On a leisurely ride down the Periwinkle Bikepath Saturday, a great blue heron caught my eye. So I stopped a few minutes to watch.
That urban ‘vandal’ has buck teeth
Written April 9th, 2021 by Hasso Hering
Somebody was alarmed by what she had seen near the north end of Albany’s Periwinkle Bike Path, and she wanted something done.
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Tags: Albany parks, beavers, Periwinkle Bike Path, Periwinkle Bikepath, Periwinkle Creek
Tags: Albany parks, beavers, Periwinkle Bike Path, Periwinkle Bikepath, Periwinkle Creek
On Periwinkle Creek, a preview of spring
Written February 17th, 2020 by Hasso Hering
With the sun out on Monday afternoon, it looked as though these flowering trees along Albany’s Periwinkle Creek jumped the gun on celebrating the arrival of spring.
On Periwinkle Creek, somebody cleaned up!
Written March 18th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
Wish I knew who got the shopping carts out of a section of Periwinkle Creek in the last few weeks. I don’t. All I know is that the debris I noticed there a couple of months ago has been removed.
The coming ban on plastic bags
Written March 15th, 2019 by Hasso Hering
In the interest of reducing plastic pollution on land and sea, the Oregon legislature this year most likely will enact a statewide ban on single-use plastic checkout bags. But just how much pollution this will prevent is unknown.
Periwinkle’s nutrias: There are fewer now
Written November 13th, 2018 by Hasso Hering
If nutrias are hard to spot now in Periwinkle Creek, it’s probably because a contractor for the Albany Parks Department got rid of about 40 of the pesky rodents a couple of months ago.
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Albany seeks to improve riverside trail
Albany city officials have an idea for an improved walking and biking trail along the south side of the Willamette River. The “multi-use path” would follow the route of an existing dirt track that links Bowman and Simpson parks.
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