Always check with the organization/place holding an event prior to going to confirm that it is still happening!
Tualatin Riverkeepers has opened registration for their paddle events for the season. View here.
Friends of the Columbia Gorge hikes
February 22-August | Special Exhibition: William L. Finley: Father of Oregon’s National Wildlife Refuges (Sat/Sun) | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
May 4 | Nature Day in the Park at Vista Brook Park | THPRD
May 4 | Honoring Our Rivers Student Showcase | Powell’s City of Books
May 5-11 | Celebrate Screen Free Week | Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood
May 5-11 | National Wildflower Week (national) | Ladybird Johnson Wildflower Center
May 6 | Morning Bird Walk | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
May 7 | Watershed Restoration Through Film | River Restoration Northwest
May 8 | Initiative Forum: Community Health and Nature | The Intertwine
May 9 | National Public Garden Day | Leach Botanical Garden
May 9 | Kids Nature Night Out: Nature Spy Kids | Tualatin Hills Nature Park/THPRD
May 10 | Nature Day in the Park at Pioneer Park | THPRD
May 10 | Smith and Bybee Wetlands kayak tour | Metro
May 10 | Ecological Explorations: Salamander Bio-Blitz | Tryon Creek State Park
May 11 | Sunday Parkways: East Portland | PP&R/Metro
May 11 | Mother’s Day birds and blooms of Canemah | Metro
May 11 | Book Signing and Nature Walk: Ed Jenson books on trees and shrubs of Oregon (ages 15+) | Tryon Creek State Park (no information online for this event. Ed will sign books from 12:30-1pm, guided walk from 1-3:30pm, and book signing again from 3:30-4pm. Free, no registration necessary)
May 14/24, June 1 | Wildlife tracking series | Metro
May 16 | Kids Nature Night Out: Reptiles and Amphibians | Cooper Mountain Nature Park/THPRD
May 17 | Kids to Parks Day (national) | National Park Trust
May 17 | Tualatin River Bird Festival | Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
May 17 | Children’s Nature Fair | Leach Botanical Garden
May 17 | Children’s Book Week | Audubon Society of Portland
May 17 | Guided Naturalist Hike at Camassia Natural Area | Nature Conservancy in Oregon
May 17 | I Heart Oregon (& Washington): 25 of the Portland Area’s Best Hikes | Hoyt Arboretum
May 19 | Science Pub: Conservation of Natural Wetlands | OMSI at Venetian (Hillsboro)
May 21 | Lecture: Oregon’s Wolves and the Oregon Wolf Plan | Oregon Wildlife
May 21 | Evening Canoe the Slough | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
May 22 | Book talk: John Rakestraw, Birding Oregon | Audubon Society of Portland
May 24 | Spring bird walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
May 24 | Painted turtle walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
May 24 | World Fish Migration Day | Johnson Creek Watershed Council
May 24 | Family Field Trip Day: Hawks, Owls and Woodpeckers | Tryon Creek State Park
May 26 | Oaks, floods and fires of Canemah Bluff | Metro
May 26 | Guided Naturalist Hike at Camassia Natural Area | Nature Conservancy in Oregon
May 27-June 1 | Great Blue Heron Week | Audubon Society of Portland
May 29 | Book talk: Paul Gerald, 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles: Portland | Powell’s Books on Hawthorne
May 31 | Smith and Bybee Wetlands canoe and kayak tour | Metro
May 31 | Classroom Discovery Days: Frogs! | Tryon Creek State Park
May 31 | The Eco-Challenge Workshop | Sellwood-Moreland Library
June 5 | Nature Night: Marbled Murrelets – Recovering a Rare Bird | Audubon Society of Portland
June 7 | Family Field Trip Day | Columbia Springs
June 14 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
June 14 | Ecological Explorations: Banana Slugs | Tryon Creek State Park
June 14 | Explorando El Columbia Slough | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
June 14 | Kalmiopsis Discovery Day | Leach Botanical Garden
June 15 | Father’s Day animal tracking at Oxbow | Metro
June 20 | Summer Solstice (guided evening walk, 7-8:30pm, free, register on website) | Tryon Creek State Park
June 20 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
June 21 | Spring bird walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
June 21 | Painted turtle walk at Smith and Bybee | Metro
June 22 | Sunday Parkways: North Portland | PP&R/Metro
June 24 | Twilight Tuesdays at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
June 27 | Kids Nature Night Out: Bats: Fact vs. Fiction | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
June 28 | Classroom Discovery Days: Slugs | Tryon Creek State Park
June 28 | Great American Backyard Campout | NWF
June 28 | 25th Annual Tualatin River Discovery Day | Tualatin Riverkeepers
June 29 | Bird and Wildflower Walk at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
July 18 | Kids Nature Night Out: Cat Prowl | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 18 | Moonlight Paddle | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
July 19 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
July 19 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 26 | Backyard Bats Family Program | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
July 27 | Sunday Parkways: Northeast Portland | PP&R/Metro
July 29 | Twilight Tuesdays at Cooper Mountain | THPRD
August 2 | Backyard Bats Family Program | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
August 2 | Park After Dark: Family Bat Outing | Tualatin Hills Nature Park
August 8 | Kids Nature Night Out: Mystery Night | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 9 | StoryWalk | Friends of Spring Garden Park
August 17 | Family Geocaching Adventure | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 22 | Park After Dark: Coyotes | Cooper Mountain Nature Park
August 24 | Sunday Parkways: Southeast Portland | PP&R/Metro
September 28 | Sunday Parkways: Southwest Portland | PP&R/Metro
Regular nature outings (check websites for seasonal scheduling): Nature Days in the Park and Nature Mobile from Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District’s Natural Resources, Honeybee Hikes at Leach Botanical Garden, Story and Strolls and Guided Nature Walks at Tryon Creek State Park, Ladybug Nature Walks with Portland Parks & Recreation, Puddle Stompers at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Bird Walks for adults and kids through Backyard Bird Shop, free field trips with Audubon Society of Portland volunteers, Library events with The Bug Chicks, Tadpole Tales with Columbia Slough Watershed Council, Farm Fridays at Zenger Farm, and Second Saturdays at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, WA.
– $2 admission at OMSI the first Sunday of every month
– $3 admission at the World Forestry Center the first Wednesday of every month
– $4 admission at the Oregon Zoo the second Tuesday of every month
– FREE admission at the Portland Art Museum the fourth Friday of every month, 5-8pm
– FREE admission at the Portland Children’s Museum the first Friday of every month, 4-8pm
– FREE admission at the Oregon Historical Society & Museum every day for Multnomah County residents
*My friend Laura posts a monthly listing of kid and family-friendly events of natural, scientific, and cultural interest. May’s list is here.
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