conservation education

Frustrated by stubborn weeds in your yard or garden?Learn how to identify, eradicate, and prevent common gardenweeds - and stop them from invading our precious natural areas -in this workshop series hosted by the 4-County Cooperative Weed Management Area.

Love to snowshoe? Interested in the animals that live on Mt Hood? Join the Wolverine Tracking Project and develop animal tracking skills while helping us survey for rare carnivores such as wolverine on Mt Hood. Season cost is $50; family friendly. Four sets of training dates are available. The final training session is on November 26. 

For more information and to register, visit www.cascadiawild.org. Or contact us at info@cascadiawild.org or 503-235-9533.

Dust off those boots and get your hands dirty planting native trees, removing invasive species, cleaning up litter, and helping restore critical habitat for native plants and wildlife.

• Dig in with SOLVE this fall at restoration and cleanup sites across the Portland-metro area. Over time, this work will improve water quality, create wildlife habitat, and store carbon to slow climate change.
• Project dates and times vary and will happen rain or shine. All tools, gloves and supplies will be provided.
• Visit our calendar of events for a project near you!
• For more information or to register, visit: www.solv.org, email morgan@solv.org, or call 504-844-9571 ext. 332.

October 27th  - Make A Difference Day!

• Council Creek Planting Day - Cornelius
• Baltimore Woods Planting Day – Portland
• Rock Creek Planting Day – Damascus
• Protect Native Habitat and Wildlife at Mt. Tabor Park – Portland
• Murrayhill Stream Restoration – Beaverton

Dust off those boots and get your hands dirty planting native trees, removing invasive species, cleaning up litter, and helping restore critical habitat for native plants and wildlife.

• Dig in with SOLVE this fall at restoration and cleanup sites across the Portland-metro area. Over time, this work will improve water quality, create wildlife habitat, and store carbon to slow climate change.
• Project dates and times vary and will happen rain or shine. All tools, gloves and supplies will be provided.
• Visit our calendar of events for a project near you!
• For more information or to register, visit: www.solv.org, email morgan@solv.org, or call 504-844-9571 ext. 332.

October 20th

• Dairy Creek Planting Day - Banks
• Beaver Creek Planting Day – Troutdale
• King Neighborhood Restoration - Portland

October 27th  - Make A Difference Day!

• Council Creek Planting Day - Cornelius
• Baltimore Woods Planting Day – Portland
• Rock Creek Planting Day – Damascus
• Protect Native Habitat and Wildlife at Mt. Tabor Park – Portland
• Murrayhill Stream Restoration – Beaverton

This half-day forum on community-driven greenspace projects will be held at Ventura Elementary School.

What is it?

A half-day forum to share information and strategies on community driven neighborhood park, natural area, and other greenspace projects.

An opportunity to inspire and educate new community greenspace advocates.

Provide a forum to discuss strategies for effective and successful community organizing, outreach to diverse communities, fund raising, effective collaboration with local governments, the media, businesses, and non-profit organizations.

Who should attend? Individuals interested in learning how to develop and implement a neighborhood green space projects, including trails, community gardens, natural area acquisition and restoration, or other public greenspace efforts.

Details: Lunch & snacks provided Advanced registration requested (details pending) Event limited to 80 participants Childcare available Spanish language translation available

Who will be there? Project presenters: Friends of Gateway Green, Nadaka Nature Park and Garden Project, Let Us Build Thomas Cully Park, Green Lents, Depave, and the Portland Parks Foundation.

There will be lunchtime screening of a local greenspace advocacy film on the Kellogg-for-Coho Initiative produced by Gregory Baartz-Bowman and Mark Gamba.