Days of Our LIves LbNA #7165 (ARCHIVED)
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Add Location| Owner: | Adoptable |
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| Plant date: | Feb 15, 2004 |
| Location: | |
| City: | Portland |
| County: | Multnomah |
| State: | Oregon |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Planted by: | Maiden1974  |
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| Found by: | dogglesnoffer |
| Last found: | Oct 17, 2005 |
| Status: | FaFFF |
| Last edited: | Feb 15, 2004 |
Not missing any longer! Someone moved it up in the tree, but another kind soul put it back where it belongs!
Whitaker Ponds
Location
7040 NE 47 Ave (1/4 mile north of Columbia Blvd)
Information
Whitaker Ponds is a 13-acre natural area in the Cully neighborhood owned at the present time by Metro, but managed by Portland Parks & Recreation Natural Resources. There are two ponds, neither of which is visible from the street. Part of the site was once a junk yard full of scrap metal, old cars, and 2,000 tires. After public acquisition, the junk was removed, and the site has since been restored with thousands of native plants.
A Black cottonwood forest stretches eastward from NE 47 between the two ponds and the Whitaker Slough. While the westernmost pond, adjacent to the interpretive center, is more accessible and scenic, it is the eastern pond that typically produces more wildlife sightings. Sightings of Great blue heron, Osprey, Brown-headed cowbirds, Willow flycatchers, and Berwick's wrens are all common around the pond.
Whitaker Ponds is a great example of what collaborative partnerships can achieve. Some of the land was purchased by Metro; just over two acres were donated by Ned Hayes in 1997; the land in the middle of the site is owned by Portland Public Schools; PP&R Natural Resources manages the site; and Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services and Portland Parks & Recreation provides youth and adult education programs.
Clues:
From the main gate walk towards 12:00. You'll find a reader board that shows just what a little time and effort can do! If you walk for 60 seconds towards 3:00 you will find the right trail. Take the trail and let time pass you by, keep on walking, don't watch your watch it won't help here. Half way around the pond there will be a grove of trees at 9:00. Walk to the middle and find the one that has seen the most years pass. (Since my husband and I disagreed about which ones was DEFINATELY the oldest, the one I mean stood still for too long and the moss has grown up it.) On the north side, at the base you will find the Days of Our Lives buried under some leaves that have seen better years.
Whitaker Ponds
Location
7040 NE 47 Ave (1/4 mile north of Columbia Blvd)
Information
Whitaker Ponds is a 13-acre natural area in the Cully neighborhood owned at the present time by Metro, but managed by Portland Parks & Recreation Natural Resources. There are two ponds, neither of which is visible from the street. Part of the site was once a junk yard full of scrap metal, old cars, and 2,000 tires. After public acquisition, the junk was removed, and the site has since been restored with thousands of native plants.
A Black cottonwood forest stretches eastward from NE 47 between the two ponds and the Whitaker Slough. While the westernmost pond, adjacent to the interpretive center, is more accessible and scenic, it is the eastern pond that typically produces more wildlife sightings. Sightings of Great blue heron, Osprey, Brown-headed cowbirds, Willow flycatchers, and Berwick's wrens are all common around the pond.
Whitaker Ponds is a great example of what collaborative partnerships can achieve. Some of the land was purchased by Metro; just over two acres were donated by Ned Hayes in 1997; the land in the middle of the site is owned by Portland Public Schools; PP&R Natural Resources manages the site; and Portland's Bureau of Environmental Services and Portland Parks & Recreation provides youth and adult education programs.
Clues:
From the main gate walk towards 12:00. You'll find a reader board that shows just what a little time and effort can do! If you walk for 60 seconds towards 3:00 you will find the right trail. Take the trail and let time pass you by, keep on walking, don't watch your watch it won't help here. Half way around the pond there will be a grove of trees at 9:00. Walk to the middle and find the one that has seen the most years pass. (Since my husband and I disagreed about which ones was DEFINATELY the oldest, the one I mean stood still for too long and the moss has grown up it.) On the north side, at the base you will find the Days of Our Lives buried under some leaves that have seen better years.