The Mayfly Festival is an event created by the Coos Watershed Association and local partners that is designed to shed light on the connections between community, the environment, and water.
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of this festival, we came up with something a little different this year...
To celebrate the 5th anniversary of this festival, we came up with something a little different this year...
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How to participate in the festival this year
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Thank you to the Activity Booklet partners and contributors:
Braemer Charitable Trust, Coos Bay Public Library, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, Coos Head Food Co-op, Alice Keating, North Bend Public Library, Oregon Sea Grant, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, University of Oregon's Charleston Marine Life Center, and Wegferd Publications.
Braemer Charitable Trust, Coos Bay Public Library, Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua, and Siuslaw Indians, Coos Head Food Co-op, Alice Keating, North Bend Public Library, Oregon Sea Grant, South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, University of Oregon's Charleston Marine Life Center, and Wegferd Publications.
Activity booklet resources
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Storm drain murals
Have you visited the storm drain murals in downtown Coos Bay? If not, you might choose to do so as one of your Mayfly Festival Activity Booklet activities! Pick up a map from the Visitor Center or download one here. |
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What is a watershed?! This festival's mascot is a mayfly, an animal that lives in our watershed. So what's a watershed? A watershed is an area of land that drains, or "sheds," water into a specific waterbody. Wherever you are in the world, you're in a watershed... even if you can't see any water! Read more about watersheds on our website! |
Image source: Center for Watershed Protection
(https://www.cwp.org/)
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2020 Virtual Mayfly Festival
If you'd like to complete any of the activities from the 2020 virtual festival, visit our Challenges page!
If you'd like to complete any of the activities from the 2020 virtual festival, visit our Challenges page!
Blast from the past
Here are a few photos from past years!
Here are a few photos from past years!
