Nature

10-acre Nature Preserve When: Sat Apr 25, 2015 9AM-11:30AM Where: Nadaka Nature Park 17600 NE Pacific St Gresham OR Get Map!

Get to know Nadaka Nature Park! This 10-acre forest in northwest Gresham was saved from development for many decades because it served as a day camp for the Camp Fire Organization. Today Nadaka is a city park that provides an island of native habitat and a place for the community to access and learn about nature. Learn the park’s story, restoration challenges and successes, how to identify common native plants and spot spring time invaders, and the top 10 scary weeds to watch out for.

This event is free and suitable for all ages. Read more about the City's Natural Resources program.

Help Restore Grant Butte Wetlands When: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9AM-11:30AM Where: Gresham-Fairview Trail (Between Powell Blvd bridge & Division) Park at West Powell Loop & SW 10th Gresham OR Get Map!

Rain or Shine Event
We hope you'll join us at the second annual Gresham Green and Clean Day of Service. This year, our efforts will focus on restoring natural habitat at project sites throughout the City.

The City is sponsoring a large cleanup and restoration effort in the Grant Butte Wetlands area along the Gresham Fairview Trail. In addition, the City is partnering with the Johnson Creek Watershed Council as part of their annual Watershed Wide event on projects at:

• Chastain Creek (Watershed Wide Event)
  1511 S.W. 10th Court in Gresham off S.W. 10th Court near Towel Ave.
• Butler Creek (Watershed Wide Event)
  Meet at the intersection of Binford Lake Parkway and S.W. Binford Ave. in Gresham
• Springwater Woods (Watershed Wide Event)
  Behind the Gresham Operations Center, 2123 S.E. Hogan Road

Register to Volunteer!

A free pizza party and celebration will follow at Wall Street Pizza from noon to 2 p.m.

Help Us Remove Invasives! When: Sat Mar 07, 2015 9AM-Noon Where: Fairview Creek Headwater Park at West Powell Loop & SW 10th St Gresham OR Get Map!

Rain or Shine Event
Help support Johnson Creek Watershed Council's 17th annual Watershed-Wide Event. This large-scale community day of volunteerism brings together hundreds of volunteers at work sites that span the whole length of the Johnson Creek watershed- with events in Boring, Gresham, Southeast Portland, Milwaukie, and Sellwood. Saturday, March 7th from 9 am to 12pm.

Join us at the Fairview Creek Headwaters at the base of Grant Butte for removal of invasive Himalayan blackberry and native planting along the Gresham-Fairview Trail.

This event is suitable for all ages.

Help Us Remove Invasives! When: Sat Feb 07, 2015 9AM-11:30AM Where: Fairview Creek Headwater Park at West Powell Loop & SW 10th St Gresham OR Get Map!

Help restore the Grant Butte Wetlands

Rain or Shine Event
The recently built Gresham-Fairview Trail passes by the beautifully restored Fairview Creek Headwaters area, a refuge for wetland birds, amphibians and reptiles. The view is sadly obscured by a thick shroud of invasive Himalayan blackberry, and we want to open that view for your enjoyment. Come join us on the trail for two special Stewardship Saturdays and start removing these invasives, as we get the area ready for the annual Watershed Wide event on March 7.

This event is suitable for all ages.

Help Us Remove Invasives! When: Sat Feb 14, 2015 9AM-11:30AM Where: Fairview Creek Headwater Park at West Powell Loop & SW 10th St Gresham OR Get Map!

Help restore the Grant Butte Wetlands

Rain or Shine Event
The recently built Gresham-Fairview Trail passes by the beautifully restored Fairview Creek Headwaters area, a refuge for wetland birds, amphibians and reptiles. The view is sadly obscured by a thick shroud of invasive Himalayan blackberry, and we want to open that view for your enjoyment. Come join us on the trail for two special Stewardship Saturdays and start removing these invasives, as we get the area ready for the annual Watershed Wide event on March 7.

This event is suitable for all ages.

Help Us Remove Invasives! When: Sat Feb 21, 2015 9AM-11:30AM Where: Gresham-Fairview Trail (Between Powell Blvd bridge & Division) Park at West Powell Loop & SW 10th Gresham OR Get Map!

Help restore the Grant Butte Wetlands

Rain or Shine Event
Join us on the Gresham-Fairview trail for three special stewardship Saturdays as we get the area ready for our second annual Gresham Green and Clean event. We will begin the invasive removal process and pick up trash. Become a steward of your neighborhood trail and help open up the view of the beautiful Fairview Creek Headwaters wetland area at the base of Grant Butte.

This event is suitable for all ages, and drinks and snacks will be provided. The event will take place on the Gresham-Fairview Trail, between the Powell Blvd. bridge and Division Street, along the Fairview Creek headwaters. Park on Powell Loop.

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Learn About Local Raptors When: Tue Jan 27, 2015 6PM-8:30PM Where: Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham, OR Get Map!

Birds of Prey
The word “raptor” means to seize or grasp, and that’s one of the things raptors do best. They are great hunters, and have special adaptations that make them unique in the natural world. Come learn about the raptors that are the eye in the sky over Gresham with our birds of prey class. We will teach you how to properly identify native raptors as well as delve into their fascinating natural history and their amazing adaptations to catching prey. You can then employ the skills you learned at the 11th annual Raptor Road Trip on Sauvie Island on Saturday, Jan. 31.

This class is free and suitable for all ages.