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Last week, I attended PGE’s first in-person community meeting, held at the Skyline Grange off NW Skyline, near Forest Park, to give feedback on their Harborton Reliability Project. About 25 people from PGE were present and about 25 community members attended. PGE brought a number of subject matter experts in …
We are excited to introduce you to the two newest FPC team members! Neena and Mitchell come to us from PGE’s Project Zero, a workforce development program that we have been a partner of since 2020. The program places young adults who are interested in learning more about the green …
[Featured Image Provided by Portland Parks & Recreation] Invasive species are something our staff and volunteers are all too familiar with. Invasive English ivy, for example, is something we are constantly working to keep under control in Forest Park. However, we may have a new threat to contend with. The …
Portland General Electric’s Harborton Reliability Project Land Use Application was deemed incomplete after the city of Portland’s Bureau of Development Services (BDS) conducted its analysis. FPC remains in opposition of this access to Forest Park due to the impact the project would have in the northern portion of Forest Park, …
PGE’s type III land use application for their “Harborton Reliability Project” was recently submitted to Portland’s Bureau of Development Services. You might be familiar with this project as we have previously published a statement of concern regarding it due to the impact it would have on Forest Park. This project …
Thank you to everyone who joined us for Earth Day Oregon! We are so grateful to you, our community, for coming together to work with us out on the trails. At over 5,200 acres, stewarding Forest Park is truly a community effort. Our constant effort to manage invasive weeds and …
We are excited to announce that we have hired a new development manager to the FPC team, Josh! Josh comes to us with years of experience working for Willamette Week’s Give!Guide. We are so excited to have his years of experience and expertise here at FPC. To introduce you all …
Earlier this month, we published a blog post to inform our community about a future PGE proposal which would include the clearcutting of several acres of trees in the northern part of Forest Park which serves as key habitat for the northern red-legged frog. After another meeting with PGE representatives, …
During the fall, raking is a key part of our yearly trail management efforts. We often get asked why we conduct this work as opposed to leaving it to decompose on the trails. However, raking has been identified as a key maintenance need for Forest Park. Raking the trails in …
You might have heard about Portland General Electric’s (PGE) plans to upgrade and enhance their electrical grid which could require the cutting of acres of forest within Forest Park in the northern part of Forest Park off of Highway 30 and near the location of the Harborton frog crossing. Many …
