heat with an easy field trip to a unique and diverse set of plant habitats! We’ll start the morning observing various wetland plant species on a brief hike through the Beaver Marsh area south of Newport, Oregon. After lunch, we’ll travel over to Ona Beach across Highway 101 to see coastal plants and the ocean!
At Beaver Creek, we’ll have a short (about 1/2 mile) hike to the boardwalk area from the visitors’ center at Beaver Creek, and as far down the Beaver Marsh Trail as people dare to go due to the trail being wet (generally only a few yards). Afterwards, we’ll drive over to Ona Beach parking area and walk to the beach from there, about another 0.3 miles for a total of a little over a mile of walking for the entire trip. There is very minimal elevation gain.
Please bring lunch and water, dress appropriately for variable weather conditions (could be quite warm at the marsh and windy and cold at the beach), and I’d suggest bringing binoculars if you have an interest in birdwatching.
We will meet at the Oregon State University, Wilkinson Hall parking lot (44.569, -123.281) southwest of Java Crew coffee shop, at 26th and Monroe in Corvallis at 9:00 am. To sign up for this field trip, please contact Alex at: al************@***il.com.
