The Old Cottage Grove Cemetery And Its PioneersThe Old Cottage Grove Cemetery offers a quiet way to understand the beginnings of Cottage Grove and the wider South Lane County community. Its weathered…Meadowlarks and prairie wildflowers of the valley floorAcross South Lane County, open ground can look ordinary at first glance: a broad pasture, a hayfield beside a road, or a damp lowland bordered by cottonwoods.…The secret life of freshwater mussels in local creeksFreshwater mussels are easy to overlook in South Lane County. They spend much of their lives buried in gravel, mud or the margins of a creek, with only a small…Bottle Trees And Folk Art In Rural South LaneAlong the roads and back lanes of South Lane County, handmade objects often appear where formal galleries do not. A fence post becomes a signboard, an old farm…When snow strands residents of the hillsSnow in South Lane County can turn a familiar drive into a slow-moving problem within a few hours. Around the hills near Lorane, Dorena, Disston and the upper…The View From the Top of Peel RoadPeel Road offers the kind of South Lane County outlook that rewards a slower journey. As the road climbs away from lower fields and wooded hollows, the…A Beginner's Guide to Geocaching on Forest RoadsGeocaching turns a walk through the bush into a small navigation adventure. Participants use GPS coordinates to find hidden containers, called caches, and sign…The Rise And Fall Of The Bohemia Narrow Gauge RailroadIn the forested hills east of Cottage Grove, the Bohemia Mining District grew around gold, silver, timber and difficult transport. Long before paved roads…Native grasses of the oak savanna remnantsAcross South Lane County, Oregon, scattered Oregon white oaks rise above open grassland like broad, ageing umbrellas. These remnants of oak savanna are easy to…ok Salmon Return to the Coast Fork Willamette WatershedThe annual return of Chinook salmon to the Coast Fork of the Willamette has become one of the more quietly remarkable events in Oregon's southern Willamette…