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List of Summer Camp 2017 opportunities
Have you checked out The Intertwine’s new mobile app Daycation to learn about things to do in nature around the Portland area?
Summer fun days at Blue Lake Park, every Tues, Wed and Thurs, July 11-Aug. 10, 11:30am-2:30pm
Family canoe paddles with the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
Upcoming OMSI Science Pubs about the total solar eclipse, volcanoes, PNW geology, and protecting Oregon’s biodiversity
Upcoming events with the Friends of Ridgefield National Wildlife Refuge (in WA)
Upcoming Sunday Parkways events around the city
Upcoming community paddles with the Lower Columbia Estuary Partnership
Nature classes at Portland area parks from Tinkergarten
Discovery Hikes with the Forest Park Conservancy
Family-friendly hikes with Friends of the Columbia River Gorge (click on the family-friendly filter to the right of the screen)
Hike series with Oregon Wild
Summer tours at the Hoyt Arboretum
Summer nature programming from THPRD (Beaverton area)
Summer nature programming from the Friends of Tryon Creek
Summer nature programming at Jackson Bottom Wetlands (Hillsboro)
Summer nature programming at the Tillamook Forest Center
Summer nature programming at the Leach Botanical Garden
Free Skills Series from Rewild Portland (every month)
Bird watching outings with Audubon Society of Portland
Bird and kid’s nature walks with Backyard Bird Shop
July 19 | Bat Chat at Tryon Creek | Friends of Tryon Creek
July 22 | Walking among the giants (at Oxbow Regional Park) | Metro
July 22 | Help clear out 2,200 square feet of pavement to make way for a nature-playscape | Depave
July 25 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
July 26 | Bat Chat at Sauvie Island | Friends of Tryon Creek
August 2 | Bat Chat at Tryon Creek | Friends of Tryon Creek
August 4 | Families in the field: winged wildlife discovery (Blue Lake Regional Park) | Metro
August 6 | 23rd Annual Columbia Slough Regatta | Columbia Slough Watershed Council
August 9 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
August 10 | Twilight Thursday (Smith and Bybee Wtlands Natural Area) | Metro
August 12 | Nadaka Park Festival | Friends of Nadaka & Columbia Slough Watershed Council
August 12 | The wild side of the wetland (Blue Lake Regional Park) | Metro
August 12 | Backyard Bats Family Program (at Cooper Mountain) | THPRD
August 12 | NW Fossil Fest | Rice Museum of Rocks & Minerals
August 13 | Bat Chat at Sauvie Island | Friends of Tryon Creek
Aug. 25-Sept. 25 | Swift Watch at Chapman Elementary| Audubon Society of Portland
August 26 | Sneak peek of Newell Creek Canyon (in Oregon City) | Metro
August 26 | 10th Annual Johnson Creek Cleanup | Johnson Creek Watrshed Council
August 30 | Bat Chat at Tryon Creek | Friends of Tryon Creek
September 2 | Vulture Awareness Day | Audubon Society of Portland
September 13 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
September 15 | Free Metro parks day | Metro
September 15 | Friday night hike (at Blue Lake Regional Park) | Metro
September 19 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
September 23 | The amazing geology of Chehalem Ridge | Metro
September 24 | Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park | Johnson Creek Watrshed Council
October 11 | Free Metro parks day | Metro
October 11 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
October 17 | Puddle Stompers | Friends of the Refuge
Regular nature outings (check websites for seasonal scheduling):
Story and Strolls and Guided Nature Walks at Tryon Creek State Park
Ladybug Nature Walks with Portland Parks Environmental Education
Puddle Stompers at Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge
Nature Mobile from THPRD’s Natural Resources
Honeybee Hikes at Leach Botanical Garden
Tadpole Tales with Columbia Slough Watershed Council
Farm Fridays at Zenger Farm
Second Saturdays at the Water Resources Education Center in Vancouver, WA
Guided hikes at Columbia Springs in Vancouver, WA (third Wed. of most months)
Tillamook Tales at the Tillamook Forest Center
Did you know?
– $2 admission at OMSI the first Sunday of every month
– $3 admission at the World Forestry Center the first Thursday of every month
– $4 admission at the Oregon Zoo the second Tuesday of every month
– FREE admission at the Portland Art Museum the first Thursday 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
