preregistration required

Interested in the animals that live on Mt Hood?  Love to snowshoe?  Join the Wolverine Tracking Project and help search for rare carnivores and other wildlife on Mt Hood.  Develop animal tracking skills, enjoy group trips in a winter wonderland, and help increase knowledge of rare wildlife.  

There are 4 sets of training dates to choose from.  First set of training dates:

Classroom session: Tuesday, Nov 3, 6:30-8:30pm, at Cascadia Wild, 5431 NE 20th Ave.

Field session: Saturday, Nov 7, 9-noon, at Oxbow Park.

Survey trips take place all winter long.

For more information and to register: www.cascadiawild.org/wolverine-tracking-project.html

Design your own tee-shirt, handkerchief or other cloth item using fabric paints and animal track stencils. Let your creativity and imagination go wild to make a unique gift for the holiday season. Life-size stencils of many different kinds of animal tracks, fabric paints, brushes and directions are provided; bring your own light-colored cotton or cotton-blend tee-shirt or other item to decorate.

6 -- Adult

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Education Center
Steve Engel
48278       Sat          12/12       1 -- 4:00 pm
$10 resident, $15 non-resident

In this 1-day workshop learn to weave a simple basket out of the invasive species Hedera helix, otherwise known as English Ivy. Help restore and maintain native habitat by removing the ivy from a local park and then recycling the vines into a functional work of art. In the morning we will learn how to gather ivy, how to prevent it from growing back, and begin weaving our baskets. The afternoon will focus solely on weaving the baskets.

Participants will harvest and process their weaving materials (English Ivy roots) from a local park, then learn basic French & English basket weaving techniques in the classroom and take home a finished product.

16 -- Adult

Peter Bauer, Rewild Portland Staff

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Education Center

48275           Sat            11/7      10 am -- 4 pm

35$ Resident, 45$ Non-Resident

Hawk Identification Field Trip - you must have attended the Thursday night class to be on the field trip.

TRANSPORTATION PROVIDED BY CITY OF HILLSBORO. LIMITED TO 6 PARTICIPANTS. A TWO HOUR DRIVE ONE WAY (LAST 2 MILES ON ROUGH ROAD) AND A HALF MILE HIKE UPHILL IS INVOLVED IN REACHING THE HAWKWATCH SITE.  TRIP DEPARTS FROM HILLSBORO, MEETING PLACE TO BE ANNOUNCED.Fall is a perfect time to learn about hawks and other raptors, also known as birds of prey. Many raptors migrate south through Oregon this time of year.  This class will focus on how to identify the most common birds of prey that occur in Oregon. An optional field trip with transportation provided visits Bonney Butte, a hawk migration study site near Mt. Hood, where up to two hundred raptors a day fly by.

12 -- Adult

Jackson Bottom Wetlands Education Center

Steve Engel

48271   Thu       10/8      7 -- 8:30 pm     Class only

48272   Sat       10/10    8 am -- 5 pm    Field trip includes class

Class only    $10 resident, $15 non-resident

Field trip and class        $45 resident, $55 non-resident

Learn step-by-step how to plan, design, and build your own rain garden!  Topics include determining the right size and location for a rain garden, how to build it, and advice on choosing plants that will thrive in it.  The workshop includes a field trip to a nearby rain garden.