The Beaversoils of Onion Flat and Tualatin
Reading early descriptions of the Tualatin Valley, they are all focused on the valley’s potential in agriculture. This theme is similar throughout the Willamette Valley, settlers and farmers…
Tag: wapato
Salem Wapato Trek July 12 2024
This day, Friday I planned to have a number of individuals join me to visit two sites in around Salem. Lake Labish in the morning
Minto-Brown Park Wapato Treks
The camas season seems done, very early this year, the flowers now turned to seeds already. I have seeds from the pods in my yard
Wapato Trek at Wallace Marine Park
Wapato (Sagittaria latifolia) (mamptu-Kalapuyan) is on the rise in the Salem area. Three sites are known to host the plant, Lake Labish, Minto-Brown Island Park
A Stable Kalapuyan Anthropogenic-Environmental Model?
It is noted that humans have had an extreme effect on the environment everywhere they have lived. These changes became much more radical some 12,000 years ago when…