In May, a Good Samaritan in Colton, Oregon, made a strange discovery: a Turkey Vulture flopping in the bushes. Knowing this bird needed help, he drove more than an hour to bring it to our Wildlife Care Center for treatment.
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Over the past 30 years, Portland Metro Region voters have strongly and consistently supported ballot measures to protect our natural resources and ensure equitable access to nature. Last night perpetuated that legacy and will give us resources to continue creating one of the greenest metropolitan regions in the United States.
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Portland’s murals are scattered across the city, elevating blank walls into works of art. They add to the beauty of our streets, tell the stories of our neighborhoods, and ask us to look deep into our history and at important social justice issues.
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Oregon ballots should be arriving in your mailbox any day now. Once they arrive, we’re asking all Portland Metro Area residents to help us pass two critical measures that will protect habitat, wildlife, and people in the Portland region.
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Adding new plants to your garden is popular in the spring and summer months thanks to Oregon’s ample sunshine and the wide selection of flowering plants, shrubs, grasses and trees.
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When Aileen, an 11-year-old student at Walt Morey Middle School, arrived on her first day of camp, she was not excited to be there. In fact, that morning at the bus stop, she told her dad she didn’t want to go.
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Thanks to strong advocacy from our growing community of light-pollution activists, we have taken an important step forward on preserving dark skies in our growing city.
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Community is at the heart of Portland Audubon, which is why our new tagline Together for Nature is a natural fit. The collective power of so many supporters is felt every day, providing the passion and resources needed to protect wildlife and wild places across the Oregon landscape.
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On July 19, Sally Nicoletti was walking through the Crystal Springs Rhododendron Garden when she noticed a young Green Heron on the ground. As a volunteer at the garden, Sally had been keeping an eye on the nest of four baby herons and knew the bird was too young to be on the ground.
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So how do you count a swirling mass of thousands? It’s easy: just count the wings and divide by two!
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