Nature and Human Health

 Bring the family and paddle with Tualatin Riverkeepers. The paddle trip will launch and end at Cook Park in Tigard.  Pack a picnic and enjoy lunch in the park after the trip!

We recommend that you arrive 30 minutes early. No experience necessary.

Please print out the waiver form and bring it to the launch site. Review the General Paddle Trip Information sheet before the paddle trip.

While Tualatin Riverkeepers (TRK) paddle trips are open to all members and the general public, space is limited and reservations are required.

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Nestled between majestic Willamette Falls and historic downtown Oregon City, the Three Rivers Artist Guild is holding its annual First City art and wine festival this weekend.  Admission to mill tours, festival, live music, and parking is free.  Fine art and delicious food and beverages will be for sale.   Come have fun looking at photography, fused glass, paintings, watercolors, jewelry, woodworking, pottery, mosaics, and metal sculpting.    

If you've always wanted to explore the Clackamas Watershed, but haven't been sure where to start, come on a CRBC hike this year!

Spend a day learning about geology, local flora and fauna, and the history of the Clackamas Watershed, while experiencing incredible scenery. This is a great opportunity to visit environments close to home, often pristine ones, that emphasize the natural beauty and biodiversity the Clackamas River Basin has to offer, leaving hikers with a greater sense of appreciation and motivation to protect these valuable resources.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming hikes:

* July 12th - Bull of the Woods Fire Tour

* August 16th - Mount Lowe and Rhododendron Ridge 

All tours are led by CRBC Board Member Bryon Boyce. See hike descriptions below for meeting locations. Bring plenty of water, a camera, bug spray, and a lunch. Be aware that temperatures in the upper watershed are cooler than in town so layer clothing for comfort and wear appropriate footwear. Hikes are free and participants will carpool. RSVP to attend by emailing Morgan Parks at MORGAN@CLACKAMASRIVER.ORG or calling 503-303-4372 x101. 

Next Hike - July 12th Bull of the Woods Fire Tour

Far-ranging views and wildflowers can be seen along the ridge-tops from Bull of the Woods (at 5523 ft.) and its lookout on this moderate to strenuous 10.5 mile hike. High mountain lakes will be visited as well. A car shuttle will exit at a second lower elevation trailhead. The route will involve substantially more downhill than uphill. Overall there will be 1075 feet elevation gain and 3375 feet loss.

This tour will be an excellent opportunity to visit wilderness areas of the Bull of the Woods Fire Complex of 2010 and the Mother Lode Fire of 2011. Learning about fire ecology and fire management in Western Oregon will be a focus of the outing. The fire left a mixture of damage types. Some were burned mostly by ground fire, leaving most of the tree canopy green. Other sections resulted in stand-replacing crown fires with large areas basically charcoal. In moderately and lightly burned areas, only deeply rooted herbaceous plants and shrubs have survived. Some recovery will be evident.

The plant zones we will pass through vary from high elevation forest to open rocky meadows and slopes to dense upper and mid-montane forest. The valleys of the fire area all drain to the Collowash River. Meet at the Clackamas River Ranger District -- 595 NW Industrial Way in Estacada, at 8:30 am. This is a full day hike. Due to the wilderness designation, the hike is limited to 12 participants.

Portland Fruit Tree Project 3rd Annual East Portland Tree Scouting Day! Saturday July 26th, 2014 9am - 2pm

Portland Fruit Tree Project

East Portland Tree Scouting Day!

Saturday July 26th, 2014

9am - 2pm

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Join Portland Fruit Tree Project for our third annual East Portland Tree Scouting Day!

We'll be meeting at the East Portland Neighborhood office - 1017 NE 117th Ave (on 117th between Halsey + Glisan at the foot of the water tower) on Saturday July 26th at 9am for a 1 hour training before splitting up into groups and exploring the adjacent neighborhoods. We'll meet back at 1pm to wrap up the day's scouting and eat lunch, provided by PFTP.

Goal: Bring a group of volunteers together to receive training and scout for fruit trees in East Portland neighborhoods in a single day, in hopes of registering lots of new trees in East Portland, to be harvested in 2014 and beyond.

Please RSVP by Wednesday July 23rd

Saturday July 26th, 9am - 2pm
9am-10:00: Training

10:15am-1pm: Scouting in small groups

1pm-2pm: Lunch, report-back, wrap up.

When
July 26th, 2014 9:00 AM   through   2:00 PM
Location
East Portland
1017 NE 117th Ave
Portland, OR 97220
United States
Contact
Phone: 503-284-6106 
Email: bob@portlandfruit.org

If you've always wanted to explore the Clackamas Watershed, but haven't been sure where to start, come on a CRBC hike this year!

Spend the day learning about geology, local flora and fauna, and the history of the Clackamas Watershed, while experiencing incredible scenery. This is a great opportunity to visit environments close to home, often pristine ones, that emphasize the natural beauty and biodiversity the Clackamas River Basin has to offer, leaving hikers with a greater sense of appreciation and motivation to protect these valuable resources.

Mark your calendars for these upcoming hikes:

* June 28th - Thunder Mountain

* July 12th - Bull of the Woods Fire Tour

* August 16th - Mount Lowe and Rhododendron Ridge 

Read full hike descriptions including meeting locations HERE.

All tours are led by CRBC Board Member Bryon Boyce. See hike descriptions below for meeting locations. Bring plenty of water, a camera, bug spray, and a lunch. Be aware that temperatures in the upper watershed are cooler than in town so layer clothing for comfort and wear appropriate footwear. Hikes are free and participants will carpool. RSVP to attend by emailing Morgan Parks at MORGAN@CLACKAMASRIVER.ORG or calling 503-303-4372 x101. 

Next Hike - June 28th at Thunder Mountain

This diverse route crosses several high elevation passes and hillsides varying from dry rocky huckleberry fields to lush wet meadows, finally reaching the open top of Thunder Mountain at 5185 ft. To the north is Mount Hood, to the east Fish Creek Mountain, to the southeast Olallie Butte and to the south Mount Jefferson. Little remains of the once important lookout tower.

Wildflowers grace portions of the area. Local climate and soil conditions make a contrast between species-poor dry areas and species-rich wetlands. The route includes abandoned and active trails and decommissioned roads. There are several interesting geologic features remaining in this once-volcanic area.

This hike is mostly within the Clackamas drainage and rated as moderate at 8 miles in length with an overall elevation gain over 1000 ft. Meet at the Oregon City Shopping Center at 1900 McLoughlin Blvd. in Oregon City, at 8:30 am. Park in the lot adjacent to the entrance near the bank. We will be stopping along the way at an interesting geological site called the "Molalla Eye" that you won't want to miss! This is a full day hike.