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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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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, …
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 …
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 …
The Forest Park Conservancy’s trails and education programs need your help. Join FPC’s Trails Manager and Kids’ Discovery Coordinator for two to three days each week maintaining Forest Park’s trails and sharing your love of the forest with visiting 3rd-5th graders. The internship is unpaid and runs for 12 weeks, …
In late January, a crew of Gunderson employees joined Forest Park Conservancy staff for a week of trail work and habitat enhancement in Forest Park. Gunderson, LLC, founded in Portland in 1919 and located on the Willamette River in the Northwest Industrial district, manufactures marine barges and railway cars. During …
Ready for an adventure? Explore your local natural wonder by joining one of Forest Park Conservancy’s upcoming Discovery Hikes. These ongoing and seasonal Forest Park hikes are designed to deliver city dwellers into a whole new realm of discovery, beyond one’s usual walk in the park. Discovery hike participants are …
