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Fourth Annual Garden Home Sustainability Fair

Tuesday, April 30, 2013 - 4:00pm to 6:00pm
Garden Home Rec Center
Address: 
7475 SW Oleson Road
Portland, OR 97223
United States

Fourth Annual Garden Home Sustainability Fair

Free and open to the public - family friendly. Peruse booths on various sustainable topics and businesses from natural gardening to recycling to resource conservation to green living to saving money in your home.

This year the Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation Dept. is a partner and will be participating!

Previous participants include: Master Recyclers, One Stop Sustainability Shop, Portland Purple Water, Tualatin Valley Water District, Regional Green Building Hotline, New Seasons Market, Happy Baby Organic Baby Food, and Green Depot. 

For more info or to get a booth contact Heather at 503-245-9932 or heatherw@wccls.org.

Contact Name: 
Heather Waisanen
Contact Phone: 
503-245-9932
Contact Email: 
heatherw@wccls.org
Venue: 
Garden Home Rec Center
Cost: 
free

Old Apple Tree Festival

Saturday, October 5, 2013 - 10:00am
City of Vancouver - Urban Forestry
Address: 
112 Columbia Way
Vancouver, WA 98661
United States
Park/Trail: 

The annual Old Apple Tree Festival is a celebration centered on the oldest living apple tree in the Northwest, planted at Fort Vancouver in 1826.

Old Apple Tree Park, located on Columbia Way just east of Interstate 5 Bridge, hosts the festival on the first Saturday of each October.

Providing family fun, food and history of Vancouver's Old Apple Tree, the festival celebrates our community's legacy. Throughout the day Urban Forestry Commissioners give away cuttings from the Old Apple Tree; cuttings are limited and will be given out until they are gone. This is a free, family friendly event with activities for children, fruit tree pruning workshops, food, live music, apple cider pressing, tours of Fort Vancouver, and a scarecrow contest.

View the CVTV coverage of the 2012 Old Apple Tree Festival.

Cost: 
Free!

Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine, Lecture with Mike Houck

Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 5:30pm to 7:00pm
The Portland Japanese Garden
Address: 
611 SW Kingston Ave
Portland, OR 97205
United States
Park/Trail: 

Wild in the City: Exploring the Intertwine Mike Houck, Executive Director, Urban Greenspaces Institute and Co-Founder, The Intertwine Alliance

For the past four decades, Mike Houck has been the leading voice in our community for the integration of nature in the city. He has served for more than thirty years as Urban Naturalist for the Audubon Society of Portland, and in 1999 he founded the Urban Greenspaces Institute. The Institute’s motto, “in livable cities is preservation of the wild,” speaks to his philosophy that only by creating livable cities will the rural landscape be protected and restored. And, to be livable, a city must provide urban residents with access to nature where they live, work, and go to school. He will discuss the importance of access to nature to our physical and mental health as well as the intrinsic values of nature in the city.

Mike is also co-founder of The Intertwine Alliance, an alliance of nonprofits, agencies and businesses working to create a world class system of parks, trails, and natural areas in the Portland-Vancouver region. His presentation will describe the evolution of The Intertwine and The Intertwine Alliance and efforts to protect biodiversity and watershed health inside and outside the region’s urban growth boundaries and across the urban and rural landscapes. Houck is co-editor of Wild in the City, a Guide to Portland’s Natural Areas (2000) and the new Wild in the City, Exploring the Intertwine released by OSU Press in the fall of 2011. His credits also include Wild on the Willamette—Exploring the Lower Willamette River (2003). He has been recognized for his contributions to urban green spaces locally, nationally, and internationally. A book signing will follow the lecture.

Contact Phone: 
Reserve online or call (503) 542-0280
Venue: 
The Portland Japanese Garden
Cost: 
$10 members/ $15 non-members Reservations are required, space is limited

BirdFest at Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 10:00am to Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 4:00pm
Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Address: 
3416 NE 239th Street
Ridgefied, WA 98642
United States

The Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge would like to invite you to these years BirdFest celebration. Birdfest is an annual celebration of birds, nature, and Native American culture. This free event offers your friends and family to explore a gem of a wildlife refuge, learn about Chinookan culture, and attend talks, presentations, interpretive hikes, a salmon bake, and more all just 20 minutes north of Portland off of I-5. You can check out the schedule of events here: http://ridgefieldfriends.org/birdfest/schedule-of-events/. We hope to see you out and about during this wonder-filled weekend!

