#Optoutside on Friday

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Once again REI is closing their doors the day after Thanksgiving. We think this is great!What could be more fitting than to give thanks, enjoy and celebrate the beauty and wonder of natural world around us? That’s especially true if you’re in Portland and are fortunate enough to have Forest …

Because You Love Forest Park

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We know you love Forest Park and it’s no wonder why. Few cities can lay claim to 5,200 acres of urban forest and 80 miles of trail.  You have a chance to earn some great thank you gifts when you make a donation to the Forest Park Conservancy. You’ll also have the …

Work with Us: Development Director Position Open

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Job Title: Development Director Reports to: Executive Director Work Schedule: Full time, exempt Based in: Portland, Oregon THE ORGANIZATION Forest Park Conservancy protects and fosters the ecological health of Forest Park, maintains and enhances the park’s extensive trails network, and inspires community appreciation and stewardship as a gift for future generations. Each year, we …

Donate Stock and Protect Forest Park for Future Generations

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With the stock market still high, donating stock is a great option! When you donate appreciated stock, you save on your taxes in two ways: you receive a charitable gift tax deduction and you don’t pay capital gains taxes on the shares you donate. If you love Forest Park and want to …

Help Forest Park Thrive for the Next 70 Years!

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On September 25th, Forest Park celebrated its 70th anniversary! For all these years, this amazing place has given residents and visitors many gifts: miles of beautiful trails, important habitat for native plants and wildlife, and access to nature with essential environmental benefits, including clean water and air.  Not every city …

Forest Park Conservancy Endorses Two Ballot Measure Campaigns

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The Forest Park Conservancy has endorsed two campaigns this election season and encourages voters to send in their ballots on or before Tuesday, November 6th.  Vote yes on Measure 26-201 – Portland Clean Energy Fund  A broad based coalition of environmental and community groups worked for two years on this …

Springville Road – A Brief History

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In Forest Park, history is often literally underfoot. For example, Springville Road may look like an ordinary fire lane, but it’s actually a historic wagon road that predates Forest Park by at least a century. Springville Road’s origins go back to the early 1840s, when several Euro-American communities sprang up …

History of Leif Erikson Drive

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At the turn of the 20th century an influential group of civic leaders, park officials, and city planners worked to save the eastern slope of Tualatin Mountain (the area we now know as Forest Park) from development. So it’s ironic that the thing that probably had the biggest effect in preserving …

New Office for the Forest Park Conservancy

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FPC has moved to a beautiful new office space at 833 SW 11th Avenue. It’s a bigger and brighter office space with views of Forest Park. Please stop by to purchase maps, t-shirts, dog leashes and to talk with us about where to go in Forest Park. There’s lots of …