Scotch Broom Removal at Three Mile Prairie County Park – Saturday, August 29

Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative, Lane County Parks, McKenzie River Trust, and Friends of Three Mile Prairie are co-hosting a volunteer event on Saturday, August 29 from 10 AM to Noon at Three Mile Prairie County Park in Florence, OR.  Volunteers are needed to protect the sand dune habitat and its native plants and animals by removing the invasive Scotch broom and small trees.

Three Mile Prairie is located north of Florence Golf Links and west of Highway 101 at Fred Meyer. It is a 15-minute walk from the northwest corner of the Fred Meyer parking lot to the work site over some sand and fairly level ground. Bring closed-toe shoes, work gloves, water, and snacks. Please bring shovels, hand saws, or loppers if you have them. If you don’t, ODRC will have tools you can borrow.

Directions: From the intersection of Highways 126 and 101 in Florence, drive north 2.3 miles and turn west into the Fred Meyer parking lot at the Fred Meyer gas station. Drive past the gas pumps and go to the northwest corner of the parking lot towards the dunes in the back. Event leaders will meet you there.

The Oregon Dunes Restoration Collaborative works to collaboratively support, guide and promote Oregon dunes restoration and the preservation of the open sand habitat that benefits the plants, animals and people who live and play in this special place.