Contact Name: 
Sarah Hill
Contact Phone: 
3608874106
Contact Email: 
sarah_hill@fws.gov
Venue: 
Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Cost: 
Most events are Free!

Salmon Bake, Free Tastings and More

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 2:30pm to 4:30pm
Friends of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge
Address: 
28908 NW Main Ave
Ridgefied, WA 98642
United States

Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge's annual celebration BirdFest is the weekend of October 13 &14. Every year it concludes with a traditional Chinookan-style salmon bake, complete with free tastings. You can also sample some delicious seafood soup, learn about Chinook culture in the Cathlapotle Plankhouse, attend talks, presentations, and there are activities for the kiddos too. Samples will be given out beginning at 2:30, and will be on a first come, first serve basis. Check out the schedule of events here: http://ridgefieldfriends.org/birdfest/schedule-of-events/. Hope to see you on this wonder filled weekend!

Contact Name: 
Sarah Hill
Contact Phone: 
3608874106
Contact Email: 
sarah_hill@fws.gov
Venue: 
Cathlapotle Plankhouse
Venue Details: 
Plankhouse is located on the Carty Unit of the Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge.
Cost: 
Free!

Neighborhood Greening Exchange

Saturday, December 8, 2012 - 9:30am to 2:00pm
Audubon Society of Portland
Address: 
Ventura Elementary School
145 SE 117th Ave
Portland, OR 97213
United States
Park/Trail: 

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.

Contact Name: 
Jim Labbe
Contact Email: 
jlabbe@urbanfauna.org
Cost: 
$5 at the door

Make Fire With Sticks! Family Friendly

Saturday, September 29, 2012 - 1:00pm to 4:00pm
Rewild Portland
Address: 
Northeast 7th Avenue
Portland, OR 97212
United States
Park/Trail: 

We would love to invite you to this Saturday's Rewild Skill-Share, our afternoon rewilding social networking picnic.  Make new friends and hang out with old while sharing skills, ideas and strategies for creating new cultures based on humanities prehistoric past. We welcome all levels of experience.This month's theme is: Fire by Friction! We haven't had a fire-focused rewild skill-share in a while. We'll be playing with bow-drills, hand drills, maybe a fire plow and if anyone sh...

ows up with a bamboo fire saw, you'll get a dozen high-fives!Materials to bring:• Carving Knife• Nylon Cord• Natural Cord• Cedar, Cottonwood or other soft heart wood• Any other wood cutting and carving tools• Jute or other tinder materialOther stuff to bring is your family & friends, water, healthy paleo snacks to share, a carving knife, a blanket or chair to sit on, materials for your project, a musical instrument to play and a $5-10 suggested donation to support our efforts. Remember: “dress to impress”. This is a social event after all!See you there! http://www.rewildportland.com/educational-programs/rewildcamp/ https://www.facebook.com/#!/rewildportland   

 

Contact Name: 
Sarah Hill
Contact Phone: 
(360) 901 5255
Contact Email: 
sarah@rewildportland.com
Venue: 
Irving Park
Cost: 
Free! $5 suggested donation

Salmon homecoming at Metro's Oxbow Regional Park

Saturday, October 13, 2012 - 11:00am to Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 3:30pm
Metro
Address: 
3010 SE Oxbow Parkway
gresham, OR 97080
United States
Park/Trail: 

Spicy scents of autumn trees, giant golden leaves on maples and the silvery chatter of American dippers in the river. These are the smells, sights and sounds of Oxbow Regional Park in the autumn. Witness the return of wild salmon to one of the Pacific Northwest’s premier rivers – the glacier-fed Sandy – just 45 minutes from downtown Portland.

Naturalists are on hand at the river’s edge to help spot spawning salmon and interpret their behavior and life cycle. Special salmon-viewing glasses are available on loan. Salmon viewing proceeds rain or shine. The trail is unpaved and fairly level; wear good walking shoes. Inquire at the entry booth for starting location of the salmon viewing then follow the signs to the salmon! Suitable for all ages.  Free with a $5 parking fee per vehicle and registration is not required. Leave pets at home. For more information, call 503-797-1650 option 2.

