Beers Made By Walking is collaborating with The Forest Park Conservancy to offer a series of guided Beer Walks in Forest Park. Led by Forest Park Conservancy’s Matt Wagoner and local brewers, these hikes will focus on edible and medicinal plants and inspire a series of beers that will serve as drinkable, landscape …
Finnish Intern Finishes Internship
Meet Marja Koskuvi Forest Park Conservancy’s Finnish intern! Today is the last day of Marja’s six-week trail internship, a much deserved respite from her master’s thesis and five years of studying biochemistry. Come June, she will plunge into stem cell research and begin her Ph.D. in molecular medicine. She says, …
Beers Made By Walking
Beer lovers rejoice! Forest Park Conservancy is proud to announce a new partnership and upcoming series of events with Beers Made By Walking. The Beers Made By Walking program brings brewers to nature trails and city streets, where local flavors inspire new beers. The program has received national attention for organizing innovative beer events and engaging over …
Volunteer on National Trails Day!
Celebrate National Trails Day with REI and The Forest Park Conservancy on Saturday, June 7th! On this day, up to 80 volunteers will come together to improve the trails of Forest Park. Some will reroute a severely steep section of Alder Trail; others will move wheelbarrows full of gravel to repair Wildwood; and still more will give a good spring …
ESCO Workmanship in Forest Park
ESCO is a steel manufacturing company that neighbors Forest Park, and like any good neighbor, ESCO wanted to lend a helping hand. On Earth Day, Tuesday, April 22nd, 76 ESCO employees joined forces with The Forest Park Conservancy to make a difference in Forest Park. Volunteers divided across three project sites …
From Wheelchair to Wildwood Trail
When we moved to the Portland area ten years ago they had to take me off the plane in a wheelchair. That had been the custom for about four years as I couldn’t walk as far as one city block without bending over and puttingmy hands on my knees to …
Join The All Trails Challenge 2014! You win, Park wins.
Forest Park Conservancy’s All Trails Challenge 2014 is officially underway! Whether you’re new to the park or a seasoned visitor, Forest Park Conservancy challenges you to cover all 80 miles of Forest Park trail between now and October. Many Portlanders are familiar with Lower Macleay Trail and Leif Erikson Drive, but it’s the true Forest …
Forest Park “Nasty Series” Group Run/Hike
Every other Saturday at 9 a.m. starting on April 5th Animal Athletics will be running and hiking a different “Nasty”. What’s a “Nasty”, you ask? In an attempt to find some decent elevation change while the higher elevations in the mountains were covered with snow, AA friends Geoffrey and Larry, …
Spring Day of Stewardship Recap
Thanks to everyone who braved the rain and volunteered on Day of Stewardship last Saturday! Forest Park Conservancy’s biannual Day of Stewardship event is a time when Forest Park fans from across the region come together to give back to Portland’s one-of-a-kind Forest Park. On Saturday, March 8th, 127 volunteers met at 5 …
Volunteer Spotlight: Al McSwain
Nearly every Thursday morning since the fall of 2010, Al McSwain has been volunteering to repair trail and enhance habitat with the Forest Park Conservancy. Al is a retired engineering manager who has had his fill of meetings, planning, and budgeting. Nowadays, he wants to engage in physical activity that …