SBNA Website | Spencer Butte Neighborhood Association

SPENCER BUTTE neighborhood association (SBNA)

Located just south of Eugene, Oregon

Announcements

New Lane County Firewise Grants of up to $15,500 are due May 31st – amounts are up to $15,500 per property. Applications will be available May 1 on the Lane County Firewise website. Note the list of preferences for funding.
SBNA PicNic set for June 1st. More info will be e-mailed to SBNA members in May.
“Preparing for Wildfire in the South Willamette Valley” presentation May 20th, 5:30pm at the Shedd sponsored by the Eugene Parks Foundation. Pre-registation required, $15 donation requested.
New Broadband Internet provider is coming to the Spencer Butte Area. More Information

5/6/25 Note – The free brush and yard debris drop-off at the SBNA park ended May 5th.

What is SBNA?

The Spencer Butte Neighborhood Association (SBNA) is an all-volunteer, non-political group connecting people living in the Spencer Butte area with each other and keeping ourselves informed about issues that affect us.

More information about SBNA

SBNA Local Neighborhood Groups

SBNA is divided into ten local neighborhood groups to facilitate communication with our nearby neighbors. Each local group decides on its activities and has a leader.

More Info

Today's:

Fire Risk – Lane Fire Authority
Home Wood Heating – LRAPA. (Should I use my woodstove today?)
Backyard Burning – LRAPA, or, call 541-726-3976. (Can I burn my burnpiles today?)

Lane Electric Cooperative Power Outage Status
- Lane Electric website page with Outage Map & Status
- Lane Electric Facebook page (updated more frequently than the website during an outage)

SBNA 2025 Calendar

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Picnic

Saturday, June 1, noon – 3:00 p.m.

Spencer Butte Neighborhood Park

Details will be e-mailed to SBNA members in May

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Wine Tasting

Summer, 2025

Date and other details TBA

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SBNA Annual Meeting

Fall, 2025.

Date and other details TBA

Other SBNA Area Events

(These events are not sponsored by SBNA)

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Spencer Creek Community Growers Market

May 17 – October 4, 10:00 am – 2:00 pm

86013 Lorane Highway

Details

Featured Resources

(Click here to view a chronological list of all Featured Resources.)

Defensible Space

May 7, 2025

Fire Season is coming right up, especially if it doesn’t start raining soon.

The Oregon State Fire Marshal’s (relatively) new Defensible Space Check List has clear illustrations and is organized into “Structure” (“house hardening”), “Defensible Space”, and “Other considerations” sections.

ODF Prescribed Fire Liability Program

Nov 12, 2024

A new ODF (Oregon Department of Forestry) program provides liability coverage for prescribed fires and cultural burns in Lane County and throughout Oregon.

Watch Duty app, https://www.watchduty.org

Jul 10, 2024

Maps wildfires and their status in real-time. Notifications can be set by county.

Several SBNA members have found Watch Duty to be the best way to quickly find about wildfire in our area and to get notifications of nearby fires.