Let's get dirty and have fun too!
Help restore our urban habitat.
Volunteer opportunity.
Invasives removal at Nadaka Nature Park
When:
Sunday, Jun 07, 2009 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Saturday Jun 27, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Saturday Jul 25, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM
Sunday Aug 02, 2009 9:00AM - 2:00PM
Where: Nadaka Nature Park
NE 175th Ave and NE Pacific St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Event Info
Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to restore this natural area by removing invasive underbrush and ivy.
Come on by, and give us a hand! Spend all day, or whatever time you can. Dressed for weather. Bring your gloves, waterbottle, clippers, and yard tools.
Coffee, juice, water & refreshments provided by Wilkes East Neighborhood Assn.
No pre-registration required. Volunteers younger than 18 will need a signed waiver (available at the event).
See website calendar for more Nadaka Nature Park events and activities!
Volunteer Sunday May 3rd.
for Invasives Removal
at Nadaka Nature Park
When: Sunday May 3, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
NE 176th Ave and NE Pacific St
Gresham, OR Get Map!
Event Info
Be prepared to get a little dirty and to have fun Sunday, May 3rd 9AM to 1PM by supporting and volunteering with Friends of Nadaka and Wilkes East Neighborhood Association in their efforts to restore this natural area by removing invasive underbrush and ivy.
Come on by, and give us a hand! Spend all day, or whatever time you can. Dressed for weather. Bring your gloves, waterbottle, clippers, and yard tools.
No pre-registration required. Volunteers younger than 18 will need a signed waiver (available at the event).
See website calendar for more Nadaka Nature Park events and activities!
When: Friday Apr 17, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM Where: Nadaka Park
NE 176th Ave and NE Pacific St (Click here for a map)
Gresham, OR
Event Info
Join us Friday, April 17th from 9AM to 1PM as Hollydale Elementary students teachers and parents, the City of Gresham Parks & Recreation and Friends of Nadaka to kick-off Earth Day 2009 at Nadaka Park. Students will help mulch the new plantings and learn about and remove non-native invasives such as ivy and Herb Robert.
If you haven't seen Nadaka Park this year you owe it to yourself to see the many improvements and new plantings!
About Nadaka Park
Nadaka Park is a lovely 10-acre parcel of "natural area" that includes a walking trail loop, tall trees, native plants, and a beautiful grassy meadow. Nadaka is located in the Wilkes East Neighborhood just north of NE Glisan St. The only public entrance to the park is on NE Pacific St at NE 176th Ave. Directions: from either NE 172nd Ave, or NE 181st Ave, take NE Pacific St to NE 176th Ave. Parking is curbside. Enter through the main gate.
When: Saturday Apr 18, 2009 9:00AM - 1:00PM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
NE 175th Av & NE Pacific St
Gresham, OR
Directions
From I-84: Take the 181st exit, travel south, turn right on NE Pacific St. From Glisan(eastbound): Turn left on NE 172nd Av, turn right on NE Pacific St.
Help beautify our park!
Join other volunteers to clear invasive plants & beautify Nadaka Nature Park, a beautiful 10-acre natural area.
Bring you own work gloves & water bottle if you have them.
Project Activities: Volunteers will clear underbrush and lift the canopy in Nadaka Nature Park. It is a beautiful 10-acre natural area, but it is overgrown. Cleanup will make the park safer and more inviting. Activities include: Cleanup, Invasive Plant Removal, Pruning.
Bagels, muffins, coffee, & water will be provided!
When: Thursday May 28, 2009 07:30AM - 08:30AM Where: Nadaka Nature Park
17500 NE Pacific St
Gresham, Oregon Get Map!
Join us for a morning stroll
In celebration of Great Blue Heron Week, join Jim Labbe with the Audubon Society of Portland and Lee Dayfield with Wilkes East Neighborhood Association for a morning stroll through Nakada Nature Park in West Gresham. We’ll explore the natural and human history of this unique neighborhood nature park and learn about efforts afoot to expand the park, improve access and environmental interpretation, and enhance its wildlife habitat. We’ll also begin the documenting of bird species inhabiting the park and discuss the value of urban natural areas to avian biodiversity.
There is a lot going on at Nadaka Nature Park, NE 176th Ave & NE Pacific St (Click here for a map). In addition to removing invasives at WENA's March 8th park cleanup, the entire front along NE Pacific St was cleaned up outside the fence. Also 130 native plants and trees were planted along the NE Pacific St side of the park.
Here's a list of what was planted:
Big Leaf Maple
Western Red Cedar
Western Hemlock
Cherry Trees
Vine Maple
Cascara
Indian Plum
Blue Elderberry
Red Elderberry
Serviceberry
Salmonberry
New sign, barbed wire removed
The new Nadaka Park sign should be installed within a month. WENA was able to purchase the new sign along with removing the barbed wire on NE Pacific St with a grant obtained last year. This year WENA's Friends of Nadaka group has applied for a Metro Nature in Neighborhood grant for improvements to Nadaka which we should find out about in May. This is a matching grant 1:1 so we will need volunteer help as well as in-kind donations. Interested parties should contact Lee Dayfield by email at leedayfield@wilkeseastna.org.
Goodbye Winter -- Hello Spring!
Bring your gloves, and join the fun!
Nadaka Park Clean-Up
Sunday, March 8th 9AM-3PM
When: Sunday Mar 8, 2009 9:00AM - 3:00PM Where: Nadaka Park
NE 176th Ave and NE Pacific St (Click here for a map)
Gresham, OR
Cleanup Info
On Sunday, March 8th from 9AM to 3PM the Wilkes East Neighborhood will be holding another cleanup at Nadaka Park. Winter storms have left a mess in our parks. Come on by, and give us a hand! Spend all day, or whatever time you can. Dress warmly. Bring your gloves, clippers, and yard tools.
If you haven't seen Nadaka Park lately you owe it to yourself to see the many improvements!
About Nadaka Park
Nadaka Park is a lovely 10-acre parcel of "natural area" that includes a walking trail loop, tall trees, native plants, and a beautiful grassy meadow. Nadaka is located in the Wilkes East Neighborhood just north of NE Glisan St. The only public entrance to the park is on NE Pacific St at NE 176th Ave. Directions: from either NE 172nd Ave, or NE 181st Ave, take NE Pacific St to NE 176th Ave. Parking is curbside. Enter through the main gate.
2008 INTEL-SOLV Clean & Green
event at Nadaka Park
2008 INTEL-SOLV "Clean & Green"
event at Nadaka Park
27 Adults and 8 children braved the crisp weather to participate in the INTEL-SOLV Nadaka Clean-Up on Saturday October 11th, contributing over 110 hours of volunteer effort.
Lots of back breaking work was done, so you can now see from the walking path to the fence at Pacific Street and the homes along the way. A renewal of old friendships and new friends were made and another generation of volunteers learned the ropes of how to have fun and get a job done.
The project was supported by several Wilkes East Neighborhood (WENA) merchants
Thank You!
Wilkes East Neighborhood would like express our gratitude to the following for their generous contributions & continued support:
• Jazzy Bagels, Main St & Powell
• Parkrose Hardware, 106th & Sandy
• Growers Outlet, 162nd & Glisan
• SOLV, Bringing Oregon together
• Albertsons, 181st & Glisan
• And, all the many volunteers!