public comment opportunity

The Asian Gypsy Moth (AGM) and the European Gypsy Moth are recognized threats for Oregon and the Pacific Northwest. We can protect our trees if we act fast, are vigilant, and on the lookout for this pest.

The Oregon Forest Pest Detector program is now offering three education opportunities in spring 2016 for community members and OFPD program graduates. The AGM training program consists of: (1) one online learning module on AGM and EGM(link below), and (2) a two-hour field workshop at St Johns Community Center in North Portland.

Together, the online training and workshop will familiarize you with the history, life cycle, and pest management/control of EGM and AGM; and how you can help by surveying for egg masses and pupal cases at home or at work.

AGM Workshop dates: February 26th, February 27th, and March 4th. Choose one date. Each workshop goes from 10-noon, and is free.

Register for this training, and other upcoming OFPD trainings at: http://pestdetector.forestry.oregonstate.edu/programs/asian-gypsy-moth

The Asian gypsy moth has been detected in north Portland.

Come to a public open house to learn more about the gypsy moth threat, the proposed control plan, and get your questions answered.

View the Environmental Assessment here: https://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/ea/downloads/2016/gm-multnomah-oregon-ea.pdf

The plans for Gateway Green are taking shape!

Friends of Gateway Green (FoGG), Portland Parks & Recreation, and our very talented designers have been hard at work creating more detailed plans for Gateway Green.

We're all eager to get feedback from you, the future users of this park, on the most recent drawings and images.
 

 July 18, 2012 Events at the SMILE Station

Food Forest Presentation by Jenny Pell Jenny Pell will present at the SMILE station on July 18th from 6:30pm-7:30pm.

Jenny is the lead designer of a 7-acre "Beacon Food Forest" being implemented on public land in Seattle.

***Donations for this event are gladly accepted***

Sellwood Gap Springwater Trail Open House Prior to this event, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm, SMILE’s Stewardship of Natural Amenities Committee (SNAC) will be presenting the three design alternatives that were generated through an on-going community design process for the public land alongside the Springwater Corridor's “Sellwood Gap”.

Help choose the design that best reflects local and regional objectives for this unique space.

Oregonians are known for fierce independence and rugged individuality, as well as progressive environmental policies – a dynamic combination. Veronica Dujon, sociology professor at Portland State University, invites you to consider how attachments to places shape our desire to both use and preserve natural resources. There’s much to discuss at Graham Oaks, an important Native American site and historic farm that was once considered for a landfill or women’s prison. This discussion continues a special series of The Conversation Project, with Oregon Humanities and Metro unplugging this summer to bring some of Oregon’s most fascinating thinkers to voter-protected natural areas. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy; Metro will bring the pie. Conversation is free, no registration required.