Special Invitation Tours

Fall Special Invitation Tours with McKenzie River Trust

Join us on the land to explore the work of McKenzie River Trust. This fall, Living River Circle members and Confluence Legacy Club members are invited to get outdoors and experience the beauty of the lands and rivers you help to protect and care for as a McKenzie River Trust Member. 

Each tour is limited to 6 participants and will take place outdoors with physical distancing. Explore the calendar below. To sign up, click on the time and use the event details link to access the registration page. 

Tour Schedule

McKenzie River Trust in the News

From the Field

Ecological Burning Promotes Habitat Health in the Upper Willamette Watershed

Each fall, partners work together across our region to include controlled ecological burning in areas where habitat restoration has been completed or is underway. Ecological burning in natural areas benefits native prairie, savanna, and oak woodland habitats while also reducing the potential for severe, high-intensity wildfires by removing built up fuels including dense shrubs and thatch.

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Partners Complete Multi-Year Floodplain Restoration Project at Finn Rock Reach

Three years after the Holiday Farm fire burned more than 173,000 acres in the McKenzie River valley, partners are celebrating the completion of floodplain restoration work at Finn Rock Reach. Beginning in the summer of 2021, restoration activities have included reshaping nearly 90 acres of floodplain forest and returning the area back to aquatic habitat along the Middle McKenzie River.

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