Join the Council and local experts for a hands-on workshop about everyone’s favorite muddy, wet, and wildlife-rich places. Learn about the importance of wetlands in urban communities, how wetland mitigation occurs, and what plants and animals rely on wetlands to survive.
Pack your lunch, park your bike or car, and join us in our wetlands mobile for a tour of N and NE Portland’s richest wetland spots! Visit and learn about both mitigated and unmitigated wetlands and how water is treated before entering The Slough. Check out an amazing wildlife underpass, several green streets initiatives, talk about the Columbia River levee system and do some wetlands sampling with us!
Tour stops: Vanport Wetlands, Kelly Point Park area wetlands, Port of Portland Wildlife Undercrossing and wetlands, Smith and Bybee Lake wetlands overlook at St John’s Prairie.
Suitable for adults and teens 12+; pre-registration required. $5 suggested donation.
Delta Park MAX Station is the meeting point on this wetlands tour! Look for the blue CSWC signs and get on the bus!