stewardship

Join with Washington Trails Day to give back to trails on National Trails Day!

We'll be doing annual maintenance, brushing and tread work on the Trapper Creek Trail in a beautiful gem of a Wilderness protecting Old-Growth in Big Foot Country (Gifford Pinchot National Forest)

No prior experience necessary, we'll provide tools, instruction and after work party refreshments. Please see the registration link for more info and to RSVP.

The theme for this quarter's forum is Conservation Priority Info Exchange.

It'll be a classic information-sharing event. We're asking organizations to come prepared to give a 3-minute (preferred) to 5-minute (maximum) overview of program priorities for the next 1 to 3 years, beginning with work planned to start this July 1. Our hope is that this will help organizations find partners with similar interests far enough in advance to budget money and staff time appropriately. 

If you plan to attend and would like to present, we ask that you RSVP, since time is limited. If you prefer to submit priorities only, via a written document, that is acceptable, too; we will compile the information and post it on the website.

The quarterly Conservation Forum is a project of The Conservation Working Group, which connects practitioners in conservation fields and launches projects based on the Regional Conservation Strategy.

Volunteers of all ages are encouraged to join adopt-a-park leaders for ongoing work parties at LeRoy Haagen Park on the 4th Saturday of each month. Main volunteer priorities are to pick up litter, remove invasive plants, spread mulch and more.

We ask all volunteers to wear long pants, closed-toe shoes and work gloves. Meet at the bathroom on the east end of the park near the main entrance. We look forward to volunteering with you!

Meet at the SW Corner of Blandford Dr and MacArthur BLVD. There is plenty of parking in the lots across the street or on Blandford Dr.

Volunteers will help get rid of English ivy, holly, Himalayan blackberries and other invasive species that are choking out native plants and trees.

We ask all volunteers to wear long pants, closed-toe shoes and work gloves. No tools required but if you have a shovel, pruners, Pulaski/grubhoe, loppers and/or pruning saw, by all means bring them along with a water bottle.

If you have questions, would like to be notified of events or RSVP to the next event contact:

Henry Sessions 
Blandford Canyon Ivy Pull Team Leader 
henrysessions@gmail.com
(503) 804-9643 

The annual Ross Island Regatta, the culminating event in Great Blue Heron Week, is an opportunity to enjoy a morning on the Willamette River, paddling through the slow-no wake zone on the Holgate Channel and Ross Island lagoon, around Ross Island and back to Willamette Park. 

We will be looking at the bald eagle nest and the heron nesting colony on Ross Island, listening for birds and looking for river otter along the route. 

Meet no later than 9 a.m. at Willamette Park Boat Ramp to unload your canoe or kayak and get into the water by launch time at 9:30.

This trip is family-friendly. There will be a safety boat along, and the trip is for beginning and experienced paddlers.

Leaders include: Mike Houck, Urban Greenpaces Institute; Emily Roth, Portland Parks & Recreation; Bob Sallinger, Audubon Society of Portland.