conservation education

Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and NW Discoveries for a guided canoe trip on the Slough.  Extra-stable canoe bimarans with guides are safe for infants and grandparents.  All equipment is provided.   A $5 donation for equipment maintenance is greatly appreciated.

Registration is REQUIRED and fills up fast! 

Big and little pirates alike are welcome to join us for a family festival all about groundwater!  Play fun games and go on a scavenger hunt in search of hidden treasure - not gold, but groundwater, a precious resource that flows beneath your feet!  Come dressed in yer finest pirate togs, or else the Cap'n might make ye walk the plank!

FREE!  No registration required. Food (tacos) will be available for purchase. All activities (including 15-minute canoe rides) are free and available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please join The Environmental Education Association of Oregon and partners in learning about and providing feedback on a new set of developing guidelines for excellence in community environmental education.

Akiima Price, EECapacity Leadership Team & AKIIMA PRICE CONSULTING, will be in Portland on April 29th to share the guidelines during two sessions.

Join us for a community service day! All volunteers are welcome! Kids under 14 with parental supervision and teens under 16 with parental permission. Snacks and tools provided. Please bring sturdy shoes, appropriate outdoor work clothing, a water bottle, and your enthusiasm for helping the community! To sign-up or for more information, email volunteer@columbiasprings.org, or call 360-882-0936 ext. 230. For more information on Columbia Springs, visit www.columbiasprings.org. Invite your friends on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/352010651586279/.

On Saturday, June 8th, 2013, celebrate healthy, active, outdoor fun in your urban national park! Experience all kinds of outdoor activities at Fort Vancouver National Historic Site - your Gateway to the Great Outdoors. Partners from federal, state, and local agencies, nonprofit organizations and the recreation industry are again teaming up to host the fifth annual National Get Outdoors Day (GO Day) to encourage outdoor fun at sites across the nation.

GO Day at Fort Vancouver includes the annual free Brigade Encampment, where costumed interpreters re-enact the springtime return of Hudson's Bay Company fur brigades to Fort Vancouver.

Prime goals of GO Day are reaching currently underserved populations and first-time visitors to public lands, and reconnecting youth to the great outdoors.