Emily Jung Miller

One of 18 transparent panels installed at Hagg Lake, Oregon, illustrating the vibrancy and connections between local plants, animals, and human activity, with a focus on native species.

Facing the boat ramp, the Eagle Point South Trail panel features a Great Horned Owl standing in a Beaked Hazelnut tree. In this autumn scene, raindrops fall on the yellow leaves and ripe red nuts of the Hazelnut tree, and a tiny Oregon Stag Beetle climbs through the last of summer's Blackberries.

On the opposite side of the panel, facing the trail, a Bigleaf Maple shines with fall color on this rainy autumn day. Its bright leaves fall towards a little forest pool at the bottom of the panel, where a Pacific Banana Slug is sheltered by Bracken Ferns and Sword Ferns. The Great Horned Owl is partly hidden behind the branches of the Beaked Hazelnut tree. With its leaves fallen, yellow catkins and tiny red flowers decorate its winter branches.

In this description, the names of plants and animals are capitalized in accordance with Robin Wall Kimmerer's gesture of acknowledgement, respect, and reciprocity towards the many species that share our world, supporting and sustaining us in ways we may or may not know. See her book The Serviceberry to learn more.