family friendly

Celebrate nature in the city and the environment of the Columbia Slough! This bilingual family environmental festival offers activities in Spanish and English for all ages. Explorando is free, and includes: guided canoe trips, live music, folk dancing, storytelling, arts & crafts, workshops, and more!  The first 350 visitors receive a free Explorando 2013 t-shirt.

NOTE: No es necesario para registrarse.
No registration necessary.

!Celebrase la naturaleza en la ciudad y el ambiente del Columbia Slough!  Este festival bilingue de la familia y el medio ambiente ofrece actividades en espanol y ingles para todos las edades.  Explorando es gratis y incluye: viajes en canoas con una guia, musica en vivo,  baile folklorico, cuentos e historias bilingues, artes, actividades y mas!  El primer 350 personas les recibiran camisetas gratis del Explorando 2013.

Children aged 3-5 with their parents are invited to a short story and guided nature walk. Watch birds fly overhead, search for hidden animal homes, and learn about local trees and flowers.

Event runs rain or shine.

$3 admission/donation per child, no charge for adults.

Families are welcome to bring a snack.

 Be a part of the largest Earth Day event in Oregon! SOLVE's annual statewide event, SOLVE IT, presented by Portland General Electric, will take place on Saturday, April 20th from 9 am - 1 pm at over 200 volunteer projects across the state. Additional projects take place the week before and week after the Saturday event. Join thousands of Oregonians as we dig in to help take care of our parks, waterways and neighborhoods by picking up litter, pulling invasive weeds, planting trees and enhancing habitat.  Learn more here.  http://solv.org/what-we-do/solve-it
 

Volunteers are still needed at: 
Downtown Estacada Cleanup - Estacada
Wildside Wetland Planting and Invasive Removal - Gresham
Tom McCall Forest - Forest Grove
HEART's Butt Ugly Initiative: True Price of a Portland Cigarette - Portland
Lynch Wood Cleanup - Portland

View our calendar of events for a list of projects. 
http://solv.org/get-involved/event-registration
Search for your favorite place by filtering by city and clicking apply.

 
For more information or to register, visit: www.solveoregon.org , email morgan@solv.org, or
call 503-844-9571 ext. 332. 
 
We hope you'll do your part to help Oregon receive its spring cleaning!

Be a part of the largest Earth Day event in Oregon! SOLVE's annual statewide event, SOLVE IT, presented by Portland General Electric, will take place on Saturday, April 20th from 9 am - 1 pm at over 200 volunteer projects across the state. Additional projects take place the week before and week after the Saturday event. Join thousands of Oregonians as we dig in to help take care of our parks, waterways and neighborhoods by picking up litter, pulling invasive weeds, planting trees and enhancing habitat.  Learn more here: http://solv.org/what-we-do/solve-it
 

Volunteers are still needed at: 
 
Hillsboro:

• McKay Creek Stewardship Day
• Jackson Woods Preservation
• Greater Helvetia Neighborhood Roadside Cleanup
• WL Henry Elementary Cleanup

Beaverton:

• Restore the Natural Areas of Autumn Ridge Park
• Murrayhill Rec Tree Mulching Event

Forest Grove:

• Tom McCall Forest

Gales Creek:

• Tillamook State Forest SOLVE IT
• Lower Gales Creek Restoration Project

Buxton:

• Disc Golf Tree Protection and Invasive Pull Extravaganza

Sherwood:

• Ladd Hill Neighborhood Association Semi-Annual Neighborhood Cleanup

Tigard:

• Ivy Pull at the New Fanno Creek Trail Site

Tualatin:

• Tualatin Community Park Earth Day

View our calendar of events for a list of projects. 
http://solv.org/get-involved/event-registration
Search for your favorite place by filtering by city and clicking apply.

 
For more information or to register, visit: www.solveoregon.org , email morgan@solv.org, or
call 503-844-9571 ext. 332. 
 
We hope you'll do your part to help Oregon receive its spring cleaning!

Spring is here and so are morels! Early spring morels, Morchella elata and false morels, Verpa bohemica can both be found in the Willamette Valley. Come learn the habitat of Morels and other edible and medicinal mushrooms. The best way to find mushrooms is to know their habitat. If you know what to look for, you just might find it. We won't be collecting wild foods on this trip, but we will be collecting the knowledge that allows us find where to go to eat. Riparian, river side,  habitats, and the edible and medicinal mushrooms that can be found at this time of year in the Willamette Valley and surrounding area. The class will be held at Ridgefield Wildlife Refuge across the river near Vancouver Wa. We will have ample opportunities for bird and wildlife viewing. You might also have the opportunity to see one of the newly translocated Columbia White Tailed Deer!

When: April 7th, 10am-2pm

Where: Meet at the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge. There is the option to meet up and carpool from St. Johns area in Portland.

Cost: $25
There are limited spaces for this workshop. You must register at http://www.rewildportland.com/educational-programs/workshops/spring-mush...

About Our Instructor
Richard Gaines has a B.S. in Natural Science and over 30 years experience in identifying fungi. He has taught identification and medicinal mushrooms workshops for Evergreen
College.