Contact Name: 
Metro parks
Contact Phone: 
503-797-1650 option 2
Contact Email: 
parks@oregonmetro.gov
Venue: 
Oxbow Regional Park
Venue Details: 
Metro's Oxbow Regional Park offers rare access to many of the region’s natural wonders while providing a variety of unique recreational opportunities. The river draws swimmers, rafters, kayakers and drift boats carrying anglers. Oxbow is a great place to see wildlife and animal tracks. The area’s natural habitat makes an ideal home for wildlife such as mink, beaver, raccoon, fox, deer, osprey, songbirds, salmon, elk, black bear, cougar and many others. Twelve miles of trails invite you to explore an ancient forest with centuries-old trees and ridges and ravines carved by volcanic and glacial flows. The park also offers a wooded campground, reservable picnic shelters, playgrounds, equestrian trails, and a number of environmental education opportunities.
Cost: 
free

Animal tracking workshop at Metro's Oxbow Regional Park

Saturday, September 22, 2012 - 10:00am to 1:00pm
Metro
Address: 
United States
Park/Trail: 

10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 22

Oxbow Regional Park is rich in tracks at this time of year, when mink, beaver, otter and black bear often leave clear footprints in the sand. Learn to read the ground like a book. Metro naturalist and tracker Dan Daly introduces you to basic track identification and interpretation, and the stealth skills needed to watch wildlife up close. Suitable for adults and children 10 and older. Bring water and a snack and meet at the floodplain parking area. Leave pets at home. Registration and payment of $11 per adult or family required in advance. There is a $5 parking fee per vehicle payable at the park. You can now register and pay online for Metro activities. Go to Metro’s online calendar (www.oregonmetro.gov/calendar), find your event by searching or browsing, and follow the instructions. For questions or to register by phone, call 503-797-1650 option 2.

Contact Name: 
Metro parks
Contact Phone: 
503-797-1650
Contact Email: 
parks@oregonmetro.gov
Venue: 
Oxbow Regional Park
Venue Details: 
Metro's Oxbow Regional Park offers rare access to many of the region’s natural wonders while providing a variety of unique recreational opportunities. The river draws swimmers, rafters, kayakers and drift boats carrying anglers. Oxbow is a great place to see wildlife and animal tracks. The area’s natural habitat makes an ideal home for wildlife such as mink, beaver, raccoon, fox, deer, osprey, songbirds, salmon, elk, black bear, cougar and many others.
 
 Twelve miles of trails invite you to explore an ancient forest with centuries-old trees and ridges and ravines carved by volcanic and glacial flows.
 
 The park also offers a wooded campground, reservable picnic shelters, playgrounds, equestrian trails, and a number of environmental education opportunities.
Cost: 
$11 per adult or family, registration required

Happy Creek salmon restoration walk at Metro's Oxbow Regional Park

Sunday, October 14, 2012 - 2:00pm to 4:00pm
Metro
Address: 
United States
Park/Trail: 

How do endangered young salmon find food and refugia from floods and predators? Join Russ Plaeger from the Sandy River Basin Watershed Council to learn the science behind a side channel restoration project at Oxbow’s Happy Creek that will create deep pools, bubbling riffles and plenty of places to hide for juvenile Chinook, Coho and Steelhead. Learn about the characteristics of good habitat and get some tips on native plants and salmon-friendly practices that can be implemented where you live. Suitable for adults and children age 8 and older. Meet at Alder Shelter (group picnic area A) at 1:45 p.m. Free with a $5 parking fee per vehicle and registration is not required. Leave pets at home. For more information, call 503-797-1650 option 2.

Contact Name: 
Metro parks
Contact Phone: 
503-797-1650
Contact Email: 
parks@oregonmetro.gov
Venue: 
Oxbow Regional Park
Venue Details: 
Metro's Oxbow Regional Park offers rare access to many of the region’s natural wonders while providing a variety of unique recreational opportunities. The river draws swimmers, rafters, kayakers and drift boats carrying anglers. Oxbow is a great place to see wildlife and animal tracks. The area’s natural habitat makes an ideal home for wildlife such as mink, beaver, raccoon, fox, deer, osprey, songbirds, salmon, elk, black bear, cougar and many others. Twelve miles of trails invite you to explore an ancient forest with centuries-old trees and ridges and ravines carved by volcanic and glacial flows. The park also offers a wooded campground, reservable picnic shelters, playgrounds, equestrian trails, and a number of environmental education opportunities.
Cost: 
free

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