Forest Park Conservancy
Preserve, Protect and Restore Forest Park
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Latest posts
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The Nasty Challenge Returns “Nastier” than Ever
Registration for the 2026–27 Nasty Challenge is officially OPEN! We’re back for another season of running, hiking, and getting a little muddy while raising funds for Forest Park Conservancy’s trail and restoration work. We are challenging you to take on 5 Nasty routes in Forest…
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Thank you for Joining us for National Public Lands Day 2026!
National Public Lands Day is the biggest annual day of volunteering in the country, and our volunteer community showed up to prove it! We organized three work parties in Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park in order to remove invasive English ivy from our parks. English ivy is a…
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Defend Forest Park Against PGE’s Newest Proposal to Remove 4.7 Acres of Trees
Update: The public record for PGE’s application has been extended to Wednesday, October 21st at 4 P.M. If you haven’t submitted testimony, you have until then to do so! See below for more details on how to submit testimony. Forest Park Conservancy stands in opposition to PGE’s…
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Stewardship Update: Another Successful Brushing Season Thanks to Volunteers Like You!
As August comes to an end, so too does the summer brushing season. Our staff and volunteers have been hard at work this year, and that work has paid off! This summer, our community of volunteers: We can not express enough how grateful we are for everyone’s contributions this…
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FPC Hires Trevor Kaul as its new Executive Director
We are pleased to announce that Trevor Kaul will be joining the FPC team as our new executive director! Trevor comes to FPC after more than 25 years of working for, and consulting with, non-profit organizations. He started his career as an organizer on environmental campaigns…
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Breaking: PGE signs deal with the City to greenlight revived plans to remove 376 Trees in Forest Park
In April of 2025, with the help of our community and other organizations, our organization worked with the Forest Park Neighborhood Association to submit an appeal to phase 3 of PGE’s Harborton Reliability Project. Thanks to everyone’s combined efforts, we won our appeal with a…
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Meet our new Roots of Change Interns, Kaden and Karishma!
Featured Image: Kaden (left) and Karishma (right) FPC is proud to be a part of Roots of Change! We are working in collaboration with POIC to host two interns, Kaden and Karishma, who will be working with us for the next six months in order to obtain experience and training ...…
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Ride PP&R’s Forest Park & Washington Park Shuttle this Summer!
We are excited to be supporting Portland Parks & Recreation’s (PP&R) new free shuttle service this summer! The Forest Park & Washington Park Shuttle is a new pilot program that will help to connect neighborhoods to trailheads in Forest Park and Washington Park, including the…
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Join us for Free Workshops, Guided Hikes, Classes, and More This Summer!
(Photo by Ruandy Albisurez/Warpaint Magazine) As part of our work to connect people with Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park, we host free educational events every summer with local instructors, experts, and artistsin Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park as part of our Nature…
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Join us for Summer Brushing in Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park
Summer in Portland means brushing season for Forest Park and Marquam Nature Park! If you’re not familiar with it, “brushing” is a type of trail maintenance where volunteers cut back excess vegetation along trail corridors. Keeping trailside vegetation in check helps make trails…